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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
9781461216582
(Number (ISBN
9781461272335
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b402794
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Calculus: A Liberal Art
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
by William McGowen Priestley.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Second Edition.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Imprint: Springer,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1998.
SERIES
Series Title
Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics,
ISSN of Series
0172-6056
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1. Tokens from the Gods Variables, Functions, and Limits -- 2. Rational Thoughts The Rise of Mathematics and the Liberal Arts -- 3. To Measure Is to Know More Pre-calculus Mathematics -- 4. Sherlock Holmes Meets Pierre de Fermat Derivatives -- 5. Optimistic Steps Techniques of Optimization -- 6. Chains and Change Instantaneous Rates -- 7. The Integrity of Ancient and Modern Mathematics Integrals and Antiderivatives -- 8. Romance in Reason Seventeenth-century Mathematics -- Appendices -- Answers to Selected Problems.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
reason for delaying its study has to do with the question of mathematical maturity. * No use is made here of trigonometric, logarithmic, or expo nential functions except in occasional optional material indicating how such functions can be handled. A perceptive remark made by George P6lya suggests how we can simultaneously learn mathematics and learn "about" mathematics-i.e., about the nature of mathematics and how it is developed: If the learning of mathematics reflects to any degree the invention of mathematics, it must have a place for guessing, for plausible inference. The reader will find plenty of opportunity here for guessing. The early chapters go at a gentle pace and invite the reader to enter into the spirit of the investigation. Exercises asking the reader to "make a guess" should be taken in this spirit-as simply an invitation to speculate about what is the likely truth in a given situation without feeling any pressure to guess "correctly". Readers will soon realize that a matter about which they are asked to guess will likely be a topic of serious discussion later on.
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9781461272335
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Algebra.
Global analysis (Mathematics).
Mathematics.
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Priestley, William McGowen.
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20190301075200.0
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