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This innovative book is the product of an NSF funded calculus consortium based at Harvard University and was developed as part of the calculus reform movement. It is problem driven and features exceptional exercises based on real-world applications. The book uses technology as a tool to help readers learn to think.
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The authors agree with Archimedes that insight into mathematical problems is gained by investigating mechanical or physical problems first. Therefore this text is problem driven and students who use it will find themselves forced to actually learn the geometrical, numerical and algebraic significance of what they are doing, rather than memorizing rules and procedures. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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