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About this book Calculus Made Easy is a book on calculus originally published in 1910 by Silvanus P. Thompson, considered a classic and elegant introduction to the subject. From Wikipedia I read "Calculus Made Easy" by Silvanus P. Thompson and it's still to this day my inspiration for explaining complex technical topics to lay people. It's a fantastic book, and even if you know math you must read it if you want to understand how to teach complexity to others. (source)

Author of -- Zed Shaw Author of Learn Code the Hard Way Thompson creates a warm, inviting environment where students will learn and grasp the true essence of calculus without any added fluff or overt technicality. (source) -- Math-Blog.com Most college calculus texts weigh a ton; this one does not — it just gets to the point. This is how I learned calculus: my uncle gave me a copy. (source)

Mathematical physicist, author of -- John Baez Mathematical physicist, author of n-Category Café

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I have enjoyed Calculus, Second edition* by Gilbert Strang. It is similar to Calculus Made Easy, but is more advanced.

Visual Complex Analysis* is legendary. Just as Calculus Made Easy it uses geometrical approach instead of usual symbolic one.

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About this edition & thanks

Thanks to Paula Appling, Don Bindner, Chris Curnow, Andrew D. Hwang and Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team for preparing the original PDF.

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