Xref: utzoo comp.edu:1499 sci.math:5030 sci.physics:5061 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ncar!tank!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.edu,sci.math,sci.physics Subject: Calculus book recommendation (was How to beat the high cost ...) Message-ID: <14903@mimsy.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 88 05:56:02 GMT References: <2219@cbnews.ATT.COM> <684@stech.UUCP> <547@aoa.UUCP> <19290@ames.arc.nasa.gov> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 17 >In article <8812040311.AA17256@king.csri.toronto.edu> >hofbauer@csri.toronto.edu (John Hofbauer) asks about >>the non-existence of a calculus book that isn't just a catalogue of >>tricks. In article <19290@ames.arc.nasa.gov> lamaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Hugh LaMaster) suggests: >Try looking at Spivak's book. Of course, many people won't like it, >because it takes too long to get to the "tricks". I presume this means Spivak's `Calculus', from Publish or Perish Inc. Well, *I* liked it. (We used it in freshman Honors Calc., in which I did not do well. Sigh. But I still remember his peculiar derivation for the trig functions....) -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris