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I've taught precalculus, and writen an online textbook of my own, so when this was a free Kindle book of the day I grabbed it out of curiosity to see what they did with the subject.
Trying to put myself in the student's place, I think this would be good for students, both for self study (if anyone does that any more) and for review or as a supplement to a regular textbook. I haven't noticed any significant omissions. The writing style is clear and straightforward -- I know from writing my own textbooks how hard that is to do.
They have many, many step-by-step procedures, and often a short section of frequently asked questions after introducing a topic. There are tons of worked examples, in addition to practice problems and sample tests.
Editing is generally good -- not perfect, but I'd give it an A minus.
One change I'd make is to link from practice problems to the answers, and ditto for the practice tests. Some sort of split screen, if that's possible on the Kindle, would be ideal. But that's a minor point
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Good quality, kinda huge lmao
Note: I opted to buy the paperback version.I bought my own copy so I can write in my own notes for class, I bought the paperback and it’s super huge and heavy! The book is ~two inches thick because of it’s ~1,000 pages. It’s definitely something you should keep at home to study with. It’s not really a downside but more of a grim reminder that I have to do so much math to meet my program requirements.Aside from the shocking size and weight, it is a good textbook. The pages are perfect to write on. You can faintly see the color on the other side when written on but it’s nothing that really bothers me, personally. Pages are bound quite well, corners only a little smushed from delivery but it was a used version.TLDR: Overall decent quality but really big and heavy.
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Note: I opted to buy the paperback version.
I bought my own copy so I can write in my own notes for class, I bought the paperback and it’s super huge and heavy! The book is ~two inches thick because of it’s ~1,000 pages. It’s definitely something you should keep at home to study with. It’s not really a downside but more of a grim reminder that I have to do so much math to meet my program requirements.
Aside from the shocking size and weight, it is a good textbook. The pages are perfect to write on. You can faintly see the color on the other side when written on but it’s nothing that really bothers me, personally. Pages are bound quite well, corners only a little smushed from delivery but it was a used version.
TLDR: Overall decent quality but really big and heavy.
I bought my own copy so I can write in my own notes for class, I bought the paperback and it’s super huge and heavy! The book is ~two inches thick because of it’s ~1,000 pages. It’s definitely something you should keep at home to study with. It’s not really a downside but more of a grim reminder that I have to do so much math to meet my program requirements.
Aside from the shocking size and weight, it is a good textbook. The pages are perfect to write on. You can faintly see the color on the other side when written on but it’s nothing that really bothers me, personally. Pages are bound quite well, corners only a little smushed from delivery but it was a used version.
TLDR: Overall decent quality but really big and heavy.
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A good book for taking science, mathematics, and engineering programs.
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