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EssentialCalculus:EarlyTranscendentals

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Thisbookisforinstructorswhothinkthatmostcalculustextbooksaretoolong.Inwritingthebook,JamesStewartaskedhimself:Whatisessentialforathree-semestercalculuscourseforscientistsandengineers?ESSENTIALCALCULUS:EARLYTRANSCENDENTALS,SecondEdition,offersaconciseapproachtoteachingcalculusthatfocusesonmajorconcepts,andsupportsthoseconceptswithprecisedefinitions,patientexplanations,andcarefullygradedproblems.Thebookisonly900pages--two-thirdsthesizeofStewart’sothercalculustexts,andyetitcontainsalmostallofthesametopics.Theauthorachievedthisrelativebrevityprimarilybycondensingtheexpositionandbyputtingsomeofthefeaturesonthebook’swebsite,www.StewartCalculus.com.Despitethemorecompactsize,thebookhasamodernflavor,coveringtechnologyandincorporatingmaterialtopromoteconceptualunderstanding,thoughnotasprominentlyasinStewart’sotherbooks.ESSENTIALCALCULUS:EARLYTRANSCENDENTALSfeaturesthesameattentiontodetail,eyeforinnovation,andmeticulousaccuracythathavemadeStewart’stextbooksthebest-sellingcalculustextsintheworld.

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