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What is calculus? : Learn the basic concepts (without the hard math) - Chris McMullen

What is calculus?

Learn the basic concepts (without the hard math)

By: Chris McMullen

Paperback | 10 June 2025

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Are you curious about what calculus is? Maybe you never made it past algebra but would like discover the basic concepts of calculus. Or maybe you took a calculus course once and would like to better understand the main ideas. Either way, experienced teacher and author, Chris McMullen, Ph.D., will show you the wonders of calculus, including:
  • the meaning of derivatives and integrals
  • a few important precalculus concepts, like functions and limits
  • why calculus was developed
  • applications of calculus
  • extreme values and optimization problems
  • sequences and series
  • and more

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