Calculus Made Easy

by Silvanus P Thompson

Overview

Unlock the mysteries of calculus with Calculus Made Easy by Silvanus P. Thompson. This timeless guide simplifies complex concepts, making them accessible and engaging for learners

of all levels. Perfect for students and enthusiasts alike, this classic text turns daunting calculus into an enjoyable and comprehensible journey.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798330202249
Publisher:	Natal Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	05/29/2024
Pages:	238
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

SILVANUS P. THOMPSON (1851-1916) wrote several science manuals and biographies of major scientists.

MARTIN GARDNER is a regular reviewer for the New York Review of Books. He lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Prologue.- To Deliver you from the Preliminary Terrors.- On Different Degrees of Smallness.- On Relative Growings.- Simplest Cases.- Next Stage: What to do with Constants.- Sums, Differences, Products and Quotients.- Successive Differentiation.- When Time Varies.- Introducing a Useful Dodge.- Geometrical Meaning of Differentiation.- Maxima and Minima.- Curvature of Curves.- Other Useful Dodges.- On True Compound Interest and the Law of Organic Growth.- How to Deal with Sines and Cosines.- Partial Differentiation.- Integration.- Integrating as the Reverse of Differentiating.- On Finding Areas by Integration.- Dodges, Pitfalls and Triumphs.- Finding Solutions.- A Little More about Curvature of Curves.- How to Find the Length of an Arc on a Curve.- Epilogue and Apologue.

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