Big Picture of Calculus

Instructor:
Prof. Gilbert Strang

Resources:
Summary with practice problems
(PDF with audio - 1.6MB)
(MP3 - 1.6MB)

Practice problems
(PDF no audio)

Free downloads:
Internet Archive (MP4 - 196MB)
iTunes U (MP4 - 83MB)

Professor Strang's Calculus textbook (1st edition, 1991) is freely available here.

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Calculus is about change. One function tells how quickly another function is changing. Professor Strang shows how calculus applies to ordinary life situations, such as:

• driving a car

• climbing a mountain

• growing to full adult height