About this title: "Calculus Gems", a collection of essays written about mathematicians and mathematics, is a spin-off of two appendices ("Biographical Notes" and "Variety of Additional Topics") found in Simmons' 1985 calculus book. With many additions and some minor adjustments, the material will now be available in a separate softcover volume. The text is suitable as a supplement for a calculus course and/or a history of mathematics course, The overall aim is bound up in the question, "What is mathematics for?" and in Simmons' answer, "To delight the mind and help us understand the world". The essays are ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Companies
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780070575660ISBN:0070575665
Description: Very Good. 0070575665. Softcover, in Very Good condition, no stamps, writing or marks, a light crease on the front cover is about it for "flaws", solid binding, clean unmarked pages, straight spine without creases, a nice looking book, read more
Description: Maceo Mitchell. Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Presents the educated reader with the lives of history's greatist mathematicians along with the formulae and equations that made them great. This book is a reduction of the author's two massive appendices on calculus and an excellent resource for intermediate students of calculus who hope to widen their scope and deepen their knowledge of these complex mathematical principles. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Inc. : New York, NY
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780070575660ISBN:0070575665
Description: G+ ISBN: 0070575665 Paperback, 355 pages. Clean, square, unmarked copy. Shelf worn, has some water warping to bottom corners of back end papers which has caused them to stick together, light sunning to covers. read more
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