# Need a calculus refresher

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**Created:** [October 12, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-calculus-refresher/556847 "2010-10-12T01:21:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-calculus-refresher/556847/1 "2010-10-12T01:21:06Z")

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So as to expand my mathematical horizons for the sake of my students. I’ve forgotten a lot since I took Calc II 17 years ago, but I’ll pick it up right again, given the appropriate resource. So if anyone has any books or even web sites they’d recommend, I’d appreciate it.

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**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-calculus-refresher/556847/2 "2010-10-12T03:14:00Z")

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Wikibooks is a good place to begin.

[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Calculus](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Calculus)

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**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-calculus-refresher/556847/3 "2010-10-12T03:37:29Z")

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[Khan Academy](http://www.khanacademy.org/)

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**Author:** ![FasterThanMeerkats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/278dde/32.png) [@FasterThanMeerkats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FasterThanMeerkats)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-calculus-refresher/556847/4 "2010-10-12T19:56:41Z")

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Calculus: An Intuitive and Physical Approach, by Morris Kline (a little textbooky)

Mathematics for the Nonmathematician, by Morris Kline (not just calc)