Calculus Made Easy
Editorial Alvi Books
Language: English - 288 pages
€16.48
Editorial Alvi Books
Synopsis
This work details the mathematical techniques of successive differences, relative growing, curvature of curves, and includes numerous examples and exercises. This is a fascinating work and highly recommended for anyone interested in learning calculus. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. Editorial Alvi Books has republished this classic in a modern, affordable, quality edition, using the original text and illustrations.
About Silvanus P. Thompson
Silvanus Phillips Thompson FRS (19 June 1851 – 12 June 1916) was a professor of physics at the City and Guilds Technical College in Finsbury, England. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1891 and was known for his work as an electrical engineer and as an author. Thompson's most enduring publication is his 1910 text Calculus Made Easy, which teaches the fundamentals of infinitesimal calculus, and is still in print. Thompson also wrote a popular physics text, Elementary Lessons in Electricity and Magnetism, as well as biographies of Lord Kelvin and Michael Faraday.