Re: Calculus WIZ or Calculus&Mathematica ?
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- Subject: [mg20790] Re: Calculus WIZ or Calculus&Mathematica ?
- From: Bruce Atwood <bta at attewode.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:22:56 -0500
- Organization: Atwood Enterprises
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I have both Calculus WIZ and Calculus&Mathematica. They are both good, but totally different: Calculus&Mathematica is courseware which gives complete coverage in depth. It is best used one lesson at a time in order. Calculus WIZ is a supplement. You can jump around to any topic in any order. It gives a little tutorial then examples and exercises. Both of them are very useful for examples of Mathematica programming that can be modified to your particular needs. C&M has much more material on differential equations than Calculus WIZ. C&M is concerned more with concepts (reformed calculus) more than WIZ which has a more traditional approach. If you don't have much time or aren't experienced with Mathematica then Calculus WIZ is simpler to use and get started with. Hope this helps. Bruce Atwood