Brief Calculus: An Applied Approach

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This text comprises Chapters 0-7 of Larson and Edwards' Calculus: An Applied Approach, 6/e. For a complete description of this text's features, refer to the entry for that text.

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Easy book.......2007-03-27

Easiest calculus book ever, wish it had thorough answers in the back of the book.

Not that helpful for trying to teach yourself.......2003-09-21

This book assumes a knowledge that not everyone will have. It has an algebra/pre-calc review section, but the review is very basic (ie what an exponent is). The problems require you to remember about negative exponents and cube roots and whatnot.

The explanation parts are very simple and the problems are much more complex.It's hard to make the connection, and the answers in the back don't explain anything. (Don't buy the solutions manual - it's not any more help.) The answers are also simplified in inconsistent ways, so it's sometimes hard to use even if you have the problem right. Calculus for Dummies was more helpful, and explains a little better. It's still not as in depth as the problems in Brief Calculus, though.

(Sidenote: I'm "trying to teach myself" because my professor is incomprensible and has illegible writing as well.)

Yeah, maybe on the cover.......2002-03-01

I used this book for my high school curiculum and will use the exact same book in my collge calc class. And I have enough experience to say that, although this book seems to be user-friendly, it is by far not. The layout is relatively simple, however is not very in depth. Additionally, this book smashes together several large topics together with very little explanation. This lack of explanation, in turn, makes some of the problems practically impossible due to the fact that you haven't seen any problems like them before. All in all forget this book, and pay attention to your instructor.

Student Friendly Text.......2000-09-07

This is a great book. It helped me pass my business calculus course.

Excellent for Business majors.......2000-04-18

This text is an excellent text for business majors of all disciplines. It features real world applications and examples to learn from, and comprehensive excersises to demonstrate mastery of the material. The text is jam packed with helpful and clear illustrations and pictures.

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5 STARS!

Basic College Math: An Applied Approach
Richard N. Aufmann , Vernon C. Barker , and Joanne Lockwood
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Company
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ASIN: 0618503056

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Basic College Mathematics provides mathematically sound and comprehensive coverage of the topics considered essential in a basic college math course. The Aufmann Interactive Method ensures that students master concepts by actively practicing them as they are introduced. This approach is ideal for traditional and returning students in both classroom and distance-learning environments.

For the Sixth Edition, topics from geometry have been integrated into the text, using verbal explanations. In addition, coverage of simple interest (Chapter 6) has been expanded.

The Aufmann Interactive Method helps students learn and understand math concepts by doing the math. Every objective contains one or more sets of matched-pair examples. Students first walk through a worked-out example and then solve a similar "You Try It" example. Complete solutions to these examples are available in an appendix.
An Integrated Learning System organized by objectives helps students understand what they're learning and why as they apply new concepts throughout the chapter. Each chapter begins with a list of goals that form the framework for a complete learning system. These objectives are woven throughout the text, in Exercises, Chapter Tests, Cumulative Reviews, as well as the print and multimedia ancillaries.
An Instructor's Annotated Edition provides reduced pages from the Student Edition to leave space for the following features: Instructor Notes; In-Class Examples; Concept Checks; Discuss the Concepts; Special presentation of new Vocabulary/ Symbols/Formulas/Rules/Properties/Equations; Special review of these same features; Optional Student Activities; Quick Quizzes; Answers to Writing Exercises; Suggested Assignments; and Answers to all exercises.
AIM for Success, a special student preface, offers techniques and support for student success.
Prep Tests at the beginning of each chapter assess students' prerequisite skills. Students may check answers in an appendix, which refers them back to a previous objective for review, if necessary.
Go Figure challenge problems follow the Prep Test to engage students in problem solving.
Updated data problems, designed to show students the relevance of mathematics across the disciplines and in daily life, reflect current data and trends.
Additional and revised Projects and Group Activities enable students to see the connections between abstract concepts and real-life situations.
Strong emphasis on applications demonstrates the value of mathematics as a real-life tool. Chapter openers have been updated with new photos and captions illustrating a specific application from the chapter.
Focus on Problem Solving features and active learning strengthen problem-solving skills.
Unlike most textbooks, this series simultaneously introduces verbal phrases for mathematical operations and the operations themselves. Exercises then prompt students to make a connection between a phrase and a mathematical process.

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5 STARS!.......2005-09-19

Was shocked by the EXCELLENT QUALITY and EXTREMELY PROMPT DELIVERY of the TEXT!

Introductory Algebra: An Applied Approach, Sixth Edition

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A bit of disappointment

Introductory Algebra: An Applied Approach, Sixth Edition
Richard N. Aufmann , Vernon C. Barker , and Joanne Lockwood
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A bit of disappointment.......2006-08-05

One good thing about this book is that it's a paperback, so it weighs less. Basically, the book is a collection of rules, explanations of how they work and work sheets. "Applied approach" is represented by few problems that try to imitate real life, such as problems with business scenarios, etc.

Overall, it's just another math book that does not stand out in the crowd of other math books on a shelf.

Thomson Advantage Books: Sustaining the Earth: An Integrated Approach (with ThomsonNOW, InfoTrac® 1-Semester Printed Access Card) (Advantage Series:)

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Well written and thoughtful
Has some accuracies...

Thomson Advantage Books: Sustaining the Earth: An Integrated Approach (with ThomsonNOW, InfoTrac® 1-Semester Printed Access Card) (Advantage Series:)
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G. Tyler Miller's worldwide bestsellers have evolved right along with the changing needs of your diverse student population. Focused specifically on energizing and engaging all your students, Miller and new contributor Scott Spoolman have been at work scrutinizing every line--enhancing, clarifying, and streamlining to reduce word density as well as updating with the very latest environmental news and research. The resulting texts are shorter, clearer, and so engaging that your students will actually want to read their assignments. About half the price of other environmental science texts, this 14-chapter, one-color core text offers an integrated approach that emphasizes how environmental and resource problems and solutions are related. New to this edition for instructors is PowerLecture, a one-stop shop for lecture prep that includes everything you need to create dynamic lectures all in one place.

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Well written and thoughtful.......2007-05-01

I am a college student taking an Enviromental Science class that uses this text book. All the things you will need or want to know about the Earth's sustainable enviroment and how it shapes our lives is not enough to learn in one semester or quarter, but the author G. Tyler Miller JR. does a great job of condensing a LOT of important information into this text.

One of the great things is that the author invites the students who read his text to send him comments or ask him questions. Miller openly admits in the text that he thinks enviromental science is the most important thing you will learn in your lifetime. It dictates your health; the kind of water you drink and how your food is grown and what is in the air you are breathing right this moment. From how hazardous waste, soil management all the way to the path of sustainability this book has pretty much everything you want to know about the enviromental sciences (albiet condensed). It's even printed on recycled paper.

Has some accuracies..........2007-03-21

Just another text book that promotes evolution as fact rather then (unproven) theory. I personally wouldn't mind a text book including evolution if it were presenting truly and accurately and allowed other theories to be considered rather than promote one theory which any expert would admit there is no hard core proof of at all. No more lies in schools!

Intermediate Algebra: An Applied Approach

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Intermediate Algebra

Intermediate Algebra: An Applied Approach
Richard N. Aufmann , Vernon C. Barker , and Joanne S. Lockwood
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A best-selling text for developmental intermediate algebra courses, Intermediate Algebra, Sixth Edition, provides mathematically sound and comprehensive coverage of the topics considered essential in a basic college math course. The Aufmann Interactive Method ensures that students master concepts by actively practicing them as they are introduced. This approach is ideal for traditional and returning students in both classroom and distance-learning environments.

The Sixth Edition features expanded and enhanced coverage of functions, with mapping of functions and illustrations of function machines. New graphing exercises also prompt critical thinking. Discussion of solutions of systems of equations in Chapter 4 has been expanded and enhanced to promote greater understanding of dependent, inconsistent, and independent systems of equations. Simplification of radical expressions now features perfect powers rather than prime factorization. New concept-based writing exercises encourage students to verbalize—and understand—concepts and new developmental exercises in many exercise sets further reinforce concepts and skills.

The Aufmann Interactive Method helps students learn and understand math concepts by doing the math. Every objective contains one or more sets of matched-pair examples. Students first walk through a worked-out example and then solve a similar "You Try It" example. Complete solutions to these examples are available in an appendix.
An Integrated Learning System organized by objectives helps students understand what they're learning and why as they apply new concepts throughout the chapter.Each chapter begins with a list of goals that form the framework for a complete learning system. These objectives are woven throughout the text, in Exercises, Chapter Tests, Cumulative Reviews, as well as the print and multimedia ancillaries.
An Instructor's Annotated Edition, rich with support material, provides reduced pages from the Student Edition to leave space for the following features: Instructor Notes; In-Class Examples; Concept Checks; Discuss the Concepts; Special presentation of new Vocabulary/ Symbols/Formulas/Rules/Properties/Equations; Special review of these same features; Optional Student Activities; Quick Quizzes; Answers to Writing Exercises; Suggested Assignments; and Answers to all exercises.
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Intermediate Algebra.......2005-09-22

I was to start by saying that the seller did specify that this was the instructor's edition of the text and the book was sent timely and in excellent condition. the problem I have is with the book itself. As the teacher's edition it doesn't not meet my needs for the class. The teacher's edition gives the answers but does not break down how they arrived at the solution. Therefore, I have to purchase another textbook.

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Nonparametric Regression and Generalized Linear Models: A Roughness Penalty Approach (Monographs on Statistics and Applied Probability)

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Nonparametric Regression and Generalized Linear Models: A Roughness Penalty Approach (Monographs on Statistics and Applied Probability)
P.J. Green , and Bernard. W. Silverman
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In recent years, there has been a great deal of interest and activity in the general area of nonparametric smoothing in statistics. This monograph concentrates on the roughness penalty method and shows how this technique provides a unifying approach to a wide range of smoothing problems. The method allows parametric assumptions to be realized in regression problems, in those approached by generalized linear modelling, and in many other contexts. The emphasis throughout is methodological rather than theoretical, and it concentrates on statistical and computation issues. Real data examples are used to illustrate the various methods and to compare them with standard parametric approaches. Some publicly available software is also discussed. The mathematical treatment is self-contained and depends mainly on simple linear algebra and calculus. This monograph will be useful both as a reference work for research and applied statisticians and as a text for graduate students and other encountering the material for the first time.

Linear Statistical Models: An Applied Approach (Business Statistics)

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Linear Statistical Models: An Applied Approach (Business Statistics)
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The focus of Linear Statistical Models: An Applied Approach, Second Editon, is on the conceptual, concrete, and applied aspects of model building, data analysis, and interpretaion. Without sacrificing depth and breadth of coverage, Bruce L. Bowerman and Richard T. O'Connell's clear and concise explanantions make the material accessible even to those with limited statistical experience.

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a good introductory book.......2000-08-26

I think this book is a good book for those who learnt some basic ideas of statistics, and who wish to improve their understanding in the applied field of statistics. To start this book, some calculus and linear algebra knowledge (one term each is enough)is a prerequisite. This book starts easily, but it'll come to very deep concepts without your noticing it at all.

a good introductory book.......2000-08-26

Geometrical Dynamics of Complex Systems: A Unified Modelling Approach to Physics, Control, Biomechanics, Neurodynamics and Psycho-Socio-Economical Dynamics ... and Intelligent Systems Engineering)

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Geometrical Dynamics of Complex Systems: A Unified Modelling Approach to Physics, Control, Biomechanics, Neurodynamics and Psycho-Socio-Economical Dynamics ... and Intelligent Systems Engineering)
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This volume presents a comprehensive introduction into rigorous geometrical dynamics of complex systems of various natures. By "complex systems", in this book are meant high-dimensional nonlinear systems, which can be (but not necessarily are) adaptive. This monograph proposes a unified geometrical approach to dynamics of complex systems of various kinds: engineering, physical, biophysical, psychophysical, sociophysical, econophysical, etc. As their names suggest, all these multi-input multi-output (MIMO) systems have something in common: the underlying physics. Using sophisticated machinery composed of differential geometry, topology and path integrals, this book proposes a unified approach to complex dynamics – of predictive power much greater than the currently popular "soft-science" approach to complex systems. The main objective of this book is to show that high-dimensional nonlinear systems in "real life" can be modeled and analyzed using rigorous mathematics, which enables their complete predictability and controllability, as if they were linear systems. The book has two chapters and an appendix. The first chapter develops the geometrical machinery in both an intuitive and rigorous manner. The second chapter applies this geometrical machinery to a number of examples of complex systems, including mechanical, physical, control, biomechanical, robotic, neurodynamical and psycho-social-economical systems. The appendix gives all the necessary background for comprehensive reading of this book.

Applied Regression Modeling: A Business Approach

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The book's overall approach is strongly based on an abundant use of illustrations and graphics and uses major statistical software packages, including SPSS(r), Minitab(r), SAS(r), and R/S-PLUS(r). Detailed instructions for use of these packages, as well as for Microsoft Office Excel(r), are provided, although Excel does not have a built-in capability to carry out all the techniques discussed.

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