Calculus: Early Transcendentals

Tons of questions, good explanation, nice print and binding. The only downside is answers only for odd numbered questions, however it's a thick book so it's understandable

I really love how Stewart explains each topic with great insight detail in this book. Each chapter comes with a lot of excercises and some of them really tend to be tough especially at the end of each excercises. I noticed the chapters really complete all the cources that you might be taking up for calculus. Overall, it's a fantastic book ! 😃😀

If anyone wants to learn calculus, it is an excellent choice. Every topic has been explained beautifully. Very good for self study.

Pros: The book is fantabulous. I've no regrets of buying it. This colossal beast clocks at over 1300 pages. The author James Stewart conveys not only the utility of calculus to help one develop technical competence, but also gives one an appreciation for the intrinsic beauty of the subject. The font typesetting is fine, and easy to read. Obviously, this is a B/W Indian Edition print, published and distributed by Cengage India Limited. You can't just compare it with the colourful and ecstatic international print. However, this 'dullness' of the pages is justified, given the price bracket of the book. There's an astronomical difference between the cost of the imported International print & the domestically produced Indian print. A big thumbs up from my side.Cons: No access code provided with the book. I think this query has already been sorted out by another buyer; the CourseMate service has been terminated by Cengage, hence no support regarding it. As for the physical condition of the book, it is slightly damaged (bent) from sides (which is clearly evident from the pics I have posted above), probably due to careless stacking and shipping. The package was shipped to me in a makeshift cardboard box, which is fine for me, since it is tons better than the cheap plastic packaging, provided by Amazon for my previous orders. However, the cardboard box was open from one side, at the time of delivery. Another instance of carelessness & recklessness, on behalf of the Amazon employees at the distribution center. Thumbs down.

This is the best book for 1st year Engineering Calculus. I will recommend this book 11 out of 10 times for Calculus. It provides theory which build the concept in a good way , examples, and exercises. But the printing quality is not good. Book is totally greyscale which makes the reading dull and paper quality is also just satisfactory.

I want to mention three things before actually suggest this book.1) Delivery was a day ahead, as always.2) Packaging is good.3) Page quality is nice. The paperback binding could’ve been made better. I guess after a use of month or two the edges might get deformed a bit.Now, about the book...It has been 5 days straight since I’ve been studying this book. The way the function and the operations performed on it have been described, only renders to the fact that it has been written with a purpose to make the reader understand the theory with intuition. I have got to tell you, if you’re in 11th or 12th grade this book is going to help you like nothing else. Liking this book more and more as I’m shuffling through pages. One can easily visualise the things described in this book.I’ll suggest you to go for it, totally worth of buying.

Very good book-17 ChaptersCovers all topics

Buy this edition only if you want the book alone. CourseMate service has been terminated by Cengage (publisher) & the Ebook was Flash based so it is also no longer accessible. The Author's website is freely accessible to all so no point in buying for access to that. If you want the online course content, purchase a newer edition of this book. Additionally, the product I have received is not in a very good condition : the outer cover is wrinkled and the inner pages also have a fold (probably due to careless stacking). Think before you buy. The book content is still useful so you may buy it if that is all you want.

Though the content of the book is great for who want to learn the basic to advance Calculus, but this particular print of the book is very low quality: the paper, the print and binding of the book is very poor. I have doubt if the copy I received is a genuine copy. This copy is meant to be sold in the Indian subcontinent, but that part of the notification has been covered up by backmarker. Selling this book to the UK is illegal. I'm going to report to Amazon.

Arrived quickly, literally almost brand new, no sign of use anywhere. Did not expect to get it in hardcover but I am now more satisfied with the purchase.In terms of the actual content of the textbook, the textbook contains sufficient information, examples and practice problems that you can learn by yourself, you can basically skip class!

This is one of the best calculus textbooks ever written, with the most intuitive examples and illustration of any text out there. It is #2 in all the courses we survey, and in the top 3 of Library purchases for books with 1,200 pages or more. That said:1. Make SURE you get the 7th edition, it is heavily revised.2. Many of the reviews trash talking this book (it IS a five star text!) are due to purchasers not knowing what "hybrid" means. THE PAPERBACK VERSION OF THIS BOOK IS DIFFERENT! A "hybrid" is a class that combines online with brick and mortar class attendance, and some publishers are now creating "hybrid" texts with some material integrated with the online LMS (learning management system of the school or teacher) and the text. NEVER BUY a HYBRID TEXT if you are not taking a class!3. Some folks saw the price of this book, then bought the "paperback" at far less, from a third party on Amazon. THIS IS A BIG MISTAKE! If you get a hybrid book, and the third party is honest and says you don't get access codes, you'll be missing half the book in this case! Worse, if the book says "hybrid" you MUST get a second access code from the teacher who is giving the class-- DO NOT BUY a hybrid for self study!!Sadly, the circus around this text is limiting the great value of the HARD COVER, COMPLETE text for self study. It is one of the best there is in gentle examples of derivative applications, even in multivariate and ODE forms. It's target is those who didn't do particularly well in HS calc, or never had any including limits, or are rusty, so please evaluate it on its own merits, not the mistaken hybrid reviews.BTW Amazon is NOT ripping anyone off with this-- you just need to understand that hybrid MEANS incomplete! In many cases you can save money with a used paperback, but NOT HERE!!Library Picks reviews only for the benefit of Amazon shoppers and has nothing to do with Amazon, the authors, manufacturers or publishers of the items we review. We always buy the items we review for the sake of objectivity, and although we search for gems, are not shy about trashing an item if it's a waste of time or money for Amazon shoppers. If the reviewer identifies herself, her job or her field, it is only as a point of reference to help you gauge the background and any biases.

Very happy with the book. It was excellent for my daughters course.

Hardcover, and way less than the campus bookstore.The book arrived on time, and in excellent shape.Content is a little difficult to follow in some chaptersdue to the sequence in which the author decided to teachthe subject matter. Other than that an excellent text book.It includes little links to history such as the names and storiesbehind the discoveries of many methods and principles.Overall one of the better Calculus Textbooks.Covers Calculus one through three.