Bob Miller's Calc for the Clueless: Precalc - Softcover

Miller, Bob

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9780070434073: Bob Miller's Calc for the Clueless: Precalc

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ISBN 10: 0070434077 ISBN 13: 9780070434073

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1997

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Even precalc with trigonometry can be painless with this text that bridges the ``understanding gap'' between typical student and the usual lengthy textbook, and it's great for AP Calculus test takers, too!

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Student tested and approved! If you suffer from math anxiety, then sign up for private tutoring with Bob Miller! Do logarithms, sines, and cosines leave you in a cold sweat? Vectors and derivatives send stress signals to your brain? If so, then you are like the many thousands of students--students of all ages, all levels--who are anxiously trying to master math. Particularly calculus. Luckily, there is a cure: Bob Miller's Calc for the Clueless series! Like the teacher you always wished you had (but never thought existed), Bob Miller brings a combination of knowledge, empathy and fun to this often troubling subject. He breaks down the learning process in an easy, nontechnical way and builds it up again using his own unique methods. ``Basically, the Clueless books are my notes. Exactly the way I teach: friendly, clear. . .with some humor and plenty of emotion!!'' Meant to bridge the gap between the student, the textbook, and the teacher, Calc for the Clueless is packed with all the information you need to conquer calc. New for this second edition of Precalc are: anxiety-reducing features on every page; quick-take methods that fit short study sessions (and short attention spans); two equations in two unknowns, three equations in three unknowns; additional explanation on conic sections; determinants and Kramer's rule; the binomial theorem; plus tips for the SAT. ``I am always delighted when a student tells me that he or she hated math. . .but taking a class with me has made math understandable. . .even enjoyable.'' Now it's your turn. Sharpen your #2 pencils and let Bob Miller show you how to never be clueless again!

About the Author:

Bob Miller has been a lecturer in Mathematics at City College in New York for nearly 30 years. He received his degrees from Brooklyn Polytechnic, and has taught at Westfield State College, Massachusetts, Rutgers, and City College of New York. His main goal is to make the study of mathematics easier and more enjoyable for today’s students.

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