Fundamentals of Calculus with Applications and Companion to Calculus

About the Book

Still another book calculus? Have mercy, might be your initial reaction. With what seems like a ton of calculus books now available, why still another? calculus books for the intended audience consisting of students whose future studies may bring them into contact with calculus and those who simply desire to be well educated should give high priority to the following basic commandments: The exposition's focus should be on basic concepts Algebra technique should not be allowed to take on a life of its own calculus technique (computing derivatives, integrals, and the like) should not be allowed to take on a life of its own Ideas from other disciplines that have the structure of concepts developed in calculus (limit, derivative, definite integral, for example) should take center stage in the exposition. A fundamental objective of the book should be the development of perspective on what calculus, as a mathematical discipline, can do for us and its limitations. in the study of the real world.

About the Author

William J. Adams, Professor of Mathematics at Pace University, is a recipient of Pace’s Outstanding Teacher Award. He was Chairman of the Pace N.Y. Mathematics Department from 1976 through 1991. Professor Adams is author or co-author of over twenty books on mathematics, its applications, and history, including Elements of Linear Programming (1969), Calculus for Business and Social Science (1975), Fundamentals of Mathematics for Business, Social and Life Sciences (1979), Elements of Complex Analysis (1987), Get a Grip on Your Math (1996), Slippery Math in Public Affairs: Price Tag and Defense (2002) and Think First, Apply MATH, Think Further: Food for Thought (2005), The Life and Times of the Central Limit Theorem Second Edition(2009). His concern with the slippery side of math and what math can do for us and its limitations is a prominent feature of his writings on applications. Concerning higher education in general, he is the author of The Nifty-Gritty in the Life of a University (2007).