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About the Course
Calculus is one of the grandest achievements of human thought, explaining everything from planetary orbits to the optimal size of a city to the periodicity of a heartbeat. This brisk course covers the core ideas of single-variable Calculus with emphases on conceptual understanding and applications. The course is ideal for students beginning in the engineering, physical, and social sciences. Distinguishing features of the course include: 1) the introduction and use of Taylor series and approximations from the beginning; 2) a novel synthesis of discrete and continuous forms of Calculus; 3) an emphasis on the conceptual over the computational; and 4) a clear, dynamic, unified approach.
In this fourth part--part four of five--we cover computing areas and volumes, other geometric applications, physical applications, and averages and mass. We also introduce probability.
Top reviews
NF
Aug 7, 2020
AWESOME. Professor Ghrist, I can never thank you enough. So I won't even try.
RJ
Jan 5, 2018
great...awesome lecture....his voice is little bit funny though...
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By Sonia C
•Sep 10, 2021
Homework problems can be irrelevantly hard sometimes, but overall the course offered a new perspective into calculus
By Justin J
•Jun 19, 2018
Personally frustrating voice and severe lack of explanation on topics.
By Orestis S
•Sep 8, 2019
The applications had nothing to do with my field of interest. I only completed the course so I can continue to the final part of the series. This could have been a supplementary course, not needed to get the certificate, or change some of the lectures for topics like economics and biology.