Category Archives: Publishing
2017 version of Active Calculus (single variable)
I’m excited to announce several changes to single variable Active Calculus along with some corresponding updates that will occur over the next month or so. + There is now a new HTML version of the text. Thanks to Rob Beezer’s … Continue reading
More from AIM: developments in free & open math texts
So much to share, so just going to go with a bulleted list for now. Hope to flesh out more over the coming months. The American Institute of Mathematics is a cool place and they have an excellent organizational scheme. … Continue reading
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Tagged online, open source, resources, technology, textbooks
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Professor disciplined for not using a for-profit text, written by his department chair
This post on the Chronicle’s site basically speaks for itself: a text, written by the dept chair, was used for 25 years and had “never been questioned“. When a faculty member tried to do otherwise, he was disciplined. All I can … Continue reading
Active Calculus: Single Variable, 2015 Version now available
This summer, in addition to working with Steve and David on AC3, I went through the original single-variable version and implemented changes to correct typos, clarify questions, and more in response to over 100 suggestions I received from users. To … Continue reading
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AC3 is almost here
The multivariable edition of Active Calculus, to which I alluded in an earlier post, is almost ready to be shared publicly. Steve Schlicker, David Austin, and I have been hard at work for much of the summer, and are pleased … Continue reading
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Tagged free, multivariable calculus, open source
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Active Calculus: things in the works this summer
Having survived both the Michigan winter and the Grand Valley winter semester, I’m excited to get working more regularly on some items related to Active Calculus. Here’s an overview of my summer projects, two of which serve as a call for … Continue reading
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Tagged activities, calculus, free, open source, print-on-demand
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Active Calculus – Print on Demand — almost here
In my mail today, I got a printed copy of the proof for the book. It was incredibly fun to see the text go from its purely electronic format and the planned cover image and see it actually become the … Continue reading
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Updated version: Active Calculus 2014
Recently I shared news that I’ve been working on a print-on-demand version of the text. Lon Miller of Orthogonal Publishing and I are in the final stages of that project, and expect by the end of the week of August 11 … Continue reading
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Coming soon: print-on-demand and AC3
Two updates for the near and not-so-near future: – This summer, I’m working to establish a print-on-demand option for bound copies; I expect this to be available no later than early August, and will post here about the option once … Continue reading
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Unglue.it
[Insert profuse apologies here regarding my limited posting over the past four months.] It is finally warm outside after an unusually brutal Michigan winter; warm weather brings the promise of many things, and one of those is more time to … Continue reading
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