Calculus: Concepts and Contexts

Product Description
Discover the power of learning calculus with the intuitive, discovery based, problem-solving approach found in Stewart/Kokoska�s CALCULUS: CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS, 5th Edition. This easy-to-read, updated edition is designed using the latest learning principles to remove typical barriers to learning. The carefully planned, inclusive learning experience provides new guided, step-by-step explanations and detailed examples with expanded solutions. Numerous exercises provide opportunities to practice, review and discover concepts through pattern recognition. In addition, precise definitions, new margin notes and learning features focus on key concepts and demonstrate how to avoid common mistakes. Every aspect of this edition is designed to help you understand the most important concepts in calculus and learn how to apply them in real-world situations. New online problems with immediate, specific feedback and interactive learning modules in WebAssign further strengthen your conceptual understanding.
About the Author
The late James Stewart received his M.S. from Stanford University and his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He conducted research at the University of London and was influenced by the famous mathematician George Polya at Stanford University. Dr. Stewart most recently served as a professor of mathematics at McMaster University, and his research focused on harmonic analysis. Dr. Stewart authored a best-selling calculus textbook series, including CALCULUS, CALCULUS: EARLY TRANSCENDENTALS and CALCULUS: CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS as well as a series of successful precalculus texts.\nSteve Kokoska received his undergraduate degree from Boston College and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire. He taught for 36 years and is now professor emeritus in the department of mathematical and digital sciences at Bloomsburg University. Dr. Kokoska has served as Chief Reader for the AP calculus reading and as a member of the AP Calculus Development Committee. He has been involved with calculus reform and the use of technology in the classroom for numerous years. He has written several technology supplements, an introductory statistics text and an AP calculus text with Dr. Stewart. He has also given numerous presentations for the College Board and Texas Instruments, has presented workshops in China and Singapore, participated in several AP calculus-focused webinar and has written and produced several calculus resources for Texas Instruments.