Too bad that modern textboks are usualy split into a problem book and solution one. It's a way to make more money fot the publisher I guess. I realy detracts from the experiencee when going thru a book.
When you have good teacher that knows how to explain without breaking someone's brain, everything is possible. Some people are able to make simple things difficult to understand, while some others do it in opposite way
Feynman told wonderful stories about how his father nurtured his curiosity from a very young age. Every parent knows how insanely curious kids are and how they will repeat activities until they understand. What the educational "factory" system does is structure the joy out of learning. The curiosity gives way to metrics and criticism. The fire is extinguished.
@@charles_teak I doubt what you say, all those great intellects had books in their bookshelves, see he had this one. He was a genius but geniuses also read books.
@@goki6548 Funny I’m seeing this comment update right now… August 14, 2023 thru December 8, 2023 I took MAC1147 (Pre-Cal and Trig) and got a 97%. This Summer I’ll be taking Differential Calculus or MAC 2311. Honestly I’m just going to keep going.. I think if we put our minds to it we can really explore what we are capable of, which is way more than most of us give ourselves credit for.
It's just a "proper" textbook. In the past they assumed a scholar would self-educate and wrote the books as such. The modern textbooks - dominated by a handful of publishers - are designed to sell collateral teaching material and to feed a specific Standardized Test definition of proficiency. It is clear when you compare the fluidity of the cadence of this book to the modularity and voids of a modern, often larger ($$$) textbook.
I had a similar experience with George Finlay Simmons' Precalculus Mathematics in a Nutshell. Only 100 pages. Also Ivan Savov's No BS guides. So refreshing.
@@kevin0xf681Yep. "Here's a thing, here's another thing, we'll try to connect them in another couple chapters and make the process so confusing you'll hate existence."
When I was doing my electrodynamics course, I failed the first time, because the book we used was so bad. The teacher was pretty bad too. A typical researcher who was forced to teach as well. Then I got the Lectures in Physics by Feynman. I got an A on the second try. The way Feynman explains stuff in these books is amazingly easy to understand. He does not plaster the pages with formulas just to show how clever he is. He writes a lot of words to explain everything. Lots of examples. I wish I had this book when I was taught Calculus.
Ahh thanks a lot for commenting on this. I was asking if you can tell me from which publication did you buy the books from? I really want to know actually. There is this one publisher called “Basic Books” which i think is the original one because its wayyy too expensive…i really cant afford to buy it. But if thats the one then i guess i have no choice.
@@me_serious_asf in India we have a publisher called Pearson, I has all the 3 parts of book (millennium edition) and the whole set wil cost around ₹2,000/ 25$.
True story: The librarian would not let him check out the book at first, saying that it's too advanced for him. So Feynman came back at a later day to check out the book, but this time he told the librarian that it was for his dad!
The red one is the second edition. Feynman used the first edition, which is blue and a little harder to come by these days. In high school, he read Advanced Calculus by Woods. I've been wanting to get a copy of that one for years, but it's always too expensive when it shows up on eBay.
I remember reading “Surely you are kidding Mr Feynman” many years ago. I may need to read it again. A fascinating individual. One of few on the Challenger review commissions with a speck of common sense.
These old books are so much better than modern textbooks. Not in teaching material but just there's so much more clean, easier to read, and they're smaller so they're less cumbersome and obnoxious.
Other great books like this are 1, 2, 3 Infinity, and Mathematics for the Millions. Great pocket guides are the Pocket Ref. By Thomas J. Glover. My father had a copy of the 1st edition for years.
I have them all as PDF except this one. I bought a hard copy because its a little more special. Id like to get them all but theyre low on my priorities list while Im in college lol
I have read that Feynman studied also Frederick S. Woods - Advanced calculus -Ginn and company (1934) when he was in high school. I do not remember the source.
To be quite honest undergrad math up to set theory can just as easily be taught with some good calc videos. of course you won't get used to reading math, but I found videos easier for early math.
Why can't all mathematic books be this simple. The books today have a bunch of side notes, unnecessary graphs, just too much. I'm looking for just straight forward math textbooks. I'll have to pick this one up.
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There's all kinds of math books in different styles published these days. Including the style you describe as wanting (but also the styles you describe as despising, you just have to pick carefully).
Dude says book is super old instead of saying it was printed in 19XX. I can't do the calculus to find the equation to define "super old" as a prime number in order to know the publishing or print date. I'm stuck........... .................. I used basic algebra but translated the equation into geometry then to geography. Essentially the algebraic expression, solved and in alphabetic form is GOLFOSCAROSCARGOLFLIMAECHOPOINTCHARLIEOSCARMIKE.
Is there something similar for people that flunk math and later in life got curious about it again but they have the same fear of the weird symbols and terminology?
This book was first published in 1945. Feynman was 27. He received his PhD in physics when he was 24. I don’t think he used this to learn calculus… Nvm I’m wrong. It was actually first published in 1923. Crazy.
I need Calculus for the Impractical Man
Isnt that just analysis 😂😂😂
Now I command you to write it
Pick up any modern calculus textbook used at the university level. Pure math only. They're written for rigor, not practicality.
@@totally_not_a_bot Yup
I'm a simple man, I see Feynman wrote, I click
I'm a simple man. I see calculus, I start to panic.
@@foreverseethecalculus solves real problems. It's interesting
@@Batman_akzointegration is trash :'(
I'm a practical man, I see this book, I buy it
Same here lol
Books with solutions are so under rated
Books with examples
book with solutions
I think the more general case would be that books generally are underrated, especially nowadays, through UA-cam and so on.
its called spoon feeding book
@@glitchoff2599
Too bad that modern textboks are usualy split into a problem book and solution one.
It's a way to make more money fot the publisher I guess. I realy detracts from the experiencee when going thru a book.
But Feynman read the book in middle school. Pure genius
I am literally in middle school bro-
AND created his own symbol system too
I just bought a synopsis of elementary results in pure and applied mathematics. I’m currently in middle school, hopefully I can be the next feyman
When you have good teacher that knows how to explain without breaking someone's brain, everything is possible. Some people are able to make simple things difficult to understand, while some others do it in opposite way
Feynman told wonderful stories about how his father nurtured his curiosity from a very young age. Every parent knows how insanely curious kids are and how they will repeat activities until they understand. What the educational "factory" system does is structure the joy out of learning. The curiosity gives way to metrics and criticism. The fire is extinguished.
Man, I'd have loved to have seen Feynman's bookshelf
Or the list of all the books on his book shelf
I kind of doubt he had much. It's all within him.
@@charles_teak how do you think he learned in the first place? He read!
@@Delacroix0402 With books. And last time I checked, my head cannot store books like a bookshelf. Am I wrong?
@@charles_teak I doubt what you say, all those great intellects had books in their bookshelves, see he had this one.
He was a genius but geniuses also read books.
I’ve been considering a new hobby. This just sparked something in me.
same over here
If you have never went deep into math, I'd say definetely try it! If things seem too abstract you can also start learning physics.
@@goki6548 Funny I’m seeing this comment update right now… August 14, 2023 thru December 8, 2023 I took MAC1147 (Pre-Cal and Trig) and got a 97%. This Summer I’ll be taking Differential Calculus or MAC 2311. Honestly I’m just going to keep going.. I think if we put our minds to it we can really explore what we are capable of, which is way more than most of us give ourselves credit for.
@@goki6548 *gone, *deeply, *say to.
dew it
I just bought the whole 5 book set for $5 at a thrift store. All of them still have the dust jackets! Super, super rad find.
You'd better read it!!
i cant find it anywhere, its for 40dollars online
That's wild dude. I see the edition mention in the vid going for $400, def a rad find. I just picked up what I think is a reprint online for 50 bucks
I hate you, l am just joking! 😂
But l am jealous and maybe dislike you just a tad lol
It's just a "proper" textbook. In the past they assumed a scholar would self-educate and wrote the books as such. The modern textbooks - dominated by a handful of publishers - are designed to sell collateral teaching material and to feed a specific Standardized Test definition of proficiency. It is clear when you compare the fluidity of the cadence of this book to the modularity and voids of a modern, often larger ($$$) textbook.
I had a similar experience with George Finlay Simmons' Precalculus Mathematics in a Nutshell. Only 100 pages. Also Ivan Savov's No BS guides. So refreshing.
Wdym when you say modularity? I agree btw
@@logicaestrex2278 Modularity as in the topics being presented in a less connected way probably
@@kevin0xf681Yep. "Here's a thing, here's another thing, we'll try to connect them in another couple chapters and make the process so confusing you'll hate existence."
When I was doing my electrodynamics course, I failed the first time, because the book we used was so bad. The teacher was pretty bad too. A typical researcher who was forced to teach as well.
Then I got the Lectures in Physics by Feynman. I got an A on the second try. The way Feynman explains stuff in these books is amazingly easy to understand. He does not plaster the pages with formulas just to show how clever he is. He writes a lot of words to explain everything. Lots of examples.
I wish I had this book when I was taught Calculus.
Ahh thanks a lot for commenting on this.
I was asking if you can tell me from which publication did you buy the books from? I really want to know actually. There is this one publisher called “Basic Books” which i think is the original one because its wayyy too expensive…i really cant afford to buy it. But if thats the one then i guess i have no choice.
@me_serious_asf hey how's the book?
@@me_serious_asf how did it go?
I think you can actually read it for free on the internet archive btw, in case you didn't buy it already
@@me_serious_asf in India we have a publisher called Pearson, I has all the 3 parts of book (millennium edition) and the whole set wil cost around ₹2,000/ 25$.
The books are freely available online on Caltech's website.
I have almost the whole set 😂 I was homeschooled and my mom thought they'd be a good addition to our math curriculum.
Was it a good addition ?
See, that makes sense. I was also homeschooled and was like what? Maybe I need these? Learned most arithmetic from textbooks from the 40-50s. Lol
W Mom
My homeschooling was 75% Bible lmao.
@moonlandingagain3228I guess it wouldnt be a waste if their goal was to be a priest
True story: The librarian would not let him check out the book at first, saying that it's too advanced for him. So Feynman came back at a later day to check out the book, but this time he told the librarian that it was for his dad!
Man I appreciate this video so much! Thanks for the inspiration!!!
On Page 300 of 360, you can see where Feynman borrowed for his Physics lectures.
Oof, those old, physical calculus textbooks. Bring out so many memories. Mostly fails, but not without triumphs
My gateway drug was "ABCs of Calculus" by Rufus P. Turner, this seems similar in style and content.
Just smelling this thing will integrate you into a new view of the world.
You are a true poet.
The red one is the second edition. Feynman used the first edition, which is blue and a little harder to come by these days. In high school, he read Advanced Calculus by Woods. I've been wanting to get a copy of that one for years, but it's always too expensive when it shows up on eBay.
I remember reading “Surely you are kidding Mr Feynman” many years ago. I may need to read it again. A fascinating individual. One of few on the Challenger review commissions with a speck of common sense.
These old books are so much better than modern textbooks. Not in teaching material but just there's so much more clean, easier to read, and they're smaller so they're less cumbersome and obnoxious.
Other great books like this are 1, 2, 3 Infinity, and Mathematics for the Millions.
Great pocket guides are the Pocket Ref. By Thomas J. Glover. My father had a copy of the 1st edition for years.
Looking at it, i smell old paper .. I'm amazed at mathematical people. I worked so hard for my Cs and Bs.
I love this book!
Love your videos
Oh yes! I have the whole set... And you can download it's pdfs from google too...!!
Btw this book is probably the best one i've had yet on calc...
Awesome! Breathtaking! I want one!
Now all I need is Feynman's intellect 😂
Thanks for recommending
اللهم صلِّ على سيدِنا و مولانا مُحمّدٍ و على آلِهِ و صحبِهِ و بارِك و سلِّم ﷺ
thanks for the link in the description
Thank you so much sir, I downloaded the book and I hope it helps me score highly.
It doesn't have limits, it turns out. Those comprise probably half of my course.
Feynman had to do that because he didn't had any options, but now I have internet 😅
😂😂
My first text was Elements of Calculus by Granville,Smith and Longley. My Advanced Calculus by I.S Sokolnikoff.
I didn't know he learned it by himself. This book is pure gold then.
I have the whole collection of these exact versions!
I have the arithmetic for the practical man. Is algebra for the practical man a good place to start if you don’t anything about algebra?
I have read it from the library it was really good
I have them all as PDF except this one. I bought a hard copy because its a little more special. Id like to get them all but theyre low on my priorities list while Im in college lol
How good is this book? I have arithmetic for the practical man
can you give the link for the PDFs pleasee?? 🙏🏼
@@ryuchuuu Just google the full name into a google search followed by filetype:pdf
very cool thanks for sharing
I have read that Feynman studied also Frederick S. Woods - Advanced calculus -Ginn and company (1934) when he was in high school. I do not remember the source.
Thank u
To be quite honest undergrad math up to set theory can just as easily be taught with some good calc videos. of course you won't get used to reading math, but I found videos easier for early math.
Nice to see such books. Is the level in the book comparable with Highschool or does it go beyond that?
Why can't all mathematic books be this simple. The books today have a bunch of side notes, unnecessary graphs, just too much. I'm looking for just straight forward math textbooks. I'll have to pick this one up.
There's all kinds of math books in different styles published these days.
Including the style you describe as wanting (but also the styles you describe as despising, you just have to pick carefully).
Excelente bibliografía. Gracias por compartir
Please let me know where can I find the series of these books as I really want such self study books on Physics and Math.
Can it teach us how to play the bongos, like Feymann did?
Ahahaha or paint or break safes
That's the easy shit.
Also, you don't want to be able to play like RF, he was admittedly a terrible player 😂😂
Great classical books❤❤
I would have expected Feynman to invent calculus independently when he was about 12
I need this book. There’s a kindle version by the same author.
Great! Now that I know what book he uses, where can buy an intellect like his? I say this in jest off course! :)
Can suggest books like this for physics? Or maybe (you probably won't) for biology? Or tell me where i can find suggestions?
Nobody answered you but honestly I suggest Feynman’s Lectures on Physics. Great stuff there.
Conceptual physics by Paul g Hewitt
Physics by giancoli.
Physics by Resnick halliday.
University physics by zemanasky
Feynman lecture
Do you have pdf file of it? Or an ebook?
Dude says book is super old instead of saying it was printed in 19XX.
I can't do the calculus to find the equation to define "super old" as a
prime number in order to know the publishing or print date. I'm stuck...........
..................
I used basic algebra but translated the equation into geometry then to
geography. Essentially the algebraic expression, solved and in alphabetic
form is GOLFOSCAROSCARGOLFLIMAECHOPOINTCHARLIEOSCARMIKE.
yes u can find pdf of calculus for practical man on library genesis
awesome.awesome awesome
Feynman’s step-by-step guide to learn calculus:
1) Read a calculus book
2) Be learnt in calculus
Back before they had graphing utilities, or calculators even. Slide rules and gray matter. Of course he was a genius, and he learned calculus at 15.
How much does it costs?
And it seems its currently not available in amazon
Can anyone help?
Just 300 pages, that's nuts!! I has to learn calculus in college using Leithold's an Larson bibles
What about vector calculus differential equations? Anything higher than count 3 or 4?
Nowadays this book is called CALCULUS MADE EASY.
Thanks!
@@MartieGG my pleasure, btw I read this book, it's awesome and it will make you feel like a legend of calc in classroom 😊
@@AdityaKumar-yo8qv IK! Opened it and felt like i found the cheatcode to math ahahaha. Like a matrix that had opened lol
Is there something similar for people that flunk math and later in life got curious about it again but they have the same fear of the weird symbols and terminology?
Use this only if you're beginner because the questions in the book are beginner level.
awesome
DAMN THIS VIDEO LITERALLY CAME UP JUST NOW( I JUST FINISHED MY FINALS EXAM ON CALCULUS 2!)
This book was first published in 1945. Feynman was 27. He received his PhD in physics when he was 24. I don’t think he used this to learn calculus…
Nvm I’m wrong. It was actually first published in 1923. Crazy.
Feynman? The genius Feynman?
So symbolic calculus can be made into picture describing from Q to A without mega database
Good book
Where can we find all of these books?
I’m looking for a copy of Calculus for the Retroactively Causal Man. Anyone got a copy?
Links aren't clickable in your description
I have my grandfather's set of 4 books
Imagine paying 1,000 for a college calculus class when you could’ve bought a book
“I don’t integrate the question. I differentiate the options.”
- famous anonymous person
You gotta wonder why everything else isn't made with this in mind. Maybe I should try my hand at that.
May I ask where can I get the copy of the entire book 😅if that's not too much to ask for
The sorcerer's book! 😊
I need & I want to buy it, where can I find it
Thanks, but Im still stuck on pre- Algebra.
Feynman doing this in middle school. Very high IQ.
I can't click on your links!
Are there any books like these about accounting
Is there one for complete begginers math
Hey math wizzard, I was able to master the LA course of my bachelor.
Now my return, look at the math behind amc-s shirt squeeze
I have a copy of that book
Amo ❤❤❤
used the same book
20th century version for Prof Leonard
Is it better than Thomas and finney
Yay more books to find to add to my collection 😅
Can i understand this book if im in 9th grade with basic mathematical knowledge?
If “basic mathematical knowledge”includes a good command of circle & coordinate geometry, and trigonometry/trigonometric identities, then yeah.
How to buy it please someone help me
Heyy can you send me the link of this collection mathematics for self study ?
I can smell that book
I need it, where can I get it??
Calculus for the practical man?
Pdf or avlaible or not
Can a literature student read it?
Where can get it??
Where can i buy it
where the f do i get calc books
Where can I buy this book in India