Brief Calculus
An Applied Approach, Enhanced Edition (with Webassign Printed Access Card, Single-Term)
8th Edition
Published on 1. April 2009
Book
Hardback
704 pages
978-1-4390-4780-4 (ISBN)
Description
BRIEF CALCULUS: AN APPLIED APPROACH, 8e, motivates students while fostering understanding and mastery. This brief book emphasizes integrated and engaging applications that show users the real-world relevance of topics and concepts. Several pedagogical features�from algebra review to study tips�provide extra guidance and practice. The Eighth Edition builds upon its applications emphasis through updated exercises and relevant examples. Applied problems drawn from government sources, industry, current events, and other disciplines provide well-rounded examples and appeal to diverse interests. This Enhanced Edition includes instant access to Enhanced WebAssign, the most widely-used and reliable homework system. Enhanced WebAssign presents over a thousand problems, links to relevant textbook sections, video examples, problem-specific tutorials, and more, that help students grasp the concepts needed to succeed in this course. As an added bonus, the Start Smart Guide has been bound into this text. This guide contains instructions to help users learn the basics of WebAssign quickly.
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Series
Edition
8th Enhanced ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Florence
United States
Illustrations
Graphs; Charts; Figures; Maps; Tables, color; Line drawings, color; Line drawings, black and white; Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 262 mm
Width: 205 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1456 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4390-4780-4 (9781439047804)
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Dr Ron Larson is a professor of mathematics at the Pennsylvania State University, where he has taught since 1970. He is considered the pioneer of using multimedia to enhance the learning of mathematics, having authored more than 30 software titles since 1990. Dr Larson has also written numerous acclaimed textbooks, including the best-selling Calculus Series published by Cengage. He is the recipient of the 2017 William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award for PRECALCULUS, the 2018 Text and Academic Authors Association TEXTY Award for CALCULUS: EARLY TRANSCENDENTAL FUNCTIONS and the 2017 William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award for CALCULUS. He also received the 1996 Text and Academic Authors Association TEXTY Award for INTERACTIVE CALCULUS -- a complete text on CD-ROM that was the first mainstream college textbook to be offered on the internet.