Title: Mixed feelings
Product review: I took two consecutive 1st year 1-semester calculus courses and I used this book for both. I have mixed feelings about it, because I have been lucky to be taught by good professors who gave good lectures, so I used my class notes. However, I inevitably missed a few lectures, and had to study from the book. A terrifying experience. Was it my fault, being not used to the author's style ? Anyway, I think that one example per case is not enough, and stuying the series chapter was difficult. The author definitely and absolutely fails to emphasise what is important, he writes just as much about some obscure application than about the main points of the principle. There are simply not enough examples for the important concepts. Also, there is some theory, confusing most students, without being enough for a mathematics major. I just started using Calculus: One and Several Variables by Salas/ Hille/ Etgen. I wish I had it in 1st year. Anyway, even 2 stars is generous for Stewart's.
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