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Calculus for the practical man
James Edgar Thompson · 初版 1931 年
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- 物理学家费曼最早自学掌握微积分所用的经典书
- 极其适合学习如何运用微积分工具进行实际演算
- 阐释清晰实用,是经久耐用的高质量数学自学读物
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Calculus for the practical man
James Edgar Thompson · 初版 1931 年
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……而且仅仅是因为它是一位外科医生而不是数学家写的:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/383087.Mathematics 警告:我花了好几年才啃完。哦对了,还有 J E Thompson 写的 1946 年版《Calculus for the Practical Man》。
…and only because it was written by a surgeon rather than a mathematician: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/383087.Mathematics Warning: Took me a couple of years to get through. Oh and 1946 copy of Calculus for the Practical Man by J E Thompson.
我在网上见过好几次关于这个的讨论。这里有个 HN 帖子:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14192894 指出费曼最早用的教材是 J. E. Thompson 的《Calculus for the Practical Man》。两本都是高质量的教材,而且正如链接中的 HN 帖子所提到的,在 archive.org 上都能找到。
I have seen this discussed online several times. Here is a HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14192894 that indicates the text Feynman first used was Calculus for the Practical Man by J. E. Thompson. Both are quality texts and as the linked HN thread notes, can be found on archive.org.
我也推荐《Calculus for the Practical Man》。费曼当年用的就是这本,用来学怎么用微积分算各种东西相当不错。顺便提一句,我大学的微积分课用的也是 Stewart。
I'd also recommend Calculus for the Practical Man. It's what Feynman used and is quite good for learning how to calculate various things with calculus. Incidentally, my college calculus class also used Stewart.
实际上我认为那是 J.E. Thompson 写的《Calculus for the Practical Man》,而且读起来也非常棒。
actually I believe that was "Calculus for the Practical Man" by J.E. Thompson and it is also an excellent read.
……Abraham, Christopher Shaw)- 《Geometry, Relativity and the Fourth Dimension》(Rudolf Rucker)- 3Blue1Brown 微积分的本质:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDMsr9K-rj53DwVRMYO3t5Yr - 《Calculus for the Practical Man》(J.E. Thompson)- 《Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus》(Harry M. Schey)- 《Who Is Fourier? a Mathematical Adventure》- 《Physics, Topology, Logic and Computation: A Rosetta……
…Abraham, Christopher Shaw) - Geometry, Relativity and the Fourth Dimension (Rudolf Rucker) - 3Blue1Brown Essence of Calculus: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDMsr9K-rj53DwVRMYO3t5Yr - Calculus for the Practical Man (J.E. Thompson) - Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus (Harry M. Schey) - Who Is Fourier? a Mathematical Adventure - Physics, Topology, Logic and Computation: A Rosetta…
……给在家自学者用的教材叫 Saxon Math。如果你以前没上过微积分课,也许在读 Spivak 之前或同时,应该先粗读一本更直观的书。我手头没有亲身体验过的,但我听说《Calculus for the Practical Man》不错。网上有免费的扫描版(其实这些书全都有),而且费曼 12 岁时正是靠它学会微积分的,这事很有名。
…homeschoolers called Saxon Math. If you haven't had a course in calculus before, maybe you should skim a more intuitive book before or alongside reading Spivak. I don't know of any firsthand, but I heard Calculus for the Practical Man is good. Scans are freely available online (actually, of all these books) and Feynman famously learned calculus from it when he was 12.