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Re: Textbooks

Hi all-
In response to Chip Sample:
See Chapters 1 & 2 of a calculus text that is inspired in part by
Thomas at http://www.hep.anl.gov/theory/jlu/intro.html.
The table of contents for the book is now complete and will be added
during the next couple of days.
Regards,
Jack
ps It is not intended to be an $80 book.
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At 9:49 PM on 11/9/98, Roger Freedman wrote:

Ed Schweber wrote:

This reminds me of the time I came across a first edition of Thomas's
calculus book. It was a solid gray bound tome with well done line diagrams
that sent a clear message that you are now playing with the grownups and
learning very serious material.

A few years ago, after several comments like Ed's, the publishers
(Addison-Wesley) reprinted the first edition of Thomas to see whether there
was a market for a calculus textbook from "the good old days." The answer
turned out to be a resounding "no." The total number of instructors who
adopted the book was no more than three, and Addison-Wesley dropped the
reprint.

What did they charge for the book? If Dover published it for 7-8$ it might
be chosen by at least a part of the market over the $80 multi-color texts
of today.

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Roger A. Freedman
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