Calculus For Dummies

My college calculus book was about as easy to figure out as Chinese algebra. If I had not visited my instructor before each class I would have probably dropped the course instead of my final test A+. This book is student friendly and written by an instructor who understands how daunting calculus might seem and presents the information with a good sense of humor making it less stressful to figure out. Being retired I often have down time and study calculus to fill in and see if I can remember since calculus class was 1972 and I never had occasion to use it.

I love science, but I struggle with math. I passed college Calculus but it took me three times to do so. I wish I’d had this book back then. ___ I’m currently working through some nuclear reactor geometry. I realized I needed to review Calculus. I bought this book. It is exactly what I needed! “Calculus for Dummies” breaks everything into simple terms, right down to explaining what calculus even is. “Calculus for Dummies” opens with a brief algebra / trig review that shows one what they would need to continue through this book. Through a blend of diagrams and descriptions in nice, bite-sized chapters, “Calculus for Dummies” explains things in a way that’s not intimidating. This book is a solid reference for someone new to calculus, or someone looking to gain a better understanding of it. I would recommend it to any student taking calculus, whether highschool or college level. While not a replacement for a course textbook, “Calculus for Dummies” would make a perfect supplement to the class material. It makes this esoteric math seem rather fun! That, in and of itself, is a valuable thing as well.

The book is quite good. The author gradually introduces concepts, building one upon the other, offering illustrations and analogues (for example, Achilles versus the tortoise). He includes a review of algebra, powers and roots, and factoring, all important background. I was pleased to remember as much as I did, and delighted to re-learn things I'd forgotten. The only problem, and the reason for four vice five stars, was that the equations (and there are many) do not increase in size with the font (the Aa at the top of the page). It appears that they were placed in the text as images. This would be easy (if somewhat tedious) to correct using an equation creator app such is available in most popular word processing programs. The Calculus (as it is properly named) is a beautiful thing, and this book is a beautiful way to learn or re-learn.

I'm 39. I took calculus in college (through 3D calc but not DE) and the only thing I remember is basic differentiation like x^2 becomes 2x... I love this book!!! I'm on chapter 8 and have had the book for 3 days (I am not a reader). I've had A LOT of aha moments, either an epiphany of trig I didn't know way back when, or an epiphany because at one point I did know it but 100% do not remember and am learning it for the first time according to my brain. I bought this book because just starting from chapter 1.1 of my college text book was not working. Those math descriptions in the text with their weird math proof language is not something I understood then or now, despite always being one of the best at math. I get math very quickly, but Calc was a huge speed bump. I got behind in it and never caught back up (because it's math, you can't at college speeds.) So for someone who hasn't done any math past the basic 4 functions in 15 years, this book is amazing and I love it. I have to stop fawning over the book now so I can read it. I stopped to write this before I finished this book and forgot to let you know it's definitely worth it for a middle age person who just wants to relearn the maths.

Excellent for teaching calculus at my level.

This is the best Dummies book I've bought. The author is a genius. He really explains the concepts very well and clear enough. When someone knows the materials, have plenty of experience teaching them, and happens to have a great sense of humor and is willing to write a book, there you have Mark Ryan. The materials are well organized and topics well chosen with plenty of jokes to enjoy. I recommend to read this book first before you take college calculus, so that you would have clear ideas about what calculus is about, and the important topics and examples. Don't imagine you can read this book can replace college calculus textbook, though. They serve different purposes.

It helped some but still didnt understand some of it as well.

This book came as advertised. I ended up in a high school senior calculus class with a disinterested teacher and had to have some sort of help. I am not a fan of math. This book really really helped me. It is easy to understand and it is organized in such a way that it was easy for me to find the subjects we were going over in class in the book. I was able to pass calculus class without help from the teacher. Would recommend.

This is my first brush with calculus and I found it fascinating, enthralling and amazing! However, like all science and mathematics, obviously calculus is benign and neutral and does not say anything political or biased. Now I know that even more. I highly recommend this made easy to understand book!

Este semestre tengo cálculo y vi este libro en oferta así que lo compré como un apoyo extra para las clases. Me encantó la forma en que está redactado, te da explicaciones sencillas de entender y con bastante humor. Además me ayuda a practicar mi inglés, es ganar en todos los aspectos. Con total seguridad volveré a comprar libros de esta serie, valen mucho la pena.

A well written book by someone who understands the business of teaching. The format of this volume follows on very logically from the previous publication and presents the subject in an easily understandable manner.

Di facile lettura con esaustivi esempi. Per appassionati e studenti che conoscono la lingua inglese.

A must have for those who want to learn Calculus with fun and effortless