Essential Calculus: Early Transcendentals

The book arrived in great condition, and within the delivery date window. It is well-written, like any other university calculus textbook. It's concise, to the point, and very detailed. Plus, it's lightweight, so I can carry it to school easily!

When the author started writing this first cal bookit was never completed and still never completed till this day and it still wont be cause math in not complete it's still on going why physics has proven it's not completed. This is why physics and astronomy is having a hard time in doing their work.the universe is ongoing.why it worked that's why.

This is a great book for calculus. Covers everything that is truly essential for it. Used this same book for Calculus 1, 2 and 3. Plenty of examples to help your understanding of the material. A great book for diving into and learning calculus!

This is a great book for calculus. Covers everything that is truly essential for it. Used this same book for Calculus 1, 2 and 3. Plenty of examples to help your understanding of the material. A great book for diving into and learning calculus!

I am about halfway into my university's Calculus I class, and I have to say that this book helps me out very much. My prof has a heavy (russian?) accent and this book is a good supplement to his lecture. The author is almost slightly humorous with how he tries to relate Calculus to real-world applications. I know there are few applications, but this book still helps me to understand the subject in a way i honestly thought i never would

I needed a calculus book for my college class and this is a descriptive book to buy. The seams and everything looked brand new and I would recommend the book to anyone. Also it didnt have any marks in it and I enjoy using the book everyday. It isnt even that heavy. Buy the book if you need it and also it came about a week after I ordered it so give it time and order it beforehand

I had purchased this book about week back, and expecting the book, I had received the Student Solutions Manual. Which didn't help me with the two homework assignments I had to do and the quiz I had to take. Nothing but answers to problem and no teachable content has made me very frustrated, now I have to purchase this book again hoping I get the actual book and not just the answers. Very frustrating

This book is in fantastic shape and compared to the price of a new book, let alone the price to rent one, I would take this 'version' any day. No complaints at all, book arrived swiftly and safely. Thanks!

I received my book in a very timely manner, however when I opened the box I was expecting a book in excellent condition. It was NOT. The pages were falling away from the spine, multiple pages were wrinkled and the cover-page was torn. I would not have paid that money that I had for this book if I knew that it was in such a condition. As it is I had to do self repairs myself and literally glue the spine and top cover back onto the book. The book still served it's purpose though, so I can't complain too much. Next time though, please take the time to let buyers know the TRUE condition of the item their purchasing...

if your calculus prof. assigns hw out of the textbook, you need the new edition for $150+ more, otherwise save your money and get an algebra for dummies book instead, that's all calculus is, a few new formulas here and there with TONS of algebra to work out in each problem. all the calc formulas and definitions in this book are READILY AVAILABLE online... and that's all this book is, definitions, formulas, and some useless sentence attempting to explain it in mathematical jargon. youtube is a much better source of calculus info than this paperweight- have fun teaching yourself calculus!

my other calculus book differs,it shows more details and contains more colours to aid visual orientation. the condition of the book i bought this time is not as good as i anticipated ,it still contains adequate information .thank you.

This book was the one my college used for calculus 1, 2, and 3 for scientist and engineers. This book made me fall in love with calculus and advanced math. It is an elementary calculus book so don't expect anything much more advanced than some sophisticated integrals and the chapter on vector calculus.

This textbook is loaded with information but it all really depends on your professor and how he/she teaches the material within the text. Mine was a foreign lady who didn't really "teach" most of the time but just worked out a lot of the problems... Calculus though for those of you who haven't taken it before is a little hard to understand because nothing from high school's previous maths will help (algebra, trig, etc.) however you do use algebra and trig once you get the calculus portion out of the way... You'll understand when you start the course. But overall the books information is very hard to understand unless you have somebody who can explain it to you a little better.