The Manga Guide to Calculus - Hiroyuki Kojima

Teaching calculus in an original and refreshing way, this guide combines Japanese-style manga cartoons with mathematical content as it follows the story of heroine Noriko. Noriko takes a job with a local newspaper and quickly befriends math whiz Kakeru, who wants to help her understand the practical uses of calculus in journalism. \nNoriko is just getting started as a junior reporter for the Asagake Times. She wants to cover the hard-hitting issues, like world affairs and politics, but does she have the smarts for it? Thankfully, her overbearing and math-minded boss, Mr. Seki, is here to teach her how to analyze her stories with a mathematical eye. \nIn The Manga Guide to Calculus, you'll follow along with Noriko as she learns that calculus is more than just a class designed to weed out would-be science majors. You'll see that calculus is a useful way to understand the patterns in physics, economics, and the world around us, with help from real-world examples like probability, supply and demand curves, the economics of pollution, and the density of Shochu (a Japanese liquor). \n \nMr. Seki teaches Noriko how to: \n-Use differentiation to understand a function's rate of change \n-Apply the fundamental theorem of calculus, and grasp the relationship between a function's derivative and its integral \n-Integrate and differentiate trigonometric and other complicated functions \n-Use multivariate calculus and partial differentiation to deal with tricky functions \n-Use Taylor Expansions to accurately imitate difficult functions with polynomials \n \nWhether you're struggling through a calculus course for the first time or you just need a painless refresher, you'll find what you're looking for in The Manga Guide to Calculus. \n \nThis EduManga book is a translation from a bestselling series in Japan, co-published with Ohmsha, Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan.\n