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Calculus made easy (lemmy.world)
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[–] 144 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I would've absolutely paid more attention in maths if the learning material was this utterly contemptuous of "ordinary mathematicians" haha

also full Project Gutenberg text is here https://calculusmadeeasy.org/, thanks for sharing!

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I'm a chemical engineer and I now better understand calculus slightly better from this post. I did a whole lot of "okkayyy ...let's just stick to the process and wait for this whole thing to blow over"

    I know what they were asking me to do but I never really fully understood everything.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    okkayyy...let's just stick to the process and wait for this whole thing to blow over

    This is such a classic engineer brain solution to the problem. It just warms my heart.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    When I started algebra in something like 5th grade I had a huge issue with f(x) and the best answer my teacher gave me was that "the equation is a function of x" and couldn't explain it differently and I couldn't get over the fact that we are not multiplying whatever f is by X. "If we're going to set precedent with notation at least be fucking consistent" - 5th grade me probably

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I also studied chemical engineering, and throughout high school and university that was exactly it. Calculus was a kind of magic, and you just had to learn all the spells.

    With this book I finally understood why the derivative of x^2 is 2x.

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