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Nervous to buy a calculus textbook ahead of time: Solved
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Okay, so I want to get a head start on my calculus course that I am taking in the summer next year - I want to buy James Stewart's Calculus 6th edition and read it ahead of time so that the class will be just doing homework.
However, i am unsure if they will release a new version fairly soon since the text has been around since 1997 - and it's getting a bit old in terms of textbooks. It'd be for calc 1, calc 2, and calc 3 so it needs to last at least a year.
Is there anyway I can tell if it will be replaced with a new version Fall '09?
However, i am unsure if they will release a new version fairly soon since the text has been around since 1997 - and it's getting a bit old in terms of textbooks. It'd be for calc 1, calc 2, and calc 3 so it needs to last at least a year.
Is there anyway I can tell if it will be replaced with a new version Fall '09?
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Because of that, Stewart doesn't need to update his textbook all that often. It probably doesn't need to be updated EVER, but since writing a textbook is more like printing money, he does so from time to time (and who can blame him).
I think you have your dates wrong as the 6th Edition is relatively new. It came out in 2007. The 5th Edition came out in 2003, the 4th in 1999, and I think the 1st was 1988. So it seems that there's a roughly 4 year gap between editions. Assuming Stewart keeps the trend going, you'll be good until 2011.