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nomi97's review against another edition
5.0
This, quite literally, is my favorite Math book until now. I had no clue it existed, and was only guided towards it by the notes of Steven Strogatz in one of his books. It was written in 1914, and presents an approach to Calculus from Leibniz's point of view - which I had never seen before - for an audience with some mathematical maturity but not mathematical rigor. Everything about this book, starting from the title, "Calculus Made Easy - Being a very-simplest introduction to those beautiful methods which are generally called by the terrifying names of the Differential Calculus and the Integral Calculus", to the motto, "What one fool can do, another can.", to the philosophy of approaching a concept was simply beautiful. Even though I have encountered Calculus countless times during my days as a student, I am just glad that I had the pleasure of reading this gem by Mr. Thompson.
bakudreamer's review against another edition
2.0
Didn't get very far with this ( Understood the prolouge and that was about it ) Not ready for calculus easy or not I guess
juggernaut's review against another edition
5.0
I have skipped the exercises. But the book explains lot of things in simple and elegant way. A must have for high school students and parents or teachers who wish to teach children calculus. About this particular edition, print quality is poor. Worst paper quality. Also they had put a copyright notice. Stupid! The book is out of copyright and available in project Gutenberg. Please stay away from this edition.
paulogonzalez's review
3.0
I read the second edition, dated 1914. It's a good book for beginners in maths, so here you can learn a little bit of basic calculus (differentation and integration). There are no theorems in this book, only basic definitions and main ideas explained. And, especially, an awful lot of examples and exercises (both solved and proposed).
The book has very plain language, as far as possible, but you have to have certain mathematical background. But it is not necessary to be an undergraduate student, you could go into this book directly after high school. Even during the last courses would be an advisable read.
The book has very plain language, as far as possible, but you have to have certain mathematical background. But it is not necessary to be an undergraduate student, you could go into this book directly after high school. Even during the last courses would be an advisable read.
paulogonzalez's review against another edition
3.0
I read the second edition, dated 1914. It's a good book for beginners in maths, so here you can learn a little bit of basic calculus (differentation and integration). There are no theorems in this book, only basic definitions and main ideas explained. And, especially, an awful lot of examples and exercises (both solved and proposed).
The book has very plain language, as far as possible, but you have to have certain mathematical background. But it is not necessary to be an undergraduate student, you could go into this book directly after high school. Even during the last courses would be an advisable read.
The book has very plain language, as far as possible, but you have to have certain mathematical background. But it is not necessary to be an undergraduate student, you could go into this book directly after high school. Even during the last courses would be an advisable read.