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Calculus Made Easy

Name: Calculus Made Easy
Author: Silvanus P. Thompson

Silvanus P. Thompson

Read by Adam, Mike Pelton, katetastrophe, Le, Paul E J King, Jargoniel, Bruce Kachuk, realisticspeakers, clarinetcarrot, Son of the Exiles, Ielmie and Rachel · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Preface to the Second Edition, Prologue (2:05)
Chapter I: To Deliver You from the Preliminary Terrors (2:36)
Chapter II: On Different Degrees of Smallness (11:07)
Chapter III: On Relative Growings (17:26)
Chapter IV: Simplest Cases (17:41)
Exercises I, Answers to Exercises I (4:01)
Chapter V: Next Stage. What to Do With Constants (17:55)
Exercises II, Answers to Exercises II (11:30)
Chapter VI: Sums, Differences, Products, and Quotients (32:31)
Exercises III, Answers to Exercises III (10:14)
Chapter VII: Successive Differentiation (5:29)
Exercises IV, Answers to Exercises IV (6:37)
Chapter VIII: When Time Varies - Part 1 (16:13)
Chapter VIII: When Time Varies - Part 2 (15:14)
Exercises V, Answers to Exercises V (6:25)
Chapter IX: Introducing a Useful Dodge (25:32)
Exercises VI and VII, Answers to Exercises VI and VII (11:12)
Chapter X: Geometrical Meaning of Differentiaton (16:27)
Exercises VIII, Answers to Exercises VIII (5:45)
Chapter XI: Maxima and Minima - Part 1 (14:10)
Chapter XI: Maxima and Minima - Part 2 (17:14)
Exercises IX, Answers to Exercises IX (5:43)
Chapter XII: Curvature of Curves (13:50)
Exercises X, Answers to Exercises X (7:15)
Chapter XIII: Other Useful Dodges - Part 1: Partial Fractions (23:51)
Exercises XI, Answers to Exercises XI (8:21)
Chapter XIII: Other Useful Dodges - Part 2: Differential of an Inverse Function (5:23)
Chapter XIV: On True Compound Interest and the Law of Organic Growth - Part 1 (A) (19:03)
Chapter XIV: On True Compound Interest and the Law of Organic Growth - Part 1 (B) (27:45)
Exercises XII, Answers to Exercises XII (6:56)
Chapter XIV: On True Compound Interest and the Law of Organic Growth - Part 2: The Logarithmic Curve (2:48)
Chapter XIV: On True Compound Interest and the Law of Organic Growth - Part 3: The Die-away Curve (21:56)
Exercises XIII, Answers to Exercises XIII (8:15)
Chapter XV: How to Deal With Sines and Cosines - Part 1 (8:57)
Chapter XV: How to Deal With Sines and Cosines - Part 2: Second Differential Coefficient of Sine or Cosine (6:37)
Exercises XIV, Answers to Exercises XIV (9:01)
Chapter XVI: Partial Differentiation - Part 1 (7:36)
Chapter XVI: Partial Differentiation - Part 2: Maxima and Minima of Functions of two Independent Variables (4:33)
Exercises XV, Answers to Exercises XV (6:45)
Chapter XVII: Integration - Part 1 (5:09)
Chapter XVII: Integration - Part 2: Slopes of Curves, and the Curves themselves (6:43)
Exercises XVI, Answers to Exercises XVI (2:10)
Chapter XVIII: Integrating as the Reverse of Differentiating - Part 1 (9:03)
Chapter XVIII: Integrating as the Reverse of Differentiating - Part 2: Integration of the Sum or Difference of two Functions (1:53)
Chapter XVIII: Integrating as the Reverse of Differentiating - Part 3: How to Deal With Constant Terms (9:10)
Chapter XVIII: Integrating as the Reverse of Differentiating - Part 4: Some Other Integrals (5:59)
Chapter XVIII: Integrating as the Reverse of Differentiating - Part 5: On Double and Triple Integrals (4:21)
Exercises XVII, Answers to Exercises XVII (6:36)
Chapter XIX: On Finding Areas by Integrating - Part 1 (23:42)
Chapter XIX: On Finding Areas by Integrating - Part 2: Areas in Polar Coordinates (3:44)
Chapter XIX: On Finding Areas by Integrating - Part 3: Volumes by Integration (3:44)
Chapter XIX: On Finding Areas by Integrating - Part 4: On Quadratic Means (4:04)
Exercises XVIII, Answers to Exercises XVIII (7:43)
Chapter XX: Dodges, Pitfalls, and Triumphs (14:52)
Exercises XIX, Answers to Exercises XIX (5:05)
Chapter XXI: Finding Some Solutions - Part 1 (15:00)
Chapter XXI: Finding Some Solutions - Part 2 (13:05)
Epilogue and Apologue (3:25)