Single Variable Essential Calculus: Early Transcendentals

by James Stewart

This book is a response to those instructors who feel that calculus textbooks are too big. In writing the book James Stewart asked himself:What is essential for a three-semester calculus course for scientists and engineers? Stewart's SINGLE VARIABLE ESSENTIAL CALCULUS: EARLY TRANSCENDENTALS offers a concise approach to teaching calculus, focusing on major concepts and supporting those with precise definitions, patient explanations, and carefully graded problems. SINGLE VARIABLE ESSENTIAL CALCULUS: EARLY TRANSCENDENTALS is only 850 pages-two-thirds the size of Stewart's other calculus texts (CALCULUS, FIFTH EDITION AND CALCULUS, EARLY TRANSCENDENTALS, Fifth Edition)-yet it contains almost all of the same topics. The author achieved this relative brevity mainly by condensing the exposition and by putting some of the features on the website www.StewartCalculus.com. Despite the reduced size of the book, there is still a modern flavor: Conceptual understanding and technology are not neglected, though they are not as prominent as in Stewart's other books. SINGLE VARIABLE ESSENTIAL CALCULUS: EARLY TRANSCENDENTALS has been written with the same attention to detail, eye for innovation, and meticulous accuracy that have made Stewart's textbooks the best-selling calculus texts in the world.

Genres: Textbooks, Mathematics, Nonfiction, Reference, Science, Calculus, School

608 pages, Hardcover

First published December 12, 1995

About the author

James Stewart is a professor of mathematics and a violinist. He has written a number of textbooks, notably on calculus.

For other James Stewarts, see similar names.

Reviews

[Sarah Feng]

Stewart’s logical motion from question to proof illuminates the central concepts of single variable calculus for a student who has had trouble grasping the motivation behind such proofs in the past. Especially appreciated, even central to my enjoyment, were his extensive and passionate inclusions of concepts, bridging Greek philosophy, physics, and many other applications both abstract and real. There is a certain poetry to this breakdown of the world through numbers, but I wonder if that’s just me fetishizing the language.

[Nathan]

Overpriced and poorly constructed, with pretty standard math textbook material on the inside.

[Nalani]

Bittersweet journey :)

[Ashley Chang]

This is more of a review of calculus than a review of the book itself. Calculus is fine. This book so boring and mind numbing every time I wonder whether insomnia is a thing, I read. It's the epitome of life-not-changing.

[Joshua]

Pretty good explanations of things. Good amount of proofs for an intro calculus text. Lots of exercises and examples. Well-organized.

[Joseph]

A clear treatment of introductory calculus. Lots of examples throughout. I also found that the Early Calculus Transcendentals website had some very helpful resources.

[dead letter office]

There must be a better way to do this.

[Glittery]

Well written for a math textbook

[Marisa (Mirroredpages)]

I only have one thing to say: I hate calculus and will never take it again.