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Calculus Made Easy

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  • Nov 1999

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Authors:
  1. Silvanus P. Thompson
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  2. Martin Gardner
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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-9
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  2. Preliminary Chapters by Martin Gardner

    1. What Is a Function?

      • Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
      Pages 10-17

    2. What Is a Limit?

      • Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
      Pages 18-29

    3. What Is a Derivative?

      • Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
      Pages 30-34

  3. Calculus Made Easy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-38
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    2. To Deliver You from the Preliminary Terrors

      • Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
      Pages 39-40

    3. On Different Degrees of Smallness

      • Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
      Pages 41-44

    4. On Relative Growings

      • Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
      Pages 45-50

    5. Simplest Cases

      • Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
      Pages 51-58

    6. Next Stage. What to Do with Constants

      • Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
      Pages 59-65

    7. Sums, Differences, Products, and Quotients

      • Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
      Pages 66-78

    8. Successive Differentiation

      • Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
      Pages 79-82

    9. When Time Varies

      • Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
      Pages 83-93

    10. Introducing a Useful Dodge

      • Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
      Pages 94-102

    11. Geometrical Meaning of Differentiation

      • Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
      Pages 103-115

    12. Maxima and Minima

      • Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
      Pages 116-131

    13. Curvature of Curves

      • Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
      Pages 132-138

    14. Partial Fractions and Inverse Functions

      • Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
      Pages 139-149

    15. On True Compound Interest and the Law of Organic Growth

      • Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
      Pages 150-174

    16. How to Deal with Sines and Cosines

      • Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
      Pages 175-183
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About this book

Calculus Made Easy has been a classic introduction to the subject ever since it was first published by Silvanus P.Thompson in 1910. In the first major revision of the text since 1946, Martin Gardner - the 'Mathematical Games' columnist for Scientific American and author of over 50 books and innumerable articles - has thoroughly updated the text to reflect recent developments in method and terminology, written an extensive preface and three new chapters, and added more than 20 recreational problems for practice and enjoyment. He has transformed this classic primer into a modern masterpiece that explains the timeless concepts of calculus in a contemporary and user-friendly voice.

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'Martin Gardner is one of the great intellects produced in this country.' - Douglas Hofstadter

'For more than half a century, Martin Gardner has been the single brightest beacon defending rationality and good science.' - Stephen Jay Gould

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Calculus Made Easy

  • Authors: Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15058-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave London

  • eBook Packages: Engineering

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1998

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 330

  • Topics: Analysis

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