How to Ace CalculusColin Adams, Abigail Thompson, Joel Hass

How to Ace Calculus

by Colin Adams, Abigail Thompson, Joel Hass · first published 2015

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  • pkoird · Dec 5, 2022 · Recommends

    Courtesy: ChatGPT "How to Ace Calculus: The Streetwise Guide" by Colin Adams, Joel Hass, and Abigail Thompson. This book is designed to help you (re)learn the key concepts and techniques of calculus, which is the study of change and motion…

    on “Ask HN: Can you recommend me a book to (re)learn math?” ↗
  • weaksauce · Jan 10, 2017 · Recommends

    > Calculus, by James Stewart I learned from the Stewart book and it's not terrible, but I don't think that is a very good book for self learning. How to ace calculus or the calculus lifesaver, plus a book with solved examples is probably better for self study.

    on “6.S094: Deep Learning for Self-Driving Cars” ↗
  • wmoser · May 21, 2020 · Recommends

    I don’t know how old your son is but for a high level and amusingly written book was How to Ace Calculus, The Streetwise Guide. I know it sounds a bit gimmicky but even after years of calculus classes I found it helpful for the higher level view. I always found from engineering school there being a stark…

    on “Calculus Made Easy (1914) [pdf]” ↗
  • wmoser · Mar 31, 2024 · Recommends

    There is a book, “how to ace calculus, the streetwise guide” that sounds a little gimmicky but is actually a bit entertaining to read. Looks like it can be had on thrift books or eBay for about $5. It helped me understand some of the concepts…

    on “Ask HN: What Are You Learning?” ↗

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