Multivariable Calculus (9th Edition) – Larson/Edwards – eBook

Author(s)

Bruce Edwards

Dr. Bruce H. Edwards is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Florida. Professor Edwards received his B.S. in Mathematics from Stanford University and his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Dartmouth College. He taught maths at a university near Bogotá, Colombia, as a Peace Corps volunteer. While teaching at the University of Florida, Professor Edwards has won many teaching awards, including Teacher of the Year in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the University of Florida Honors Program Teacher of the Year, and the Liberal Arts and Sciences Student Council Teacher of the Year. He was selected by the Office of Alumni Affairs to be the Distinguished Alumni Professor for 1991-1993. Professor Bruce has taught a variety of mathematics courses at the University of Florida, from 1^st-year calculus to graduate-level classes in algebra and numerical analysis. He has been a frequent speaker at research conferences and meetings of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Professor Edwards has also coauthored a wide range of award winning mathematics books with Dr. Ron Larson.

Ron Larson

Dr. Ron Larson is a professor of mathematics at The Pennsylvania State University, where he has taught since 1970. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Colorado and is considered the pioneer of using multimedia to enhance the learning of mathematics, having authored over thirty software titles since 1990. Dr. Larson conducts numerous seminars and in-service workshops for mathematics educators around the country about using computer technology as an instructional tool and motivational aid.

He is the recipient of the 1996 Text and Academic Authors Association TEXTY Award for Interactive Calculus (a complete text on CD-ROM that was the first mainstream college textbook to be offered on the Internet), the 2014 William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award for Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions, the 2014 Text and Academic Authors Association TEXTY Award for Precalculus, the 2012 William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award for Calculus: An Applied Approach.

Dr. Larson authors numerous textbooks including the best-selling Calculus series published by Cengage Learning.