Mildronate - 14-7-2013 at 03:37
The best math textbooks for beginners?
Metacelsus - 14-7-2013 at 06:39
What kind of math do you want to learn?
Mildronate - 18-7-2013 at 10:50
math analysis (integrals, diferentials, derivatives, diferential equations)
annaandherdad - 18-7-2013 at 13:33
Older books are better, IMO. Try Thomas, Calculus and Analytic Geometry. You might want to study some physics book at the same time, such as
Halliday and Resnick (again, older texts are just fine for this, if you can find them cheap don't waste your money on current ones).
The subject hasn't changed much in many decades, so you can learn it well from older books. Plus they tend to be more intuitive. That's also the
reason for looking at a physics book---it will tell you what calculus is good for, and give you an intuition for it.
It takes considerable motivation to do this on your own, you'll have to be disciplined over many months.
bfesser - 18-7-2013 at 14:26
Importantly, old books are actually affordable. For what it's worth, I'll list some books from my personal library (in no particular order &
skipping really advanced ones):
<ul type="circle"><li><strong>Geometry</strong>, 2nd ed. by Serge Lang & Gene Murrow (<a
href="https://www.google.com/search?q=0387966544" target="_blank">ISBN 0387966544</a> <img src="../scipics/_ext.png" />
</li>
<li><strong>Statistical Analysis in Chemistry and the Chemical Industry</strong> by Bennett & Franklin (<a
href="http://books.google.com/books?id=5f9OAAAAMAAJ" target="_blank">Google Books</a> <img src="../scipics/_ext.png" /></li>
<li><strong>An Introduction to Discrete Mathematics and its Applications</strong> by Kenneth Kalmanson (<a
href="http://books.google.com/books?id=pNf6bwAACAAJ" target="_blank">Google Books</a> <img src="../scipics/_ext.png" /></li>
<li><strong>Basic Statistics: Understanding Conventional Methods and Modern Insights</strong> by Rand R. Wilcox (<a
href="http://books.google.com/books?id=82gYmAEACAAJ" target="_blank">Google Books</a> <img src="../scipics/_ext.png" /></li>
<li><strong>Fundamentals of Probability</strong>, 2nd ed. by Saeed Ghahramani (<a
href="http://books.google.com/books?id=0WaNQgAACAAJ" target="_blank">Google Books</a> <img src="../scipics/_ext.png" /></li>
<li><strong>A First Course in Numerical Analysis</strong> by Anthony Ralston (<a
href="http://books.google.com/books?id=GHUIRAAACAAJ" target="_blank">Google Books</a> <img src="../scipics/_ext.png" /></li>
<li><strong>Numerical Methods for Scientists and Engineers</strong> by R.W. Hamming (<a
href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Z2owE_0LQukC" target="_blank">Google Books</a> <img src="../scipics/_ext.png" /></li>
<li><strong>Calculus with Analytic Geometry</strong>, 7th ed. by Ron Larson (<a
href="http://books.google.com/books?id=MVoBAAAACAAJ" target="_blank">Google Books</a> <img src="../scipics/_ext.png" /></li>
<li><strong>Advanced Calculus</strong> by Angus E. Taylor (<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=3-O2b48H5_cC"
target="_blank">Google Books</a> <img src="../scipics/_ext.png" /></li></ul>
[Edited on 7/19/13 by bfesser]