Essence of calculus

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1	The essence of calculus	17:05	2017-04-28
2	The paradox of the derivative \| Chapter 2, Essence of calculus	16:50	2017-04-29
3	Derivative formulas through geometry \| Chapter 3, Essence of calculus	17:34	2017-04-30
4	Visualizing the chain rule and product rule \| Chapter 4, Essence of calculus	15:56	2017-05-01
5	What's so special about Euler's number e? \| Chapter 5, Essence of calculus	13:50	2017-05-02
6	Implicit differentiation, what's going on here? \| Chapter 6, Essence of calculus	15:34	2017-05-03
7	Limits, L'Hôpital's rule, and epsilon delta definitions \| Chapter 7, Essence of calculus	18:27	2017-05-04
8	Integration and the fundamental theorem of calculus \| Chapter 8, Essence of calculus	20:46	2017-05-05
9	What does area have to do with slope? \| Chapter 9, Essence of calculus	12:39	2017-05-06
10	Higher order derivatives \| Chapter 10, Essence of calculus	5:39	2017-05-07
11	Taylor series \| Chapter 11, Essence of calculus	22:20	2017-05-07
12	The other way to visualize derivatives \| Chapter 12, Essence of calculus	14:26	2018-05-19

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