<p>I am trying to buy these books outside of UCLA to save some money. However I am very confused. </p>
<p>1.First of all, the UCLA store says my textbook is called “Single Variable Calculus”. Why on earth am I buying a single variable calculus book when math 32a is a multivariate course (isn’t it?)</p>
<p>2.Does the trick to find the ISBN of textbooks still work? When viewing the source code, I don’t see a letter at the end of the string of numbers that is supposed to be the ISBN like everyone says. Is this value still the ISBN?
(Accoring this trick, the ISBN for the Math 32a book is 9781429214353 and Chem20a is 9780495481041.)</p>
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<li><p>I am assuming that you have Rogawski for 32A. This is his book, and I would guess that he has multivariable material in his own publication.</p></li>
<li><p>I think Scerri is doing something different this year. There is a super expensive package sold at the UCLA store for 20A, since they are implementing the 6th edition now. Only the book is necessary, and the SSM could probably be found elsewhere.</p></li>
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<p>I do not know if there is a reader this year. Zumdahl was used in previous years I think, and even for 20B, but probably not required this year.</p>
<p>I think that book and the solutions manual make up the package (and the Oxford coupon book, which I've heard is an unrelated addition). I can't be sure because I can't verify the ISBN, but I think that's right.</p>
<p>Just a quick comment: When I was in college, I had a few Math, Chemistry and Lab classes where the professors had written the book. I liked it, because you could get away with taking fewer notes in class because the book always matched the lecture perfectly.</p>
<p>The great thing is that you can use it for 20B.</p>
<p>You can get the book for free through an ebook, but I doubt anyone would want to read their textbook through a smaller source. If you want that, message me. You can also print out each page of it .. to save money.</p>
<p>Another idea is that you can buy the UCLA custom book, covering chapters 1-6, 8, 20. This was covered in Summer 2007. It is significantly cheaper than the $200 at the UCLA store. I will provide this link upon request.</p>
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So, what to do? Get the fourth edition somewhere else for about $60-70, or get the custom UCLA edition at the store for $84?
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The custom edition means the book size is reduced to only what the course covers. This reduces the price of book as well. Unless you enjoy being a patron of UCLA, I would look elsewhere to purchase the book. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>so the book sold at the UCLA store has all the chapters, not just the ones UCLA covers? Where can I get the reduced version of this textbook? And where can I buy the student solutions manual separately?</p>
<p>oh, it's the solutions manual thats reduced. Where can I buy the reduced solutions manual separately? I plan on buying an international edition of the textbook elsewhere so I don't need it.</p>
<p>What you guys should do is just buy the textbook and forego the solutions manual. The book probably has the numerical answers to odd #'d problems in the index but without a detailed explanation. If you want to look at the detailed answer just check out the solutions manual from the library since it's most likely going to be on reserve. You can even ask the prof. to provide a copy for the library if it's not already there. Either that or bum off the manual from a friend every so often and Xerox relevant pages.</p>