Product Description

An easy-to-understand primer on advanced calculus topics

Calculus II is a prerequisite for many popular college majors, including pre-med, engineering, and physics. Calculus II For Dummies offers expert instruction, advice, and tips to help second semester calculus students get a handle on the subject and ace their exams. It covers intermediate calculus topics in plain English, featuring in-depth coverage of integration, including substitution, integration techniques and when to use them, approximate integration, and improper integrals. This hands-on guide also covers sequences and series, with introductions to multivariable calculus, differential equations, and numerical analysis. Best of all, it includes practical exercises designed to simplify and enhance understanding of this complex subject.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22244 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780470225226
• Condition: USED - VERY GOOD
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From the Back Cover
Get the info you need to get ahead of the curve

Gain confidence and conquer this complex subject

Getting ready for Calculus II? This fun, friendly guide is packed with expert instruction, advice, and tips to help you make sense of the math and score your best. You get in-depth explanations of key intermediate calculus topics, from integration to indefinite integrals to infinite series. Plus, you'll solve plenty of practice problems to increase your understanding.

Discover how to:

• Work with indefinite integrals

• Simplify functions with variable substitutions

• Solve complex area and volume problems

• Understand series and sequences

• Solve differential and multivariable equations

About the Author
Mark Zegarelli is the author of Logic For Dummies (Wiley), Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies (Wiley), and numerous books of puzzles. He holds degrees in both English and math from Rutgers University, and lives in Long Branch, New Jersey, and San Francisco, California.

Customer Reviews

Calculus I for Dummies > Calculus II for Dummies.
Most of this book (pg 1 - 283 out of 368pgs including index) is covered in the first "Calculus for Dummies" book. In some topics, this book (Calculus II for Dummies) uses the same exact problems that were used in "Calculus for Dummies" Personally i liked the way Mark Ryan wrote the his book and found it much more enjoyable reading than this book. And the fact that "Calculus for Dummies" covers all the way up to Infinite series is quite amazing since this is the last topic covered in my Calc II class. Calculus II for Dummies does however offer some different approaches in handling problems. Calculus II for Dummies covers a very detailed review of Calc I topics which can be a great help for those of you who need a refreshment.

You need this book!
If, and only if, you are capable of explaining technical things in non-technical terms, can it be said you truly understand them. Mark Zegarelli truly understands Calculus, and because he does, so will you upon working through his book. Too often, writers of mathematics books seem more interested in impressing their readers than teaching them. Many times, I have come away from such a book declaring, "The writer sure seems to know what he's talking about. I only wish I did." This cannot be said of Calculus II. Mark Zegarelli is not out to impress you, he truly wants to TEACH you. And he does. Thanks to his many examples and explanations, a subject you may have approached with fear and trembling turns out to be one from which you walk away saying, "I can do that!" Nothing is more satisfying, or conducive to the learning experience. Zegarelli also avoids another of the traps so common to authors of mathematics books: too many authors write in such a way as to presuppose that you already know the subject you bought the book to learn. The wording of Calculus II is friendly, helpful, cheerful, and conveys all necessary information without patronizing or talking down to the reader. This enjoyable book will definately improve your grade. You need this book!

Great Book...even if you aren't actualy a dummy
An amazingly comprehensive overview of Calc II along with an in depth review of Calc I which I found quite useful. I would recommend this book to anyone taking a Calc II class unless they happen to be absolute math genius and even then they might get a kick out of the humor interlaced through out the book.