Specific textbooks questions

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>I'm trying to buy my books online right now. But I need some help.
1) For Great books 191, does anybody have the ISBN #s for the the required books? I'm afraid that if I don't buy them through the UM bookstore, I might get the wrong edition/translator.
2) for MATH 215, should I just get the Multivariable edition, or should I get the book entitled "Calculus"?
3) Are there textbooks required for seminars, namely UC 151.009? I don't see them listed anywhere, and I tried contact the prof, but she won't reply.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>For MATH 215: Multivariable Calculus (with CD-ROM) 5th ed. (Stewart)
It's a nice, thin book. Much smaller than the normal Calc. Yay for pretty books!</p>

<p>And question: How do you address GSIs in emails / in person?</p>

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<p>Usually on a first name basis, but you should probably wait to meet them to make sure.</p>

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<p>First name basis for sure. I guarantee it.</p>

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<p>BUMP for ISBN's for Math 215. Isn't there two books that you NEED to have?</p>

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<p>It seems there is a book and a lab manual that you need to have. The latter is only $10. I'd recommend you try to take 215 with DeBacker if you can.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/courses/215/01courseinfo.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/courses/215/01courseinfo.html&lt;/a>
"You can use either one of the following two books:
“Calculus” (an excellent textbook, can be a good reference for single-variable calculus) 053439339X
“Multivariable Calculus ” (Chapters 11-18 of the “Calculus” book, lighter and easier to carry around) 0534393578
by James Stewart, Fifth edition, Brooks/Cole; 2003"</p>

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<p>There's also a coursepack listed, but I don't think you can get that online</p>

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<p>u get the course pack at a book store. 215 is a HORRIBLE class btw</p>

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<p>Why is that?</p>

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<p>too many kids
poor profs (other than debacker)
watered-down material
pointless webhomework
useless labs
useless quizzes
useless coursepack
useless Maple (seriously, who even uses this anymore)</p>

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<p>So what calc 3 class would you suggest instead?</p>

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<p>285 is decent and is offered in the fall.</p>

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<p>Does anybody know the answer to questions #1 and 3? And is 215 really that bad?</p>

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<p>If you don't have debacker it's pretty bad, and if you do have him, it's still just okay. The labs are so useless and waste of time! And yeah the material isn't taught as well as it could have been, it's kind of breezed over. But it terms of difficulty it's not very hard, not very easy either.</p>

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<p>Seminars tend to not have required texts. Generally they are on such specific subjects that a text book doesn't exist covering the material. There's an outside chance you might need to buy a course pack that has copies of all the relevant articles and papers you'll need for the semester, but that's the kind of thing you wouldn't know about or be able to get until school starts.</p>

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<p>Quick Question...</p>

<p>How important is it to get the newest version of a textbook? Is it expected by the teachers to get the latest edition? Do the different editions change that much?</p>

<p>Thanks...</p>

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<p>Many publishers renumber the problems to give you a hard time if you have an old edition. In fact, those books with way to many editions (some are near 10 these days) likely don't change anything else.</p>

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<p>Something else to consider is that a current edition of book will have a higher resale value than an older edition. </p>

<p>Instead of just looking at the purchase price of a book, look at the purchase price less the resale value. That is a better measure of what the book is going to cost you.</p>

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<p>Math 215 gets a lot of complaints, but if you've had 115 and/or 116, you'll like it a lot more.</p>