FOR
DUMMIES
By Mark Ryan
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About the Author
A graduate of Brown University and the University of Wisconsin Law School, Mark Ryan Has been teaching math since 1989. He runs the Math Center in Winnetka, Illinois (Www. the mathcenter. com), where he teaches high school math courses including an introduction to calculus and a workshop for parents based on a program he developed, The 10 Habits of Highly Successful Math Students. In high school, he twice scored a perfect 800 on the math portion of the SAT, and he not only knows mathematics, he has a gift for explaining it in plain English. He practiced law for four years before deciding he should do something he enjoys and use his natural talent for mathematics. Ryan is a member of the Authors Guild and the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Calculus Workbook For Dummies Is Ryan’s third book. Everyday Math for Everyday Life Was published in 2002 and Calculus For Dummies (Wiley) in 2003.
A tournament backgammon player and a skier and tennis player, Ryan lives in Chicago.
Author’s Acknowledgments
My agent Sheree Bykofsky of Sheree Bykofsky Associates, Inc., has represented me now on three successful books. Her ability to make connections in the publishing world and to close deals — and to see the forest when I might be looking at the trees — has made her invaluable.
Many thanks to my bright, professional, and computer-savvy assistants, Benjamin Mumford,
Randy Claussen, and Caroline DeVane. And a special thanks to the multi-talented Amanda
Wasielewski who did everything from typing the book’s technical equations to creating
Diagrams to keeping the project organized to checking the calculus content.
Gene Schwartz, President of Consortium House, publishing consultants, and an expert in
All aspects of publishing, gave me valuable advice for my contract negotiations. My friend,
Beverly Wright, psychoacoustician and writer extraordinaire, was also a big help with the contract negotiations. She gave me astute and much needed advice and was generous
With her time. I’m grateful to my consultant, Josh Lowitz, Adjunct Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago School of Business. He advised me on every phase of the book’s production. His insights into my writing career and other aspects of my business, and his accessibility, might make you think I was his only client instead of one of a couple dozen.
This book is a testament to the high standards of everyone at Wiley Publishing. Special thanks to Joyce Pepple, Acquisitions Director, who handled our contract negotiations with intelligence, honesty, and fairness, and to Acquisitions Editor Kathy Cox, who deftly combined praise with a touch of gentle prodding to keep me on schedule. Technical Editor Dale Johnson did an excellent and thorough job spotting and correcting the errors that appeared in the book’s first draft — some of which would be very hard or impossible to find without an expert’s knowledge of calculus. The layout and graphics team did a fantastic job with the book’s thousands of complex equations and mathematical figures.
Finally, the book would not be what it is without the contributions of Project Editor Laura Peterson-Nussbaum. She’s an intelligent and skilled editor with a great sense of language and balance. And she has the ability to tactfully suggest creative changes — most of which I adopted — without interfering with my idiosyncratic style. It was a pleasure to work with her.
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