<p>Industrial & Systems Engineering Major</p>
<p>Next semester Calculus 1. Never have done Calc before. (Currently in PreCalc)</p>
<p>Any good reference books/guides anyone recommends?</p>
<p>Thank You!</p>
<p>Why not the book listed here:</p>
<p>[MAC</a> 2311](<a href=“http://www.math.ufl.edu/course_guides/mac/2311.html]MAC”>http://www.math.ufl.edu/course_guides/mac/2311.html)</p>
<p>As it is a fairly commonly used book, you may want to look around wherever students post used books for sale at both your school and other schools. Also, you can look in [Rent</a> College Textbooks, Buy Used Textbooks, Download Digital Textbooks, Sell Textbooks Online: eFollett](<a href=“efollett”>http://www.bkstr.com/) for various campus bookstores, some of which may have the above book cheaper than Amazon and Amazon Marketplace.</p>
<p>Well… that’s not even calc 1 here at UF. there is a seperate calc for engineers that uses a different book. i was simply looking for a reference guide.</p>
<p>hey UF gator, I am also a fellow gator :D</p>
<p>I am in calc 3 though as a freshman lol, but I think I can give you some advice. Instead of wasting money on reference books, you should think about signing up for tutoringzone or studyedge, I hear that they can help to raise your grade significantly.</p>
<p>If you are looking for a reference book for say answers, you should probably not waste your money and just find an online PDF version of such book.</p>
<p>Wow… This is harder then I realized.</p>
<p>I don’t want the answers.
I don’t want a tutoring service necessarily…</p>
<p>I just wanted like a book that enhances my class. Thanks anyways…</p>
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<p>I’m not really sure what you are referring to. The Calc 1 in the Florida system (taken by all engineering and science majors) is MAC 2311. The only other calc 1 class that I know of is for business students, MAC 2233 Survey of Calculus (or Concepts of Calculus).</p>
<p>The Stewart text is the book used for Calc 1-3 in the Florida system. It’s really not that great of a book. Lots of practice problems, though. I used cramster to for help on the practice problems from that book.</p>
<p>It’s the same book, learned that this morning. But (at UF) there is specific engineering only calculus classes taught by this one prof. </p>
<p>Was only looking for a good calculus reference book.
COnsider this thread dead. Thanks anyways.</p>
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<li><p>I am not a man… contrary to the engineering stereotype.</p></li>
<li><p>I’m not complaining.</p></li>
<li><p>I was just looking for something to help ME, not you… And if you have better things to do, why are you here?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks to everyone. :D</p>
<p>Yeah ufgator you were being kind of sour. Check out khan academy and do lots of practice problems. All you need really.</p>
<p>ufgator:</p>
<p>One book I read before I took calculus was the “Streetwise Guide to Acing Calculus”. It wasn’t very mathy and it gave a great overview. I would also second the khanacademy… great resource.</p>
<p>Apostol’s Calculus Volume I</p>
<p>You absolutely need a strong background in pre-calculus concepts to appreciate this text. That or have taken calculus before. Either should be fine though, because Apostol introduces integrals and derivatives in a very clear and concise manner.</p>
<p>I always found I learned this stuff best by doing a lot of problems. Practice. There is a series of books out there that present large numbers sample problems with step by step solutions:
Calculus Problem Solver (REA) (Problem Solvers Solution Guides) [Paperback]
[Amazon.com:</a> Calculus Problem Solver (REA) (Problem Solvers Solution Guides) (9780878915057): The Editors of REA: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Problem-Solver-Solvers-Solution/dp/0878915052]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Problem-Solver-Solvers-Solution/dp/0878915052)</p>
<p>Youtube patrickjmt
Search/youtube the sections</p>
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<p>I found the Larson books to be the best at explaining calculus in a friendly way without it coming off completely arrogant and pompous. The problems given in the Larson book tend to be on the challenging side as well, so you can get a lot of good practice.</p>
<p>Calc 1… lol</p>
<p>Thank you oh so very much! </p>
<p>I greatly appreciate all of your wonderful and insightful resources. :D</p>