Calculus: A New Approach For Schools That Starts With Simple Algebra: NEW APPROACH FOR SCHOOLS STARTS SIMPLE ALGEBRA

R Michael Range earned his Diplom in Mathematik at the University of Göttingen, Germany, in 1968. A Fulbright Fellowship brought him to the United States, where he earned a PhD at UCLA in 1971. He has held academic positions at Yale University, University of Washington, and the State University of New York at Albany, as well as research positions at institutes in Bonn, Stockholm, Barcelona, and Berkeley. He retired in 2015. Range is an expert in multidimensional complex analysis. He has published numerous research articles in that area, and he wrote Holomorphic Functions and Integral Representations in Several Complex Variables (Springer 1986 and 1998), a widely used introduction to the field. He has lectured in many countries, including mini courses at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, POSTECH in South Korea, and in Trondheim, Norway. In 2021, he presented a popular lecture via zoom at an international conference in Mexico City. In recent years, he has written historical and expository articles on multidimensional complex analysis. He also has devoted much time to developing a new, elementary introduction to Calculus, culminating in the book What is Calculus? From Simple Algebra to Deep Analysis (World Scientific Publishing, 2015).