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How to Ace the Rest of Calculus (How to Ace S) Paperback – May 1, 2001

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The sequel to How to Ace Calculus, How to Ace the Rest of Calculus provides humorous and highly readable explanations of the key topics of second and third semester calculus―such as sequences and series, polor coordinates, and multivariable calculus―without the technical details and fine print that would be found in a formal text.

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“What a great book! It's short, it's funny, and it reveals the secrets of the calculus guild. What more could you want?” ―Fernando Gouvea, Editor, MAA Online

“Congratulations! You made it through the first term of calculus. Now the fun really begins. This wonderful book will take you on a fantastic journey.” ―Mikhail Chkhenkeli, Williams College

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Colin Adams is Professor of Mathematics at Williams College. He is the author of The Knot Book and winner of the Mathematical Association of America Distinguished Teaching Award for 1998. Joel Hass is Professor of Mathematics at the University of California at Davis, and Abigail Thompson is also Professor of Mathematics at the University of California at Davis. Adams, Hass, and Thompson are co-authors of How to Ace Calculus.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Times Books (May 1, 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0716741741
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0716741749
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  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.25 x 0.76 x 9.25 inches
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Customers find the book helps explain concepts in simple terms, making calculus enjoyable to learn. Moreover, they appreciate its readability, with one customer noting it contains good explanations throughout. Additionally, the book receives positive feedback for its humor.

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Customers find the book helps explain concepts in simple terms, making calculus enjoyable to learn.

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  • J. Henderson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good supplimental intro for multivariable calculus and review.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2020
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    Explains the basic principles in easy to understand format. From experience. instructors can make or break a class. Funny, lively, experienced instructors can take what can be presented in an almost hypnotically droning incomprehensible fashion into an enjoyable experience, sort of like this book . This book takes alot of important concepts and presents it in a very rereadable fashion. If you haven't taken differential and intergal calculus this book wouldn't be very helpful and probably confusing. I liked this a lot more than the first book "How to Ace Calculus " which was ok or "The Cartoon Guide to Calculus " also ok. Since most texts are extremely expensive, if you can buy them , books like these are convenient for review and study.
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  • julia
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is a wonderful review book
    Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2015
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    This is a wonderful review book! I'm a review book junkie for all sorts of subjects, so I had to get this now that I'm in Calc 3. I think the explanations and examples are wonderful, and helpful. The book is easy to read, so it shouldn't bore you. It's also very concise, so it doesn't just gloss over topics. The explanations are rather thorough, and I love the summation at the back of the book of step-by-step guides to how to solve various types of problems mentioned in the book. I would highly recommend this book!
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  • Tinker
    5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious
    Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2012
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    Awesome book! It is so so funny and entertaining. Every time I started to zone out, a cheesy but tickling joke popped up; my roommate was jealous of how much fun I had with Vector Calculus! I got a B in the class, but only used the book for half of the semester (if used for the whole course, I am assured it would have helped me get an A).
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  • Matt G.
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great for brushing up on more difficult topics
    Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2010
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    I picked up this little book to help me brush up on Calc 2 and 3 topics so I could pick and choose topics to teach my AP class after the AP exam. The book reads very easily and is full of puns and math humor, including some great examples that will help concepts stick. My one gripe is that the actual problem examples are circumstantial and are not very extensive, so you would definitely have to pick up a textbook and try some problems of the same type before you can say you've "got it"... But I suspect most books of this type are similar. If it were a Barron's book, it would be twice the size, like the Barron's book is! But the topic selection is great and difficult to find in this format. Pick this one up.
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  • kozmikrokker
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great and rare guide to help understand this coursework
    Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2014
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    This book was of great help in de-mystifying multivariable calculus. Especially helpful were the sections on Green's Theorem and the stuff that comes last in your calculus text, using integral-differential formulas to determine fields. Of course, if you want to really understand multivariable calculus, you need to take a few upper level undergraduate physics classes. This stuff was invented by physicists for physics so it really doesn't make sense taken out of context in a generic math class. I was an expert after the physics classes, but this book helped too.
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  • Placeholder
    3.0 out of 5 stars good overview
    Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2018
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    doesn't go very deep into the subjects
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  • jomud
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic read for understanding concepts
    Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2016
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    Fantastic read for understanding concepts. This is a very good book that helps explain things in very simple terms. As an engineer out of college for several years, I periodically refer back to this book to help grasp conceptual stuff that I have forgotten when I do not work calculus problems every day. The book does delve into details as well, though not too deeply.
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  • Thiago Carvalho
    5.0 out of 5 stars Calculus now makes sense!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2007
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    I am graduate student in Pharmacy, but had to take Calculus as prerequisite for more complicated classes, like Differential Equation and Physical Chemistry. Although I had very basic Calculus in my undergraduation program, it didn't make sense to me. I borrowed this book from a friend and started reading in paralel with textbook. Calculus is now becoming funny!!!! I strongly reccomend this book for those who does not understand what genious say in common textbooks! I really would like to find other Streetwise Guides like this one in other areas, like statistics, etc!!!!
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  • Dani
    5.0 out of 5 stars Genial
    Reviewed in Spain on November 18, 2022
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    Mejor incluso que su antecesor "How to ace calculus". Es un buen libro para saber cómo se hacen las cosas sin destinar mucho tiempo a entrar en detalles. Es bueno incluso para entender los conceptos detrás de cada técnica, pues no es un libro que solo te enseñe a resolver ejercicios. No es un sustituto de un libro de cálculo que toque en profundidad todos los temas, pero aún y así es un muy buen libro para empezar o para repasar en poco tiempo.
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