Illustrated Calculus Textbook

This is cool :)

Any estimate on when it will be complete?

Ow, my eyes.

I love the idea but it's very hard to read.

It looks like a good idea.

On a side note, I fully agree with Conrad Wolphram that basic calculus is conceptually rather easy to grasp and use on daily basis, but the focus on calculations by hand makes the subject completely inaccessible.

http://www.ted.com/talks/conrad_wolfram_teaching_kids_real_m... http://www.computerbasedmath.org/

It's a great idea worth spreading.

I imagine something like this would would have happened if the unabomber was really into maths.

I love the idea of this book and its humour, but it is quite hard to comprehend. I can actually see maths' popularity increasing as people begin to see it as a useful hobby, especially those who are learning programming.

I would willing to pay for lessons if learning maths didn't have to involve a dense textbook, but instead could graphically demonstrate the theory (think 3D modelling, moving sine waves etc.) and explain all the underlying concepts that were glossed over in formal education.

Videos or apps like this would be a great help to me, especially if it managed to retain this author's irreverence, Sal Khan's presentation style, but placing more importance on rehearsed & polished lessons, 3d animation and beautifully set typography.

Anyone know any resources that are along these lines?

The idea of presenting calculus visually is certainly a good one, but this is useless for anyone other than the author. The point of illustrations is to enhance the material and this is just plain unreadable.

Here is an interesting project that is far more successful at math illustration and shows some promise:

http://worrydream.com/KillMath/