Calculus Lite

The other reviewers have all said the same thing, but I like this book so much I'd like to reiterate. Textbooks these days are heavy on justification (applications), full of complicated graphs, historical asides, and glimpses of more advanced machinery than is needed. This book does something that all of those "bonus" features sometimes get in the way of -- it explains the material clearly and concisely and has plenty of helpful exercises. Even if you're doing fine with the huge textbook your high school or university uses, get this book. Its treatment of the subject is likely better than whatever else you're using and is simply a breeze to read. The sections covering the fundamental theorem, integration by parts and partial fractions are especially good.

This book is an excellent supplementary text to any calculus course. This book covers topics coverred in calc I and calc II courses. This book covers derivatives, integrals, infinite series, Taylor Polynomials, Differential Equations, and some multivariable calc techniques. I recommend this to anyone who is struggling with using their courses calc book. This book is written at a level that is easy to understand and--bottom line--makes sense. Its downfall, in some ways, makes it an even more powerful book. This book has few applications and is a little short on the number of example problems. After I completed and understood all of the problems in the sections, I easily could understand the problems my professor assigned in an Honors Calculus II course. I highly recommend this book!

This is a great calculus book, very helpfull for introducing or refreshing all the main calculus topics! It is concise and the author gets right to the point without unnecessary comments, that many other calculus textbooks are filled with. This book is perfect if you want to refresh one or several particular notions.