Book

The cartoon guide to calculus

Call Number

  • GRAPHIC NOVEL 515 G638 TEEN (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2012]

Physical Description

x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Summary

Uses cartoons to discuss calculus, covering the basic ideas behind the field, functions, derivatives, integrals, and related topics.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • Initial conditions
  • Speed, velocity, change
  • Meet the functions
  • Limits
  • The derivative
  • Chain, chain, chain
  • Using derivatives, part 1 : related rates
  • Using derivatives, part 2 : optimization
  • Acting locally
  • The mean value theorem
  • Introducing integration
  • Antiderivatives
  • The definite integral
  • Fundamentally
  • Shape-shifting integrals
  • Using integrals
  • What's next?

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