I am a CS bachelor student and want to learn Electronics, which calculus book should i use?

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first off i am weak at calculus, a complete newbie. I am good at programming but i was planning to dive into automation industry and Internet Of things, so i bought a Art of electronics as it was recommended for any newbie in electronic automation but then i saw the book used calculus for explanation, so i bought George f Simmons to do pre-calculus (sharpen the sword a lil bit ;) ) and now i am done with pre-calculus.

  • I need a calculus book that would benefit me given my above background, suggestions?
  • I do not want a book like the ones who help score in exams, i want something that would explain to the core why? and how?
  • I will learn physics too in the future because i like it.
  • An interesting book with lots of real world examples would be nice.
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My favorite book for me during high school was AP Calculus by Princeton Review, although Barron's, Kaplan, or any other book that acts as a comprehensive concise textbook was also useful.

I found the textbooks to be overly long and detailed with information that was completely unnecessary. The examples numbered in amounts a little bit too much, and the explanations too long to hold my attention.

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Gilbert Strang's Calculus text sounds like it would be a good fit, and furthermore you can either buy the most recent edition or you can download an older edition for free: http://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-18-001-calculus-online-textbook-spring-2005/textbook/.

More standard texts that you might like are by Stewart, Thomas & Finney, Briggs & Cochran, and (my personal favorite, for the non-math major) Earl Swokowski.