Calculus Made Easy

Thompson, Silvanus P

ISBN 10: 0333772431 / ISBN 13: 9780333772430

Published by Palgrave, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Calculus Made Easy
• Publisher: Palgrave
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333772431
• ISBN 13: 9780333772430
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 440 grams

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Synopsis

First published by Silvanus P. Thompson in 1910, this text aims to make the topic of calculus accessible to students of mathematics. In the first major revision of the text since 1946, Martin Gardner has thoroughly updated the text to reflect developments in method and terminology, written an extensive preface and three new chapters, and added more than 20 recreational problems for practice and enjoyment.

From the Publisher

Praise for Martin Gardner's New Edition of Calculus Made Easy:

"Martrin Gardner is one of the greatest intellects produced in this country in this century." --Douglas Hofstadter

"Sylvanus Thompson's Calculus Made Easy is arguably the best math teaching ever. To a non-mathematician, its simplicity and clarity reveals the mathematical genius of Newton, Leibniz, and Thompson himself. Martin Gardner deserves huge thanks for renewing this great book." --Julian Simon, author of Population Matters

"A remarkable and original user-friendly approach to the study of calculus, made even more so by Martin Gardner, the most highly acclaimed mathematical expositor of out time." --R.L. Graham, Chief Scientist, AT&T Labs, and author of Concrete Mathematics

"Before the epsilons and deltas of a college course taught by an eminent mathematician, I learned the elements of calculus from S.P. Thompson's classic work accessible to a new generation of people thirsty for mathematics." --George W. Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Praise for Martin Gardner

"For more than half a century, Martin Gardner has been the single brightest beacon defending rationality and good science...He is one of the most brilliant men and gracious writers I have known." --Stephen Jay Gould

"Martin Gardner's contribution to contemporary culture is unique." --Noam Chomsky

"Martin Gardner is one of the most versatile men of the century." --Raymond Smullyan