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Math for dummies

Name: Anonymous 2009-09-25 17:44

Howdy /book/, the last time I actually did any "serious" math work was back in high school and I'm running out of classes that I can use to avoid actually doing any, so instead of just taking a lower level math class and working my way up, I thought I'd brush up a bit instead of wasting money on an actual class.

tl;dr Does /book/ have any suggestions for teach yourself math books?

Name: Anonymous 2009-09-25 19:13

Name: Anonymous 2009-09-26 15:51

Michael Spivak - Calculus

The best calculus text around. Of course, it's not easy, but if you really want to understand calculus then you need to get into the nitty gritty stuff (this book is also a course in Analysis).

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-03 19:03

>>3

Hey you spergin asshole, this kid wants a review not you masturbating about spivak.

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-04 5:02

>>4
Cool troll attempt bro.

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-04 5:22

>>5
He has kind of a point tho..

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-13 18:50

And this guy:
1) Egmont Colerus: Mathematics for Everyman, 1958 (2002)
2) Warren Esty: The Language of Mathematics 2007 edition, (1988-2007).
3) Warren Esty: Precalculus, fourth edition (2007) Pearson, ISBN 0-536-08358-4

No free text to be found on the net, the first is dead and does not make any publicity about his book. And the second is a math professor at http://www.math.montana.edu/%7Eumsfwest/ and is selling the books from his office for some 30 bucks.

All three books are considered as highly accessible to so called math-phobics without sacrificing the math and theory and language.

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-13 18:51

Read, this is a request ;)

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