Help evaluating a gamma function I need to do a calculus review; I never felt fully confident with it and it keeps cropping up as I delve into statistics. Currently, I'm working through a some proof theory and basic analysis as a sort of precursor to the calc review, and I just hit a problem that requires integration. Derivatives I'm ok with, but I really don't remember how to take integrals correctly. Here's the problem:

$$\Gamma (x) = \int_0^\infty t^{x-1} \mathrm{e}^{-t}\,\mathrm{d}t$$
  If $x \in \mathbb{N}$, then $ \Gamma(x)=(x-1)!$
Check that this is true for x=1,2,3,4

I did a bit of reading on integration, but it left my head spinning. If anyone wants to lend a hand, I'd appreciate it. I should probably just push this one to the side for now, but part of me wants to plow through it.
Update: Thanks for the responses. I suspect this will all make more sense once I've reviewed integration. I'll have to revisit it then.

Hint: Use integration by parts (multiple times) to simplify the integral to something you can evaluate.
$$
\int_a^b\!f(x)g'(x)\,dx = \left.f(x)g(x)\right]_a^b - \int_a^b\!f'(x)g(x)dx
$$
