Calculus (With Analytic Geometry)(8th edition) by Ron Larson, Robert P. Hostetler, Bruce H. Edwards
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Book Reviews of Calculus (With Analytic Geometry)(8th edition)
Book Review: Calculus (w/ analytic Geometry) 8th edition
Summary: 3 Stars
The three calculus classes should have seperate books, for those who are not going to take calc 3. It's alot of money to shell out for one class.Book Review: Quick service
Summary: 3 Stars
This was needed for my sun's class and he received it very quickly. The condition of the book was excellent.Book Review: OK Textbook, I Guess
Summary: 2 Stars
We used this book in the Calculus I class I just finished. My teacher was great, so I have an A or A- in the class (grades aren't in yet), but it was no thanks at all to this textbook. Whenever I got stuck on a problem, I would try to go back to the chapter for some guidence, but, well, there isn't any. I am very good at math, and I had a hard time following what they were doing in the examples. There were more than a couple of problem formats at the end of the chapter that weren't really explained at all in the text. I guess if your teacher only uses the book for the end of chapter exercises, it is good, but we still had to go over a lot of them in class because, like I said, the book didn't explain how to do some of them and we were all lost.Book Review: Reference Book - Not For Learning
Summary: 2 Stars
This text is written for mathematicians, by mathematicians. It works well as a refresher for those who already know the material and need to brush up. The descriptions are written with absolutely no outside perspective. Analogies are not used.
The solutions manual often skips multiple steps, such as how a partial fraction was obtained, or a special limit property used in the process of finding a solution.
Do not attempt to learn Calculus from this book. It will only discourage new students from learning higher levels of mathematics.
Book Review: No CD Included
Summary: 2 Stars
Even though the book was listed under New Books, the book exhibited some wear and the CD was not included. If I had known the CD was not included, I could have just bought a used book in very good condition and had the same item for much less money. In the future, if a "new book" is missing the CD then that should be stated in the description.