Gradient/Differentiation 1: Calculus Begins - Book 26 of The In A Minute Series

This book explains differentiation in plain English and without use of jargon or technical terms. Once you have read through this book you will understand and be able to appreciate how important calculus is in mathematics - setting you up perfectly for further study and to become a mathematician. This particular method is part of a holistic and exciting technique derived from first principles in this series.

This particular book is designed for the beginner and only uses algebra to define a derivative, rather than use limits or any too technical terms.

Calculus has been a topic that has caused a lot of argument, from its discoverers (yes Leibniz discovered it too), to its practitioners (Richard Feynman’s divorce was on the grounds that he did ‘too much calculus’).

Luckily, it is a wonderful thing of practical and theoretical importance that changed the world. It is a wonder of the human race that it was discovered, and one of our crowning glories.