{"product_id":"essential-precalculus-a-self-teaching-guide-paperback","title":"Essential Precalculus: A Self-Teaching Guide - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Hill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis no-nonsense guide provides students and self-learners with a clear and readable study of the most important ideas of precalculus mathematics. Tim Hill's distraction-free approach combines decades of tutoring experience with the proven methods of his Russian math teachers. The result: learn in a few weeks what conventional schools stretch into months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeaches general principles that can be applied to a wide variety of problems.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvoids the mindless and excessive routine computations that characterize conventional textbooks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTreats the subject as a logically coherent discipline, not as a disjointed collection of techniques.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRestores proofs to their proper place to remove doubt, convey insight, and encourage precise logical thinking.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOmits digressions, excessive formalities, and repetitive exercises.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides exceptional preparation for a calculus course.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes problems (with all solutions) that extend your knowledge rather than merely reinforce it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Real Line and Coordinate Plane\u003cbr\u003e2. Straight Lines\u003cbr\u003e3. Circles and Parabolas\u003cbr\u003e4. Functions\u003cbr\u003e5. Graphs\u003cbr\u003e6. Trigonometry\u003cbr\u003e7. Solutions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTim Hill is a statistician living in Boulder, Colorado. He holds degrees in mathematics and statistics from Stanford University and the University of Colorado. Tim has written self-teaching guides for Algebra, Trigonometry, Geometry, Precalculus, Advanced Precalculus, Permutations \u0026amp; Combinations, Mathematics of Money, and Excel Pivot Tables. When he's not crunching numbers, Tim climbs rocks, hikes canyons, and avoids malls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 158\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713865912383,"sku":"9781717364975","price":17.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/afeb4a7425d4aa697a08229077f6150b.webp?v=1765066145","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/essential-precalculus-a-self-teaching-guide-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}