Change and motion

Change and motion: calculus made clear

by Starbird, Michael P.

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Professor Michael Starbird of the University of Texas at Austin, covers the concepts of Calculus.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Change and motion : calculus made clear / Michael Starbird.

Summary

Professor Michael Starbird of the University of Texas at Austin, covers the concepts of Calculus.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2006.
  • Edition:2nd ed., full screen

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Teaching Co
  • Place of Publication:Chantilly, VA
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2006.

Notes

Course consists of 24 lectures in 2 parts. Each part consists of 2 videodiscs and each videodisc consists of six lectures. Each course guidebook covers the 12 lectures contained in 2 videodiscs in one part.

The Physical Object

  • Description:4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : : sound, color ; : 4 3/4 in. +

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1598032313, 9781598032314
  • oclc:on1042834747
  • LC Classification:QA303.2

Table of Contents

Part I. disc 1. Two ideas, vast implications -- Stop sign crime : the first idea of calculus: the derivative -- Another car, another crime : the second idea of calculus: the integral -- The fundamental theorem of calculus -- Visualizing the derivative: slopes -- Derivatives the easy way: symbol pushing -- part I. disc. 2. Abstracting the derivative: circles and belts -- Circles, Pyramids, cones, and spheres -- Archimedes and the Tractrix -- The integral and the fundamental theorem -- Abstracting the integral: pyramids and dams -- Buffon's needle or [pi] from breadsticks.

Part II. disc 3. Achilles, tortoises, limits, and continuity -- Calculators and approximations -- The best of all possible worlds: optimization -- Economics and architecture -- Galileo, Newton, and baseball -- Getting off the line: motion in space. part II. disc 4. Mountain slopes and tangent planes -- Several variables: volumes galore -- The fundamental theorem extended -- Fields of arrows: differential equations -- Owls, rats, waves, and guitars -- Calculus everywhere.

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