[sci.math] Calculus book recommendation

chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) (12/08/88)

>In article <8812040311.AA17256@king.csri.toronto.edu>
>hofbauer@csri.toronto.edu (John Hofbauer) asks about
>>the non-existence of a calculus book that isn't just a catalogue of
>>tricks.

In article <19290@ames.arc.nasa.gov> lamaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov
(Hugh LaMaster) suggests:
>Try looking at Spivak's book.  Of course, many people won't like it,
>because it takes too long to get to the "tricks".

I presume this means Spivak's `Calculus', from Publish or Perish Inc.
Well, *I* liked it.  (We used it in freshman Honors Calc., in which
I did not do well.  Sigh.  But I still remember his peculiar derivation
for the trig functions....)
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