Cover of Calculus Made Easy: A Simple Introduction to Those Terrifying Methods Called The Differential and Integral Calculus by Silvanus P. Thompson Ebook Calculus Made Easy: A Simple Introduction to Those Terrifying Methods Called The Differential and Integral Calculus
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Calculus Made Easy: A Simple Introduction to Those Terrifying Methods Called The Differential and Integral Calculus

Author
Silvanus P. Thompson
Language
English
Length
288 pages
ISBN
9781787242401
Published
18 May 2017
Imprint
The Big Nest
  • mathematics
  • calculus
  • differential
  • integral
  • math
  • calculus-tricks
  • quant

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Description

Thompson’s joke still works: plenty of fools can calculate, so why is calculus sold as a temple mystery? Calculus Made Easy is a simple English introduction to the differential and integral tricks — the easy ones shown as easy, the hard ones not dressed up to impress. The Big Nest ebook of a classic explainer. Some calculus is difficult; the book will not pretend the easy parts are a priesthood. Written against textbooks that perform cleverness. For the reader who wants the method, not the costume of the syllabus.

Author

Silvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916) was an English physicist and electrical engineer whose Calculus Made Easy remains one of the friendliest introductions to the subject ever printed. A Fellow of the Royal Society and gifted teacher, he believed difficult ideas should be made clear without being watered down. The book still rescues students who thought differentials were a closed door.

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