Spivak's celebrated textbook is widely held as one of the finest introductions to mathematical analysis. His aim is to present calculus as the firs...
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May 16, 2011
Ronald
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This is a beautiful exposition of the theory of calculus from the axiomatic approach with full motivation and proof of the major theorems and some interesting facts that are seldom presented at this level. The proofs and exercises are the most elegant that I have seen in any calculus text, as is Spivak's hallmark. All that is necessary is a solid understanding of high school pre-calculus and mathematical curiousity. As other posters have said, if you are going to be a mathematics or physics majo
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Aug 21, 2009
Jonathanstray
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By far THE BEST textbook I've ever read on any subject, and this one is teaching calculus. I don't know why there are any other (single variable) calc textbooks, this is the one.
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Oct 30, 2011
Alec
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This book is beautifully written and very enjoyable to read. This book got me interested in theoretical math.
Aug 07, 2011
Alex
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A solid text and reference on the topic. Were I to want to re-learn calculus, I'd start here.
Mar 09, 2010
I'm too dumb to solve the vast majority of problems, but I can see why people like the book.
Dec 16, 2009
arash
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It is such a very very good and usefull book in Calculus course.solving its problems cause to understand the fandumenal concepts of calculus.It's a Berekley Univ book and it covers even Analysis(1).
Apr 23, 2007
Tim
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A must have, in my opinion. Spivak's writing is casual and thoughtful while the exercises are unique and forward thinking.
Mar 20, 2011
Michael
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This is really a beautiful book and it's clear that a lot of love went into every page.
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