Calculus: A Liberal Art (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 1998)

This is a serious - but not solemn - textbook that attempts to make a clear, conceptual understanding of calculus accessible to all liberal arts students. It presents mathematics as growing out of the classical liberal arts to form a natural bridge between the humanities and the sciences, integrating the history and pedagogy of mathematics in a way that may be of interest to prospective teachers as well. Instead of a pre-calculus review, this book offers an historical development of much of the geometry and algebra needed, emphasizing the fundamental need for students to develop a clear style of writing. Calculus is here largely restricted to the study of algebraic functions, but all the usual aspects of the interplay between functions and derivatives are covered: optimization, instantaneous rates, Newton's method, freely falling bodies, antiderivatives, integrals, areas, volumes, etc. The fundamental theorem is prominently featured and carefully treated. A brief final chapter about the intellectual climate surrounding the development of calculus offers students further insight into the place of mathematics as an element in the history of thought.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Release date:	April 1998
First published:	May 1998
Authors:	W.M. Priestley
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	404
Edition:	2nd ed. 1998
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-98379-0
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Calculus & mathematical analysis > General Promotions
LSN:	0-387-98379-1
Barcode:	9780387983790

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