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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!
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Date: 8 Dec 88 14:56:44 GMT
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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.

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