Xref: utzoo comp.edu:1512 sci.math:5057 sci.physics:5088 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!ncar!boulder!sunybcs!sbcs!kepler1!rjfrey From: rjfrey@kepler1.UUCP (Robert J Frey) Newsgroups: comp.edu,sci.math,sci.physics Subject: Re: How to beat the high cost of text books! Message-ID: <36@kepler1.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 88 14:56:44 GMT References: <2219@cbnews.ATT.COM> <684@stech.UUCP> <547@aoa.UUCP> <17563@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <8812040311.AA17256@king.csri.toronto.edu> <19 Reply-To: rjfrey@kepler1.UUCP (Robert J Frey) Organization: Kepler Financial Mgmt, Setauket, NY Lines: 19 In article <19290@ames.arc.nasa.gov> lamaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov.UUCP (Hugh LaMaster) writes: >In article <8812040311.AA17256@king.csri.toronto.edu> hofbauer@csri.toronto.edu (John Hofbauer) writes: >>a calculus book that isn't just a catalogue of tricks...? > >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 second this recommendation; Spivak's _Calculus_ is one the best books in the field. His _Calculus on Manifolds_ is another superb text if you're interested in multi-variate methods. ============================================================================== |Dr. Robert J. Frey | {acsm, sbcs, polyof}!kepler1!rjfrey | |Kepler Financial Management, Ltd.|------------------------------------------| |100 North Country Rd., Bldg. B | The views expressed are wholly my own and| |Setauket, NY 11766 | and do not reflect those of the Indepen- | |(516) 689-6300 x.16 | dent Republic of Latvia. | ==============================================================================