Fairy Tale Calculus: The Derivative by Sarah Allen


Fairy Tale Calculus: The Derivative
Title : Fairy Tale Calculus: The Derivative
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Language : English
Format Type : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 63
Publication : First published December 21, 2014

This book on the basics of Calculus introduces the main concept of the derivative through a short fairy tale and then gets into the calculations. It helps build the conceptual understanding first, and then gets into the details of problem solving. This book is a great study supplement to a high school Calculus or the first college Calculus course. It includes lots of practice problems with answers and worked examples.

Fairy Tale Calculus: The Derivative Reviews

  • Jacalyn<span class=

    Fun math based fairy tale

    I really like the fairy tale story. It is cute and practical for the lesson while sounding like the fairy tales you grew up with. Using fairy tales to teach advanced math is an excellent and familiar method that makes math fun.

  • Chris Dyer

    Interesting but short

    Way too short to comprehensively explain derivatives. Would have liked to see more explanation and use of derivative rules beyond the difference quotient.

  • Ilana

    The idea to explain such a complicated part of calculus with the help of a story is really genius. I still found part of the explanation a bit complicated - depends of how often you use the notions, which wasn't the case for me in more than 10 years - but the tale is followed by a practical part which clarifies more.

  • Eric

    Not that close

    A fairy tale to help readers understand calculus in a different and engaging way. This fairy tale tells of two trolls who find out that the closer you are the least number of people will be killed by the beast. Find out why if you read this book. With examples and problems maybe you to can understand what the derivative is.