This textbook offers a brief introduction to calculus designed for undergraduate students in disciplines that require only a semester of differential and integral calculus. Although emphasis is put on understanding concepts, the book promotes appreciation of the importance, vitality, and power of calculus through illustrative applications drawn from fields such as the physical sciences, economics, business, management science, engineering, public health, biology, and population dynamics. The book will also be helpful to other students as it contains the core concepts of calculus.

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Core Concepts of Calculus with Applications is a gentle introduction  to  calculus  for  university  students  who  seek  an  understanding  of  the “essentials” of the course.  The book maintains a sensible balance between rigor and intuition, between the abstract and the practical … The book is a well-written, well-laid out, and carefully edited introduction to the essentials of calculus and will prove most beneficial to both instructors and students.

—From the Foreword