Are you curious about what calculus is？ Maybe you never made it past algebra but would like discover the basic concepts of calculus。 Or maybe you took a calculus course once and would like to better understand the main ideas。 Either way， experienced teacher and author， Chris McMullen， PhD will show you the wonders of calculus， including: the meaning of derivatives and integrals， a few important precalculus concepts （like functions and limits）， why calculus was developed， applications of calculus， extreme values and optimization problems， sequences and series， and more。