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Reader' Reviews

a good textbook / / 2010-03-03
I taught many semesters of calculus out of this book. The kids who come to class and do their homework seem to like the book. I checked to see which books California universities used in their standard calculus classes. Half of the UCs use a Stewart text. Over 70% of the CSUs use a Stewart text.

Overall Decent Calculus Book / / 2010-02-23
The obvious: this book is long, bulky and expensive. However, there is the option of buying it used, and if you don't intend to do all three courses of calculus (or you spend a lot of time carrying your books around), it may make sense to buy the book in parts -- it's also sold in Calc 1/Calc 2/Multivariable sections.

As for the content, the text is nothing spectacular: while Stewart manages to nail some things, presenting them clearly and succinctly, there are also many long useless passages. My advice: don't try to read the book, just study his examples, which are often (but not always) quite good, and hope your teacher does a better job explaining the concepts that missed out on a good explanation here.

For good examples, good problems, good page layout and a favorable comparison to other mainstream university-level calculus texts, I rate it a 4/5.

Near Excellent. / / 2010-02-17
Outside a little more beaten up than expected, inside written in when seller said it was new. Other than that, great book, delivered when expected.

Definitely Used / / 2010-02-11
This product was used more than once. I'm just glad I received a refund for my return. Not buying from college books direct again.

This book gives sparse explanations / / 2010-02-09
This book puts me through toil and strife, the simplest concepts it makes complex with its overly complicated explanations. If you have this book a solution manual is a MUST HAVE, though the solution manual has lapses itself. I would also include other Calculus books because I find most of them to be clearer in explanation than Stewarts. I would expect for a book so widely used to be better in explaining concepts. After the realizing this books lapses I have resorted to using KHan Academy and out-dated but resoundingly better calculus text books and I salvaged me grade. Pathetics