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    How to Ace the Rest of Calculus: The Streetwise Guide, Including MultiVariable Calculus
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    How to Ace the Rest of Calculus: The Streetwise Guide, Including MultiVariable Calculus

    By Colin Adams, Abigail Thompson and Joel Hass

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateOct 20, 2015
    ISBN9781627798860
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    How to Ace the Rest of Calculus: The Streetwise Guide, Including MultiVariable Calculus
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    Colin Adams

    Colin Adams is the Thomas T. Read Professor of Mathematics at Williams College, where he has taught since 1985. He has produced a number of books that make mathematics more accessible and relatable, including How to Ace Calculus and its sequel, How to Ace the Rest of Calculus; Riot at the Calc Exam and other Mathematically Bent Stories; and Zombies & Calculus. Colin co-wrote and appears in the videos "The Great Pi vs. E Debate" and "Derivative vs. Integral: the Final Smackdown." Adams received his undergraduate degree from MIT and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He had held various grants for research in the area of knot theory and low-dimensional topology and has published numerous research articles. He received the Haimo National Distinguished Teaching Award from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) in 1998, and the Robert Foster Cherry Teaching Award in 2003. Adams also served as MAA Polya Lecturer (1998-2000), and as Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer (2000-2002).

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