Calculus For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyle))

I love science, but I struggle with math. I passed college Calculus but it took me three times to do so. I wish I’d had this book back then. ___ I’m currently working through some nuclear reactor geometry. I realized I needed to review Calculus. I bought this book. It is exactly what I needed! “Calculus for Dummies” breaks everything into simple terms, right down to explaining what calculus even is. “Calculus for Dummies” opens with a brief algebra / trig review that shows one what they would need to continue through this book. Through a blend of diagrams and descriptions in nice, bite-sized chapters, “Calculus for Dummies” explains things in a way that’s not intimidating. This book is a solid reference for someone new to calculus, or someone looking to gain a better understanding of it. I would recommend it to any student taking calculus, whether highschool or college level. While not a replacement for a course textbook, “Calculus for Dummies” would make a perfect supplement to the class material. It makes this esoteric math seem rather fun! That, in and of itself, is a valuable thing as well.

Definitely cuts through alot of the filler that modern calculus textbooks have and helps visualize integration and differentiation really well. The addition of the series and sequences section was also a pleasant surprise. All in all, this book is everything that a self-studying beginner could ask for and then some!

The book is quite good. The author gradually introduces concepts, building one upon the other, offering illustrations and analogues (for example, Achilles versus the tortoise). He includes a review of algebra, powers and roots, and factoring, all important background. I was pleased to remember as much as I did, and delighted to re-learn things I'd forgotten. The only problem, and the reason for four vice five stars, was that the equations (and there are many) do not increase in size with the font (the Aa at the top of the page). It appears that they were placed in the text as images. This would be easy (if somewhat tedious) to correct using an equation creator app such is available in most popular word processing programs. The Calculus (as it is properly named) is a beautiful thing, and this book is a beautiful way to learn or re-learn.

I'm 39. I took calculus in college (through 3D calc but not DE) and the only thing I remember is basic differentiation like x^2 becomes 2x... I love this book!!! I'm on chapter 8 and have had the book for 3 days (I am not a reader). I've had A LOT of aha moments, either an epiphany of trig I didn't know way back when, or an epiphany because at one point I did know it but 100% do not remember and am learning it for the first time according to my brain. I bought this book because just starting from chapter 1.1 of my college text book was not working. Those math descriptions in the text with their weird math proof language is not something I understood then or now, despite always being one of the best at math. I get math very quickly, but Calc was a huge speed bump. I got behind in it and never caught back up (because it's math, you can't at college speeds.) So for someone who hasn't done any math past the basic 4 functions in 15 years, this book is amazing and I love it. I have to stop fawning over the book now so I can read it. I stopped to write this before I finished this book and forgot to let you know it's definitely worth it for a middle age person who just wants to relearn the maths.

My college calculus book was about as easy to figure out as Chinese algebra. If I had not visited my instructor before each class I would have probably dropped the course instead of my final test A+. This book is student friendly and written by an instructor who understands how daunting calculus might seem and presents the information with a good sense of humor making it less stressful to figure out. Being retired I often have down time and study calculus to fill in and see if I can remember since calculus class was 1972 and I never had occasion to use it.

Great reference book for equations but I learn better from AI

Pleased

Great 🏆 item.

I have only just started but already some concepts are becoming clearer. In one or two cases I have supplemented the explanations by research on the internet. Both taken together help the layman to start to see calculus through the mathematical lens as it cannot be appreciated otherwise. I say this however very much as a novice!

A well written book by someone who understands the business of teaching. The format of this volume follows on very logically from the previous publication and presents the subject in an easily understandable manner.

Excellent livre pour ceux qui veulent maitriser les dérivatives et intégrales.

Di facile lettura con esaustivi esempi. Per appassionati e studenti che conoscono la lingua inglese.

A must have for those who want to learn Calculus with fun and effortless