Calculus for Cranks

In mathematics, "cranks" are people who insist they understand something new about math even when the world tells them they are doing it wrong. This introduction to calculus is written with those cranks in mind, based on the foundational course that Nets Katz teaches at Caltech. It emphasizes the practical purposes of the foundations-for example, for tracking errors in calculations. In addition to covering the basics of single variable calculus, the book outlines the mathematical method-the...