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Basic Training in Mathematics: A Fitness Program for Science Students
R. Shankar
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Book Description
Are you:
Entering a program in the physical sciences?
A high school student who has taken most of the offered courses, and looking for a glimpse of college mathematics?
Engaged in self-study to hone your mathematical skills?
Then R. Shankar’s
Basic Training in Mathematics: A Fitness Program for Science Students is written for you. Based on the author’s course at Yale University, the book addresses the widening gap found by Professor Shankar and his colleagues between the mathematics needed for upper-level science study and the knowledge possessed by incoming students.
This superb text organizes the necessary mathematics background into a one-semester course covering such topics as:
- A review of calculus
- Infinite series
- Functions of a complex variable
- Vector calculus
- Matrices
- Linear vector spaces
- Differential equations
Get in shape for your future science studies with this outstanding text.
Customer Reviews:
Best undergrduate math refresher ever.......2007-10-07
Wish I had come across this book earlier. Other undergraduate math refresher/review books are either too basic or too formulaic (if I had wanted a table of functions I would have bought one). The stress is clearly on concepts, followed by techniques. The book is a great review of all the oohs and aahs of undergraduate and high school mathematics that you have forgotten over the years. I graduated from high school 15 years ago and by page 3 I was doing derivatives from first principles. Richard Courant's "What is Mathematics?" would make an excellent companion to this book. For example I complemented the first two chapters on calculus with the chapters on number systems and, limits and continuity from Courant's book and I truly felt that my calculus review was complete.
A really helpful book.......2007-04-04
This is a great book for someone who did his undergraduate studies in Engineering or Chemistry (like me) and now is entering a Physics program. It is a great review of most of the important stuff in Math for Physics, without the boring mathematical style: straight to the point with relevant examples.
Another good point is that it has problems scattered INSIDE the text, which enforce you to do them. Most of them are interesting and in a physical context (as: Lorentz transformations - as an example of a "rotation" matrix , Maxwell equations - an exercise in vector analysis etc.)
In addition, I don't agree with the reviewers who claim that you cannot actually LEARN new topics from it. I never learned "complex functions" during my undergrad, and actually managed to learn it with Shankar - at least the things important to a physicist.
A drawback: a chapter about group theory could be useful.
Kind of a last resort.......2005-02-06
This book tries to cover pretty much all the mathematical methods you'd need in college-level physics if you haven't had much experience with them before. The trouble is that that is a LOT of math, and trying to cover that in a book this size is just asking for trouble.
If you don't know any of this stuff, this book is going to kill you. It covers multivariable and vector calculus, differential equations, linear algebra, functions of a complex variable, etc. That is maybe 4-5 different math courses. The idea is that physicists don't really need the rigor of theoretical math, they just need to learn the "tools" so they can do the practical, applied stuff.
This book is good if you already have a general idea of these concepts and just want to get the important parts.
A Quick math methods book.......2001-06-19
.If you enjoyed Klepner & Ramsay 's "Quick Calculus" as a school student for its engaging and dearly wished there was an undergrad math methods book in that style! The answer is this book. You may not find a work book type fromat like "Quick calculus" . But let me assure you despite the formal style and Prof Shankar's repute for being verbose you will find it like a rhaphsody and yet in coherent english. I only dearly wish Prof Shankar would kill some research time to write a Graduate level fitness programme. I think all the previous reviewers justly awarded 5 stars to this book. To those raters responisble for eating half a star , let me say there is no other engaging lively and painless math review than this. If you find this book painful I don't know what to say . But on the contrary of you thought the book was too easy then read the title it is a fitness programme not a discourse like Morse & Feshbach or Courant & Hilbert.
An excellent math review for physics.......2000-04-08
This book covers the basic areas of math needed for physics. It is quite readable and useful for self-study. It covers the standard topics in a concise fashion, but in sufficient detail to be useful. I used it as a personal math refresher after being away from advanced physics for some years. It gave me what I needed.
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Good Buy.......2007-09-11
The cost wasn't too bad, and the shipping was great. However, the book has writing all through... which for a workbook makes things slightly difficult. I remember the review saying there was a bit of writing, but it is all through the beginning of the book.
Only Downside Is Price.......2006-03-18
I'm taking Organic Chemistry this semester at a Big 12 university, and bought this book on recommendation from my professor. The simple truth is, past a certain point, you can no longer rely entirely upon memorizing reactions to do well in this subject -- you really have to understand the mechanisms. This book provides the basis for that, and is therefore very valuable. It's only downfall is that it's very expensive... If you're ok with parting with 50 dollars I'd recommend it.
Great Prep for organic.......2003-08-27
This book is not a substitution for organic chemistry by any means. It's mean (the first 2 chapters) to prepare, review, and reinforce concepts learned in Gen Chem but vital to organic.
The last 3 chapters are not review. They require some understanding of organic first. They are meant to reinforce and review what you learn in class.
So you can't just jump for chapter 1 and 2 directly into 3. One and two are meant for prior to organic. And 3 through 5 are to be used during the class.
It's definately got me several steps up on my classmates so far.
Ken
Great! But . . . . ........2003-04-19
This book starts out great, because it really makes it clear for us idiots the reason electrons are pushed. It is an engaging study tool that makes you want to open the book everyday. The problem with the book, I'm now learning, is that I now know how to push electrons, but I still don't know when to apply what rules. I thought that the book would have talked more about how to identify electrophiles, and nucleophiles (with regards to reagents). Instead the books jumps for being really easy to follow, to asking the reader to attempt really complex mechanisms. That's like asking a kid who just learned his ABC's to write a book. Very poor ending.
However, for those of you who are clear on electrophiles and nucleophiles, this book would be perfect for you. I suspect that if you know those well, you might not need this book.
A must for students of Organic Chemistry.......2002-03-16
Having had Dr. Weeks as a professor in my college days, I could not reisist purchasing and reading this book. As an educator, Dr. Weeks was gifted in his ability to take difficult course material and convert it into material that was not only understandable, but enjoyable. He has accomplished this again with the third edition of his book. The mastery of electron movement in organic reactions makes the understanding of more complex aspects of organic chemistry more easily achieved. No organic chemistry student should be without this book.
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- Discusses those aspects of applied mathematics needed on the job and covers the proper use of measuring instruments and methods.
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- Includes an extensive index that will enable the user to quickly and conveniently find the information and data that he or she requires.
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GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF CHEMICAL PROCESSES
Material that's presented in a very clear and accessible way... frequent use of examples...case studies based on commercial processes...a CD-ROM with instructional tutorials, a powerful equation solver, and a visual encyclopedia of chemical process equipment... These are just a few of the features of this text that help provide a realistic, informative introduction to chemical processes.
Key Features of the Third Edition
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* Hundreds of new and revised problems and new case studies cover a broader spectrum of chemical engineering applications.
* Some problems require spreadsheeting, and others call for using equation-solving software.
* The INTERACTIVE CHEMICAL PROCESS PRINCIPLES (ICPP) CD-ROM provides an active learning environment. With this software, students respond to questions and receive immediate feedback, explore variations in process parameters and se e the effects of their changes on process operations, and more.
Customer Reviews:
Useful Workbook.......2007-03-08
Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes is a very useful workbook for students and university staff. It may help you solving problems around Processes and Process Variables, Fundamentals of Material Balances, Single-Phase Systems and Multiple Systems. At the end of the book you can find selected answers.
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Chemistry: Principles, Patterns, and Applications represents the next step in general chemistry texts, with an emphasis on contemporary applications and an intuitive problem-solving approach that helps readers discover the exciting potential of chemical science. The book features modern applications, early integration of examples from organic and biochemistry, and a strong approach to problem solving that moves away from rote memorization to a thorough understanding of key concepts and recognition of important patterns. The worked examples throughout each chapter show readers how to develop strategies and thought processes that will enable them to solve problems both quantitatively and conceptually. Fundamental Concepts, Introduction to Chemistry, Molecules, Ions, and Compounds, Chemical Reactions, Reactions in Solution, Energy Changes in Chemical Reactions, Atomic and Molecular Structure, The Structure of the Atom, The Periodic Table and Periodic Trends, Structure and Bonding Part I: Ionic vs. Covalent Bonding, Structure and Bonding Part II: Localized vs. Delocalized Models, The States of Matter, Gases, Liquids, Solids, Solutions. For all readers interested in a general chemistry text with an emphasis on contemporary applications and an intuitive problem-solving approach.
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Customer Reviews:
good text.......2004-04-13
We just used this book in Chem Eng Thermo, and it explains things pretty well. I had Chem Thermo before, and that was mostly theory. The applications (machines, engines, etc) are the big thing in this book. It might help that I had Chem Thermo before. There are lots of good examples all worked out.
Beware when author is teaching the course!.......2004-03-17
The author required the class to buy his book, which as already noted is filled with errors and incomplete examples and explanations. Avoid if you can.
great book.......2004-02-26
Finally, a thermo book you can actually read! Lots of worked examples, diagrams and tables of properties. This is the second book I've used for thermo, and now I think I actually inderstand it.
Confusing and full of errors.......2003-02-22
I used this book as an undergrad and it was terrible. First, there must have been over 100 errors in the book. Second, the explainations of complicated principles were often incomplete. Third, the software that came with it was Fortran code that had to be compiled - if you don't have the write math libraries they won't work at all. If you are looking for a good chemical engineering thermo book, try Smith, Van Hess, and Abbott.
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