Calculus: A Complete Course, Seventh Edition (7th Edition)

I really like this book. It is crystal clear and practical. I am studying electrical ingineering and I find this book to be my number one reference and math study book. If you need to go deep into math and like to study long proofs, then you can probably get something 10 times as big to study. To all of us who thinks that it is fine that someone can do the proofs, but don't have time to read and learn long proofs this book is the thing. At the technical university where I am studying it is used as a mathbook, and my peers find it very clear too (exept some students to whom nothing is clear), and as you probably can see on my grammer english is not our native language !

I am surprised at the poor reviews of this text. Though some complain that there is a "lack of explanation" in proofs and in exercises in the study guide, I prefer Adams's approach as it forces the reader to think while reading. Working through a proof or example should not be done in order to memorize one line of thought but rather to *learn* the concepts and as an exercise in itself. I do not think that Adams is overly demanding--he pushes the reader, but not too hard. The exercises are well thought out and often challenging, and the text is extremely helpful. I do admit that some problems and examples took me quite some time to figure out, but the time invested was well worth it. I would suggest that you take a look at the book and study guide for yourself and not to take the reviews of it too seriously (borrow it from your university library). This text is especially suitable for an honours class in first year calculus. It is perhaps in between something like Edwards and Penney and Spivak: not as easy as the former, but not as demanding as the latter.

I was very surprised to see the poor score of this book. I think it is great. It is very well set out and cleverly leads the reader by the hand to ideas and theories of calculus. The chapters read well and diagrams illustrate the ideas effectively. I have used it throughout my maths degree and is also helpful for other maths topics such as linear programming. All my class mates agree that it is a classic text!

It's a very good book to start learning higher mathmatics