Excerpt from Calculus, With Applications: An Introduction to the Mathematical Treatment of Science
This little book has been written for two classes of persons: those who wish, for purposes of culture, to know, in as simple and direct a way as possible, what the calculus is and what it is for; and students primarily engaged in work in chemistry, astronomy, economics, etc., who have not time or inclination to take long courses in mathematics, yet who would like "to know how to use a tool as fine as the calculus."
The "pure" mathematician will note the omission of various subjects that are important from his point of view; but for him there are admirable and lengthy treatises on pure calculus. Also the student whose experience has led him to conceive of mathematical study as the doing of interminable lists of exercises, will be surprised and, possibly, disappointed. This book is a reading lesson in applied mathematics. Fancy exercises have been avoided. The examples are, for the most part, real problems from mechanics and astronomy. This plan has been pursued in the conviction that such problems are just as good as make-believe ones for purposes of discipline, and a good deal better for purposes of knowledge.
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