Calculus Single and Multivariable, 7th Edition by Deborah Hughes-Hallett (Author), William G. McCallum (Author), Andrew M. Gleason (Author),
ISBN-13: 9781119330387
ISBN-10: 1119330386
Calculus: Single and Multivariable, 7th Edition continues the effort to promote courses in which understanding and computationreinforce each other. The 7th Edition reflects the many voices of users at research universities, four-year colleges, community colleges, and secondary schools. This new edition has been streamlined to create a flexible approach to both theory and modeling. The program includes a variety of problems and examples from the physical, health, and biological sciences, engineering and economics; emphasizing the connection between calculus and other fields.
PREFACE
Calculus is one of the greatest achievements of the human intellect. Inspired by problems in astronomy,
Newton and Leibniz developed the ideas of calculus 300 years ago. Since then, each century has demonstrated
the power of calculus to illuminate questions inmathematics, the physical sciences, engineering, and the social
and biological sciences.
Calculus has been so successful both because its central theme?change?is pivotal to an analysis of the
natural world and because of its extraordinary power to reduce complicated problems to simple procedures.
Therein lies the danger in teaching calculus: it is possible to teach the subject as nothing but procedures?
thereby losing sight of both the mathematics and of its practical value. This edition of Calculus continues our
effort to promote courses in which understanding and computation reinforce each other. It reflects the input
of users at research universities, four-year colleges, community colleges, and secondary schools, as well as
of professionals in partner disciplines such as engineering and the natural and social sciences.
