in Mathematics from California State University, Fullerton and his M.A. Watson co-authored the best-selling Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus with Stewart and Redlin.ĭaniel Clegg is a Professor of Mathematics at Palomar College. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Andrews University in Michigan and did graduate studies at Dalhousie University and McMaster University, where he received his Ph.D. Saleem Watson is a Professor of Mathematics at California State University, Long Beach, specializing in the field of Functional Analysis.
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#James stewart calculus concepts and contexts series#
Stewart was the author of a best-selling calculus textbook series published by Cengage Learning, including CALCULUS, CALCULUS: EARLY TRANSCENDENTALS, and CALCULUS: CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS, as well as a series of precalculus texts. Stewart was most recently Professor of Mathematics at McMaster University, and his research field was harmonic analysis. He did research at the University of London and was influenced by the famous mathematician George Polya at Stanford University. I would recommend trying to find another textbook if possible.The late James Stewart received his M.S. Stewart authored the best-selling calculus textbook series, including CALCULUS, CALCULUS: EARLY TRANSCENDENTALS and CALCULUS: CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS, as well. It doesn’t make a well rounded text book. If there is only one example per topic and the explanation is wordy and hard to understand.
While this may be because of the length it makes it challenging to learn. Again, there are very few examples per topic. This easy-to-read, updated edition is designed using the latest learning principles to remove typical barriers to learning. I found the explanation of Taylor Polynomials (257ish) to be quite brief. Calculus is not an easy subject, but with the help of your instructor, the textbook and its ancillaries, and the resources on this site, you are well equipped to master the subject. Discover the power of learning calculus with the intuitive, discovery based, problem-solving approach found in Stewart/Kokoska’s CALCULUS: CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS, 5th Edition. Vector functions - Partial derivatives - Multiple integrals - Vector calculus CD-ROM: TEC : tools for enriching calculus, release 3. This textbook muddles down concepts in useless words such as “You may have the feeling that the calculations used in solving this problem are very similar to those used earlier.” (99) This could easily have been written in half the words about how this topic is connected to a previous topic.Īlso there were very little written about other topics. Calculus : concepts and contexts by Stewart, James, 1941-Publication date 2005 Topics Calculus Publisher Mason, Ohio : Thomson Brooks/Cole : Thomson Custom Publishing. This review is independent of any type of class, so I am reviewing as if I was solely trying to learn calculus from this textbook. This textbook however, does not provide adequate examples and is way too wordy. This is my first time learning calculus, and coming from teaching myself through the textbook rather than videos, I thought I could just read it and be fine. Where examples and concepts were clearly written, ideas color coded to jump out, and there were multiple examples per topic. I have the second edition because of price but I’m not sure if any of these have been fixed in the newer edition.įor context, I came from the “precalculus an investigation of functions” by David Lippman and Melonie Rasmussen edition 2.3.
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