4 ms·

A while ago I saw someone posting a book about Calculus in HN forum that was written decades ago, probably 40s or 50s. I liked it and could not find it back. Do

A while ago I saw someone posting a book about Calculus in HN forum that was written decades ago, probably 40s or 50s. I liked it and could not find it back. Does anyone have link to it?

alfiedotwtf 7y ago
Maybe Apostol's Calculus, or Spivak's Calculus. Both 1967 though
throwaway55554 7y ago
Was it Calculus Made Easy? https://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Made-Easy-Silvanus-Thompson/dp/0312185480/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=calculus+made+easy&qid=1557496980&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Made-Easy-Silvanus-Thompson/... It seems easy to find a pdf on the web, but I didn't want to post that.
- guru4consulting 7y ago
  yes, I was looking for this book. Thank you. I wish I had read this when I was in school. I liked the book for explaining complex topic in a very simple, easily understandable way. This would be a great book to introduce calculus to your kids. I read chapter 2 (on different degrees of smallness) and found it enlightening.
  - throwaway55554 7y ago
    You're welcome. Happy reading!
- Jtsummers 7y ago
  The original (not the Martin Gardner version) is public domain at this point. Project Gutenberg has a PDF of it. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33283/33283-pdf.pdf http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33283/33283-pdf.pdf
  - throwaway55554 7y ago
    Ok, thank you. I did not realize this version was PD.
- JesFine 7y ago
  There's also a website if you don't like PDFs: http://calculusmadeeasy.org/ http://calculusmadeeasy.org/
sdegutis 7y ago
Probably not it, but this looks interesting: https://archive.org/details/calculus00marciala/page/n5 https://archive.org/details/calculus00marciala/page/n5
hackermailman 7y ago
I have Thomas' Calculus from the 1960s, the same book that Knuth promotes in interviews as being responsible for him choosing a math degree. Very high signal to noise ratio without being as terse as Apostol https://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Analytic-Geometry-Supplementary-Problems/dp/0201077795 https://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Analytic-Geometry-Supplement... However I really enjoy algebraic calculus and wish somebody had taught me this in highschool https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIljB45xT85CSlgGh36810KdTcOd21JFh https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIljB45xT85CSlgGh3681...
- gumby 7y ago
  This was my text at MIT in the 80s and I still have it on my shelf!

A while ago I saw someone posting a book about Calculus in HN forum that was written decades ago, probably 40s or 50s. I liked it and could not find it back. Does anyone have link to it?

alfiedotwtf 7y ago

Maybe Apostol's Calculus, or Spivak's Calculus. Both 1967 though

throwaway55554 7y ago

Was it Calculus Made Easy? https://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Made-Easy-Silvanus-Thompson/dp/0312185480/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=calculus+made+easy&qid=1557496980&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Made-Easy-Silvanus-Thompson/... It seems easy to find a pdf on the web, but I didn't want to post that.

guru4consulting 7y ago
yes, I was looking for this book. Thank you. I wish I had read this when I was in school. I liked the book for explaining complex topic in a very simple, easily understandable way. This would be a great book to introduce calculus to your kids. I read chapter 2 (on different degrees of smallness) and found it enlightening.
- throwaway55554 7y ago
  You're welcome. Happy reading!
Jtsummers 7y ago
The original (not the Martin Gardner version) is public domain at this point. Project Gutenberg has a PDF of it. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33283/33283-pdf.pdf http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33283/33283-pdf.pdf
- throwaway55554 7y ago
  Ok, thank you. I did not realize this version was PD.
JesFine 7y ago
There's also a website if you don't like PDFs: http://calculusmadeeasy.org/ http://calculusmadeeasy.org/

sdegutis 7y ago

Probably not it, but this looks interesting: https://archive.org/details/calculus00marciala/page/n5 https://archive.org/details/calculus00marciala/page/n5

hackermailman 7y ago

I have Thomas' Calculus from the 1960s, the same book that Knuth promotes in interviews as being responsible for him choosing a math degree. Very high signal to noise ratio without being as terse as Apostol https://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Analytic-Geometry-Supplementary-Problems/dp/0201077795 https://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Analytic-Geometry-Supplement... However I really enjoy algebraic calculus and wish somebody had taught me this in highschool https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIljB45xT85CSlgGh36810KdTcOd21JFh https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIljB45xT85CSlgGh3681...

gumby 7y ago
This was my text at MIT in the 80s and I still have it on my shelf!