Calculus - Hardcover

Strang, Gilbert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0961408820 ISBN 13: 9780961408824

Publisher: Wellesley-Cambridge Press, 1991

Synopsis

Gilbert Strang's Calculus textbook is ideal both as a course companion and for self study. The author has a direct style. His book presents detailed and intensive explanations. Many diagrams and key examples are used to aid understanding, as well as the application of calculus to physics and engineering and economics. The text is well organized, and it covers single variable and multivariable calculus in depth. An instructor's manual and student guide are available online at http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/resources/Strang/strangtext.htm.

About this title

Book Description:

Gilbert Strang's Calculus textbook is ideal both as a course companion and for self study. The author has a direct style. His book presents detailed and intensive explanations. Many diagrams and examples are used to aid understanding, as well as the application of calculus to physics and engineering and economics.

About the Author:

Gilbert Strang received his Ph.D. from UCLA and since then he has taught at MIT. He has been a Sloan Fellow and a Fairchild Scholar and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a Professor of Mathematics at MIT and an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College. Professor Strang has published eight textbooks. He received the von Neumann Medal of the US Association for Computational Mechanics, and the Henrici Prize for applied analysis. The first Su Buchin Prize from the International Congress of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and the Haimo Prize from the Mathematical Association of America, were awarded for his contributions to teaching around the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wellesley-Cambridge Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0961408820
• ISBN 13: 9780961408824
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 600