Calculus: Early Transcendentals Combined

by Howard Anton, Irl C. Bivens, Stephen Davis

Designed for the freshman/sophomore Calculus I-II-III sequence, the eighth edition continues to evolve to fulfill the needs of a changing market by providing flexible solutions to teaching and learning needs of all kinds. The new edition retains the strengths of earlier editions such as Anton's trademark clarity of exposition, sound mathematics, excellent exercises and examples, and appropriate level. Anton also incorporates new ideas that have withstood the objective scrutiny of many skilled and thoughtful instructors and their students.

Genres: Nonfiction, Mathematics, Textbooks

1312 pages, Hardcover

First published February 7, 2005

About the author

Howard Anton obtained his B.A. from Lehigh University, his M.A. from the University of Illinois, and his Ph.D. from the Polytechnic University of Brooklyn, all in mathematics. In the early 1960's he worked for Burroughs Corporation and Avco Corporation at Cape Canaveral, Florida, where he was involved with the manned space program. In 1968 he joined the Mathematics Department at Drexel University, where he taught full time until 1983. Since that time he has been an adjunct professor at Drexel and has devoted the majority of his time to textbook writing and activities for mathematical associations. Dr. Anton was president of the EPADEL Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), Served on the board of Governors of that organization, and guided the creation of the Student Chapters of the MAA. He has published numerous research papers in functional analysis, approximation theory, and topology, as well as pedagogical papers. He is best known for his textbooks in mathematics, which are among the most widely used in the world. There are currently more than one hundred versions of his books, including translations into Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Italian, Indonesian, French, Japanese, Chinese, Hebrew, and German. For relaxation, Dr. Anton enjoys traveling and photography.

Reviews

[Steve B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three semesters of Calculus in one book. Intriguing storyline the builds to a grand climax. A must read!

[Abdullah]

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[Pickie Loo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Worst calculus book I have used.

[Supe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Come on, who doesn't like math?

[Srikandi Mariam · Rating 4 out of 5]

all about mathematics...

[Rakibullah Sazib · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for one variable. But you have to find another book if u want to learn about multi variable calculus

[IMPERIVM · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good enough text covering up to vector calculus.