Product DescriptionSuccess in your calculus course starts here! James Stewart's CALCULUS texts are world-wide best-sellers for a reason: they are clear, accurate, and filled with relevant, real-world examples. With CALCULUS: EARLY TRANCENDENTALS, Sixth Edition, Stewart conveys not only the utility of calculus to help you develop technical competence, but also gives you an appreciation for the intrinsic beauty of the subject. His patient examples and built-in learning aids will help you build your mathematical confidence and achieve your goals in the course!
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Rating: - Avoid any university using this book
The reviews speek for themselves. Half the 5 star reviews were comments on used book purchases and not the content. If they had 0 stars, that's what I'd pick.
Most universities use this book because it's what the department head used when he went though college or as a PhD it looks the best to him/her. They don't take into consideration that it is useless as a teaching tool or homework tool....maybe. It is awful even though tones of schools use it. I had a 97% in class till we hit section ... Read More
Rating: - Way better calculus textbooks than this low quality garbage
You know they just keep putting the author's credentials as if he is some math god who knows how to teach calculus. I had the earlier editions of this book and I will tell you it stinks. The textbook stinks, and the solutions manual stinks. His books are not user friendly and they seem to have a condenscending tone to the book for students who may not be crafty in mathematics as other students are.
In all this book is too advanced. Take it from me, I'm in a professional health school and ... Read More
Rating: - Awesome!
the book was at a great price and in great condition. saved me great money! thanks!
Rating: - Terrible
This book is so condescending, it jumps from point A to B without actually explaining the reasoning. Many of the diagrams are presented in a way that is hard to understand. I'm a freshmen in College and I usually don't have this much trouble in math. However, this book confuses me to the point that I use another textbook for actual learning! Thank god our teacher doesn't collect homework because the problems in the book goes from a low-level problems to a high level problems-like that! I had to do my homework ... Read More
Rating: - 1 star on price alone
sorry but there's no way a calculus textbook can be worth $150. even $75 would be a huge stretch. and this book isn't good to begin with.
i remember using it (a previous edition, although the only thing that changes are the problems) in high school. i went through the entire thing, and managed to get straight A's on everything without actually learning what calculus is. at the time i was content with good grades because i was busy worrying about other things like my clothes and friends, but looking back ... Read More
- Avoid any university using this book
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