Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Calculus Bleg

I have a niece who just finished all of the high school levels of the Math-U-See program and is interested in studying Calculus next. Any suggestions?

2 comments:

Laura said...

I really like the "Life of Fred" books. They are challenging yet fun. Maybe she would like them.
God Bless

skeptical-md said...

I like the following texts.

In order of difficulty:

Kunihiko Kodaira, (Editor) Basic Analysis, Japanese Grade 11, American Mathematical Society, 1991.

Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, John A. Graham, David L. Myers Introductory Analysis Houghton Mifflin.

S. Lang, G. Murrow, Geometry - A High School Course, Springer 1997.

Calculus by Michael Spivak, Publish or Perish Inc.


Please See Math Education Bibliography at
http://pennance.us/home/ed.php

If planning to major in mathematics Calculus by Michael Spivak, Publish or Perish Inc.
is a must.