Rest of Calculus: The Streetwise Guide - Including Multi-Variable Calculus

The sequel to How to Ace Calculus, How to Ace the Rest of Calculus provides humorous and highly readable explanations of the key topics of second and third semester calculus—such as sequences and series, polor coordinates, and multivariable calculus—without the technical details and fine print that would be found in a formal text.

Do you remember being hopelessly confused in calculus class? Afterwards, you asked your brainy friend over a cup of coffee, "What was going on in that class?" Your friend then explained it all to you in five minutes flat, making it crystal clear. "Oh," you said, "is that all there is to it?" Later, you wished that friend was around to explain all the lectures to you.

The original How to Ace Calculus played the role of that friend for a first-semester calculus class. Now meet your new buddy, How to Ace the Rest of Calculus: The Streetwise Guide. Written by three gifted teachers, it provides humorous and highly readable explanations of the key topics of second and third semester calculus--such as sequences and series, polar coordinates and multivariable calculus--without the technical details and fine print that would be found in a formal text.

Funny, irreverent, and flexible, How to Ace the Rest of Calculus shows why learning calculus can be not only a mind-expanding experience but also fantastic fun.

Joel Hass is Professor of Mathematics at the University of California at Davis.

Abigail Thompson is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of California at Davis. Both have held fellowships from the Sloan Foundation and the National Science Foundation.

Adams, Hass, and Thompson are co-authors of How to Ace Calculus from W.H. Freeman.

Colin Adams is Professor of Mathematics at Williams College. He is the author of The Knot Book and winner of the Mathematical Association of America Distinguished Teaching Award for 1998. Joel Hass is Professor of Mathematics at the University of California at Davis, and Abigail Thompson is also Professor of Mathematics at the University of California at Davis. Adams, Hass, and Thompson are co-authors of How to Ace Calculus.