Title: Clear, systematic presentation
Review: The book consistently presents calculus as a series of variations on a theme, which are returned to again and again. The emphasis is clearly on applying underlying concepts rather than memorization of a 'cookbook' of rote methods. There is a wide variety of problems, of varying difficulty, including several different areas of application. The book does assume that the student has thoroughly mastered college algebra; sometimes, in the interest of brevity, methods of solution are explained only briefly. The solutions manual is much more thorough and complete.
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