Calculus: Single and Multivariable - Softcover

Hughes–Hallett, Deborah; McCallum, William G.; Gleason, Andrew M.; Flath, Daniel E.; Lock, Patti Frazer; Gordon, Sheldon P.; Lomen, David O.; Lovelock, David; Osgood, Brad G.; Pasquale, Andrew; Quinney, Douglas; Tecosky–Feldman, Jeff; Thrash, Joseph; Rhea, Karen R.; Tucker, Thomas W.

9781118318843: Calculus: Single and Multivariable

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ISBN 10: 1118318846 ISBN 13: 9781118318843

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2013

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Innovative and engaging problems. Under the approach called the ?Rule of Four,? ideas are presented graphically, numerically, symbolically, and verbally, thereby encouraging students with a variety of learning styles to expand their knowledge. A Flexible Approach to Technology: Adaptable to courses having various levels of computer involvement, ranging from little or none to intensive. The book does not require any specific software or technology, though it has been used successfully with graphing calculators, graphing software, and computer algebra systems. Applied Problems for instructors wishing to emphasize the connection between calculus and other fields.

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About the Author

Deborah J. Hughes Hallett is a mathematician who works as a professor of mathematics at the University of Arizona. Her expertise is in the undergraduate teaching of mathematics. She has also taught as Professor of the Practice in the Teaching of Mathematics at Harvard University, and continues to hold an affiliation with Harvard as Adjunct Professor of Public Policy in the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Hughes Hallett earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Cambridge in 1966, and a master's degree from Harvard in 1976. She worked as a preceptor and senior preceptor at Harvard from 1975 to 1991, as an instructor at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey from 1981 to 1984, and as a faculty member at Harvard from 1986 to 1998. She served as Professor of the Practice in the Teaching of Mathematics at Harvard from 1991 to 1998. She moved to Arizona in 1998, and took on her adjunct position at the Kennedy School in 2001.