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Hey /sci/, what are some good Pre-Cal, Calculus, Physiology and Neurology textbooks for college?

>> No.1823101

Get into Psychology instead, those things lead nowhere in life.

>> No.1823129

Need serious answers. :(

>> No.1823147

Calculus by Spivak.

>> No.1823168

Principles of Mathematical Analysis, by Rudin.

>> No.1823263

>>1823147

i heard that book was pretty bad...

>> No.1823270

>>1823168
>Never read Rudin

Scrub.

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1823273

>Pre-Calc
>college

Nigga you dumb

>> No.1823274

>>1823263
Pretty bad for people who fail at math and/or don't want to learn it.

>> No.1823362

>>1823273
I included Pre-Cal in there just so I can reinforce what I already know and build on that knowledge.

>>1823274

Thanks; I'll give it a try then. Are there any other books of the subject that you would recommend?

>> No.1823553

im interested in the neurology and physiology books

>> No.1823815

Why would you need a neurology textbook for college? I can't think of anywhere that offers a course in it. If you mean neuroscience; then Breedlow's Biological Psychology is a good intro book for people with limited background in sciences (said not so nicely: Psychology majors), Purve's Neuroscience is the standard issue undergraduate textbook, Kandel's Principles of Neural Science is the gold standard since it's actually aimed for med school students and covers the most detail.

Kandel handled everything I needed for my neuroscience classes, although the new book comes out in 2011 (I think) and will be updated with over ten years of research, which is a pretty big deal since neuroscience is a somewhat new science. I only used the other books for teaching the material as a TA in the introductory class.

If you really do need strictly neurology textbooks, you're shopping for med school texts. Also for calculus I can say I hated Larson even though I never looked for an an alternative, but I've heard much better exist. And even though you didn't mention it, I just want to take a moment to say the most popular o-chem book (Wade) is also hands down the worst.

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>>1823815

Purve's Neuroscience (3rd edition):
http://www.4shared.com/get/uiInIVW3/Neuroscience_3ed_-_DALE_PURVES.html

Kandel's Principles of Neuroscience:
http://www.4shared.com/get/wTrQnX9s/kandel_-_principles_of_neural_.html

>> No.1824073

>>1824017
Thank you, kind sir. I did mean neurology, though, because I'd like to be prepared for med school.