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082 _a515
_bPRI/C
100 _aPriestley, William McGowen
245 0 _aCalculus: a liberal art/
_cWilliam McGowen Priestley
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aNew York:
_bSpringer,
_c1998.
300 _axvi, 401 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
440 _a(Undergraduate texts in mathematics)
505 _aCh. 1. Tokens from the Gods: Variables, Functions, and Limits -- Ch. 2. Rational Thoughts: The Rise of Mathematics and the Liberal Arts -- Ch. 3. To Measure Is to Know: More Pre-calculus Mathematics -- Ch. 4. Sherlock Holmes Meets Pierre de Fermat: Derivatives -- Ch. 5. Optimistic Steps: Techniques of Optimization -- Ch. 6. Chains and Change: Instantaneous Rates -- Ch. 7. The Integrity of Ancient and Modern Mathematics: Integrals and Antiderivatives -- Ch. 8. Romance in Reason: Seventeenth-century Mathematics.
650 _aCalculus
650 _aAlgebra
650 _aMathematics
942 _cWB16