College Algebra

by James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Jim Stewart, author of the worldwide, best-selling Calculus, Third Edition--along with two of his former Ph.D. students, Lothar Redlin and Saleem Watson--collaborated in writing this text to address a problem the frequently saw in their calculus many students were not prepared to "think mathematically" but attempted instead to memorize facts and mimic examples. College Algebra was written specifically to help students learn to think mathematically and to develop true problem-solving skills. Now in the Second Edition, the authors have refined their approach to make it work even more effectively for today's students. To help students develop mathematical thinking, the authors offer careful exposition and examples, well-graded exercises, and a problem-solving emphasis that is carried throughout the book. They introduce Polya's problem-solving principles in Chapter 1, then conclude each subsequent chapter with a section entitled "Focus on Problem Solving", which highlights a particular problem-solving technique. Each "Focus" section includes a wide variety of problems that encourage students to apply their problem-solving skills, often to real-life problems.

Genres: Mathematics, Reference, Nonfiction

707 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

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

[Nance · Rating 1 out of 5]

It's more than a bit dry, and the explanations of some of the problems aren't as clear as I'd like.

[Trent Stockwell · Rating 1 out of 5]

Tough to get into... I doubt it gets better.
edit: It doesn't. Crappy to the end. Something about logs and inequality. Not really sure. It does talk about a Matrix which was a really cool movie, so it wasn't all bad.