Calculus: Concepts and Contexts, Hybrid 4th Edition PDF

Calculus: Concepts and Contexts, Hybrid 4th Edition
Author: James Stewart ID: 1133627129

About the Author

The late James Stewart received his M.S. from Stanford University and his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He did research at the University of London and was influenced by the famous mathematician George Polya at Stanford University. Stewart was most recently Professor of Mathematics at McMaster University, and his research field was harmonic analysis. Stewart was the author of a best-selling calculus textbook series published by Cengage Learning, including CALCULUS, CALCULUS: EARLY TRANSCENDENTALS, and CALCULUS: CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS, as well as a series of precalculus texts.

Paperback: 912 pagesPublisher: Brooks Cole; 4 edition (January 1, 2012)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1133627129ISBN-13: 978-1133627128 Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8.4 x 1.1 inches Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces Best Sellers Rank: #505,083 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #389 in Books > Science & Math > Mathematics > Pure Mathematics > Algebra > Elementary #524 in Books > Textbooks > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Calculus #853 in Books > Science & Math > Mathematics > Pure Mathematics > Calculus
This book was actually my textbook for 3 semesters in a row, and, throughout that time, I’ve been basically forced to live with this book next to me at almost all times. There are certainly some good points and bad, but I’ll start with the good.
First off, the book does an excellent job, in my opinion, of giving every student of (almost) all ability levels a chance to grasp some deep calculus theories. For the math majors, that includes theoretical proofs (though most are just sketched in there!) and some good proof problems near the end of each section, and, for the non-math people, many applied problems (both "textbook" and "real-world" applied problems) combined with many routine drill-type problems to drive the concepts home. I also liked the numerous amounts of graphs and pictures drawn in the book, especially for 3-D graphing and surfaces, where it’s not as easy to construct those by hand. His review of algebra and trigonometry is also very helpful, as my high school did not cover some of the topics in my precalc class before I took calculus I in college.
But, for the bad, my first gripe is with the organization. You can obviously tell that the book was written in two volumes as there is a clear shift from single-variable to multi-variable in the style of presentation (less examples in the multi-variable, no CD-ROM help available) and language (he shifts from a "let’s be nice to the student" point of view in the beginning to skipping some essential steps in exercises and writing like a math professor as you go along!). Also, I felt that some of the sections were out of place where they were, like the l’Hospital’s Rule section being right in-between a bunch of sections on physical applications of dervatives?
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