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Silvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916)

Author of Calculus Made Easy

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Works by Silvanus P. Thompson

Calculus Made Easy (1910) 791 copies
The quest for truth (1915) 24 copies
A Not Impossible Religion (1918) 6 copies
The Life of Lord Kelvin (1910) 5 copies

Associated Works

Treatise on Light (1651) — Translator, some editions — 66 copies

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This book introduces the concepts of The Calculus in a different way. This method of Thompson skips the idea of limits and instead focuses more on some tricks that one can use to ease into The Calculus. It includes a number of problems to do and covers most of the basics of differential and integral Calculus. I enjoyed it, but I didn't have any need to go into any real depth so I skimmed over the problems, which probably lowered my understanding. However, I have had Calculus in a classroom setting before.

Bottom line, this book is pretty good. I liked the approach taken by Thompson in this work, and the edits by Martin Gardner made it more accessible to a modern audience.
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Floyd3345 | 5 other reviews | Jun 15, 2019 |
Swarthmore lecture; in storage
 
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WandsworthFriends | 2 other reviews | May 28, 2018 |
Didn't get very far with this ( Understood the prolouge and that was about it ) Not ready for calculus easy or not I guess
 
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Baku-X | 5 other reviews | Jan 10, 2017 |
A good conceptual help to the study of calculus with practice problems.
 
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ndpmcIntosh | 5 other reviews | Mar 21, 2016 |

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