Essential Calculus: Early Transcendentals

This is a brilliant book to study calculus. I suggest anyone who wants a firm grasp over calculus (single and multivariable) to read this cover from cover. The only pre requisite is class 12th math.

Excellent Book!

Missing pages but great book.....

If you have taken the full sequence of general calculus and science/engineering courses that use calculus methods, you probably noted the calculus courses covered a lot of material that could be safely omitted if the science courses where the only interest. Most calculus books are written to go along with the lengthy treatment (or maybe the other way around), and I guess that's fine. But pick up one of those monster books (including Stewart's own fantastic standard text) and try to review the essentials for science...and you'll quickly find there's just too much to cover, and a lot of it is tangential for that purpose.That's where this book comes in. This is calculus pared down to just (a bit more than) what's needed for science and engineering. It is great for brushing up on calculus skills needed for these applied classes. I highly recommend it for anyone who is looking for a book for this purpose.

The best book ever

The book cover is teared up and the book pages is bended . But comparing to its price ........is ok

I am about halfway into my university's Calculus I class, and I have to say that this book helps me out very much. My prof has a heavy (russian?) accent and this book is a good supplement to his lecture. The author is almost slightly humorous with how he tries to relate Calculus to real-world applications. I know there are few applications, but this book still helps me to understand the subject in a way i honestly thought i never would

This book was required for my Calculus II course, and would also be used for Calc I (if I had taken it), as well as Calc III.So far, around 1/3 of the way through the semester, I have found the book to be very helpful. Whenever I had questions about some of the material, I found it was more useful to refer to the book, than my notes. There are 5 tear out reference sheets found in the front/back, which are great for referring back to. Unfortunately, since they are tear-out, this means that if you want them you'll have to buy the book new. It was worth it to me since there were also three classes that would use it.The formatting of the book is excellent, making it easy to see which points are key, and find formula's when you're simply skimming. I highly recommend this book. It loses the 1 star because the reference sheets are tear-out.