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Calculus: A Liberal Art (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)
by W.M. Priestley
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Springer (1998-04-23)
ISBN: 0387983791
EAN: 9780387983790
Dewy Decimal #: 515
Hardcover: 428 pages
Edition: 2nd. ed.
SKU: A3-5
Condition: Good
Comments: 2nd edition hardcover. Cover shows some wear. A few notations in chapters 4, 5 and 6. Pages are crisp. Binding is tight. Expedited shipping is available.
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Product Description
This is a serious - but not solemn - textbook that attempts to make a clear, conceptual understanding of calculus accessible to all liberal arts students. It presents mathematics as growing out of the classical liberal arts to form a natural bridge between the humanities and the sciences, integrating the history and pedagogy of mathematics in a way that may be of interest to prospective teachers as well. Instead of a pre-calculus review, this book offers an historical development of much of the geometry and algebra needed, emphasizing the fundamental need for students to develop a clear style of writing. Calculus is here largely restricted to the study of algebraic functions, but all the usual aspects of the interplay between functions and derivatives are covered: optimization, instantaneous rates, Newton's method, freely falling bodies, antiderivatives, integrals, areas, volumes, etc. The fundamental theorem is prominently featured and carefully treated. A brief final chapter about the intellectual climate surrounding the development of calculus offers students further insight into the place of mathematics as an element in the history of thought.
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Great Survey of the Calculus
Rating  (5)
Date: 2004-06-08
12 out of 12 customers found this reveiw helpful
Priestley's work is a gem in that it incorporates the full-orbed liberal arts approach to the calculus. Professor Priestley places the differential and integral calculus in the context of history (the best methodology for teaching any aspect of mathematics). You will also find a good number of brain-expanding exercises and real world applications strategically placed in the text. This book is a "must-have" text for any teacher of mathematics and for a student who desires to understand the calculus in the context of history, science, philosophy, and literature. This is education at its best!
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