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Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Single Variable
Second Edition| ©2019 Michael Sullivan; Kathleen Miranda
As educators we understand the challenges you face in this course, and as authors we have crafted a text that gives you the tools to meet them. This book has examples with clear explanations to help you learn how to logically solve mathematics problems. Read and work the examples and do the sugge...
As educators we understand the challenges you face in this course, and as authors we have crafted a text that gives you the tools to meet them. This book has examples with clear explanations to help you learn how to logically solve mathematics problems. Read and work the examples and do the suggested NOW WORK Problems listed after them. Take advantage of the book’s many features to help you to master calculus. Whether you are majoring in life sciences, business or economics, engineering or mathematics, this book has many applied exercises—some written by students like you—related to courses in a wide variety of majors. And a robust online support system includes a suite of easy-to-use and powerfully built learning tools, which include stepped-out examples, video tutorials, interactive figures, assessment quizzes, and hundreds of practice exercises with feedback and solutions.
Achieve for Calculus redefines homework by offering guidance for every student and support for every instructor. Homework is designed to teach by correcting students' misconceptions through targeted feedback, meaningful hints, and full solutions, helping teach students conceptual understanding and critical thinking in real-world contexts.
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As educators we understand the challenges you face in this course, and as authors we have crafted a text that gives you the tools to meet them. This book has examples with clear explanations to help you learn how to logically solve mathematics problems. Read and work the examples and do the suggested NOW WORK Problems listed after them. Take advantage of the book’s many features to help you to master calculus. Whether you are majoring in life sciences, business or economics, engineering or mathematics, this book has many applied exercises—some written by students like you—related to courses in a wide variety of majors. And a robust online support system includes a suite of easy-to-use and powerfully built learning tools, which include stepped-out examples, video tutorials, interactive figures, assessment quizzes, and hundreds of practice exercises with feedback and solutions.
Achieve for Calculus redefines homework by offering guidance for every student and support for every instructor. Homework is designed to teach by correcting students' misconceptions through targeted feedback, meaningful hints, and full solutions, helping teach students conceptual understanding and critical thinking in real-world contexts.
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Michael Sullivan; Kathleen Miranda
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Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Single Variable
Second Edition| 2019
Michael Sullivan; Kathleen Miranda
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Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Single Variable
Second Edition| 2019
Michael Sullivan; Kathleen Miranda
Authors

Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Chicago State University, received a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Before retiring, Mike taught at Chicago State for 35 years, where he honed an approach to teaching and writing that forms the foundation for his textbooks. Mike has been writing for more than 35 years and currently has 15 books in print. His books have been awarded both Texty and McGuffey awards from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA). In 2007, he received the TAA Lifetime Achievement Award. Mike is a member of the American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges, the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Textbook and Academic Authors Association.

Kathleen Miranda
Kathleen Miranda, Ed.D from St. John’s University, is an Emeritus Associate Professor of the State University of New York (SUNY), where she taught for 25 years. Kathleen is a recipient of the prestigious New York State Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, and she particularly enjoys teaching mathematics to underprepared and fearful students. Kathleen served as director of Curriculum and Assessment Development at Old Westbury. In addition to her extensive classroom experience, Kathleen has worked as accuracy reviewer and solutions author on several mathematics textbooks, including Michael Sullivan’s Brief Calculus and Finite Mathematics. Kathleen’s goal is to help students unlock the complexities of calculus and appreciate its many applications.

Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Single Variable
Second Edition| 2019
Michael Sullivan; Kathleen Miranda
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