Written by three gifted-and funny-teachers, How to Ace Calculus provides humorous and readable explanations of the key topics of calculus without the technical details and fine print that would be found in a more formal text. Capturing the tone of students exchanging ideas among themselves, this unique guide also explains how calculus is taught, how to get the best teachers, what to study, and what is likely to be on exams-all the tricks of the trade that will make learning the material of first-semester calculus a piece of cake. Funny, irreverent, and flexible, How to Ace Calculus shows why learning calculus can be not only a mind-expanding experience but also fantastic fun.

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Information

Publisher

Times Books

Year

2015

ISBN

9781627798853

Topic

Mathematics

Subtopic

Calculus

Index

Mathematics

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
1. Introduction
2. Exactly Who and What Is Your Instructor?
3. General Principles of Acing Calculus
4. Good and Bad Questions
5. Are You Ready? Calc Prereqs
6. How to Handle the Exam
7. Lines, Circles, and Their Friends
8. Limits: You Gotta Have Them
9. Continuity, or Why You Shouldn’t Ski Down Discontinuous Slopes
10. What Is the Derivative? Change Is Good
11. Limit Definition of the Derivative: Finding Derivatives the Hard Way
12. Derivatives: How to Find Them the Easy Way
13. Velocity: Put the Pedal to the Metal
14. Chain Rule: S&M Made Easy
15. Graphing: How to Doodle Like an Expert
16. Maxima and Minima: The Bread and Butter Section
17. Implicit Differentiation: Let’s Be Oblique
18. Related Rates: You Change, I Change
19. Differential: Estimating Your Way to Fame and Glory
20. Intermediate Value Theorem and Mean Value Theorem
21. Integration: Doing It All Backward
22. The Definite Integral
23. Modeling: From Toy Planes to the Runway
24. Exponents and Logarithms: A Review of All That “e” Hoopla
25. Doing That Calc Thing to Exponents and Logs
26. Logarithmic Differentiation: Making the Hard Stuff Easy
27. Exponential Growth and Decay: Rise and Fall of Slime
28. Fancy-Pants Techniques of Integration
29. Twenty Most Common Exam Mistakes
30. What’s on the Final?
Glossary: A Quick Guide to the Mathematical Jargon
Index
Just the Facts: Quick Reference Guide
About the Authors
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Contents
Copyright