Leads you step-by-step through each calculus concept, operation, and solution, explaining the "how" and "why" in plain English, along with detailed instruction and practical examples.

Includes index.

An overview of calculus:What is calculus? -- The two big ideas of calculus: differentiation and integration - plus infinite series -- Why calculus works -- Warming up with calculus prerequisites: Pre-algebra and algebra review -- Funky functions and their groovy graphs -- The trig tango -- Limits: Limits and continuity -- Evaluating limits -- Differentiation: Differentiation orientation -- Differentiation rules - yeah, man, it rules -- Differentiation and the shape of curves -- Your problems are solved: differentiation to the rescue! -- More differentiation problems: going off on a tangent -- Integration and infinite series: Intro to integration and approximating area -- Integration: it's backwards differentiation -- Integration techniques for experts -- Forget Dr. Phil: use the integral to solve problems -- Taming the infinite with improper integrals -- Infinite series -- The part of tens: Ten things to remember -- Ten things to forget -- Ten things you can't get away with.