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The new Eighth Edition of Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Beer/Johnston series. Continuing in the spirit of its successful previous editions, the Eighth Edition provides conceptually accurate and thorough coverage together with a significant addition of new problems, including biomechanics problems, and the most extensive media resources available. Text comes with an outstanding media package which includes, Hands on Mechanics, ARIS Homework Management System, which has 300 algorithmic questions and 2600 static questions and YourOtherTeacher.Com
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Engineers must make decisions regarding the distribution of expensive resources in a manner that will be economically beneficial. This problem can be realistically formulated and logically analyzed with optimization theory. This book shows engineers how to use optimization theory to solve complex problems. Unifies the large field of optimization with a few geometric principles. Covers functional analysis with a minimum of mathematics. Contains problems that relate to the applications in the book.
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Elegant and astonishing.......2006-03-17
Professor Luenberger unites many areas of optimization using a few principles from functional analysis. The explanations are clear and the proofs are compact and elegant. This book is your tool for understanding the deep connection between linear programming, convex optimization, game theory, optimal control and series approximation (e.g. Fourier series).
Luenberger's book has over 1300 citations as of March 2006. In my opinion, the material in this book is essential for any graduate student or professional who intends to contribute to the literature in optimization or optimal control.
A Good Book but Seriously Overpriced.......2005-01-15
The exposition is pretty clear and the book has a good number of worked non-trivial examples. At $40 this would be a great book, but $100 for a PAPERBACK book written 30 years ago is a bit ridiculous. The first 1/4 of the book is also a (very) basic introduction to functional analysis which, if you have had any contact with this subject before, you will probably skip making the book quite short.
This is a true classic.......2004-12-18
This book is a timeless classic, filled with extraordinarily powerful mathematics and applicable to just about every serious subject area. Luenberger did a masterful job of writing a book that will "unravel the spaghetti" seen in most other books. The visual perspectives he provides to seemingly abstract ideas are the key.
Simply the perfect math book.......2003-07-04
Optimization by Vector Space Methods, by David Luenberger, is one of the finest math texts I have ever read, and I've read hundreds. Many years ago this book sparked my interest in optimization and convinced me that the abstract mathematics I had been immersed in actually would be applicable to real problems. Since then, Luenberger's book has inspired several of my graduate students. I merely lent them my copy, and Luenberger did the rest; he drew them in by carefully laying the foundation for an elegant theory, with just the right mix of formalism and intuition, and opened their eyes to the beauty and practicality of abstract mathematics. Anyone with an interest in higher-level mathematics (beyond multi-variable calculus, say) would benefit from exposure to this finely-crafted book. I daresay, the rampant math anxiety that is so prevalent in the West would be substantially reduced if more authors would take such meticulous care in presenting their material.
The format of Luenberger's book is also extremely appealing in a way that I cannot quite put my finger on. The typography and illustrations are inherently crisp and inviting; they draw you in. There is nothing at all superfluous or gratuitous in this book. It is utterly to-the-point, methodical, and above all, clear. The techniques are developed starting from an elementary treatment of vector spaces, then proceeding on to Banach spaces and Hilbert spaces. Along the way, Luenberger introduces convexity, cones, basic topology, random variables, minimum-variance estimators, and least squares, among many other things. There is a recurring theme of duality, which can be used in a way analogous to the inner product of a Hilbert space. In particular, the familiar projection theorems of Hilbert spaces can be echoed in simpler normed linear spaces using duality, which Luenberger motivates and covers beautifully.
The book also covers some of the standard fare of functional analysis, such as the Han-Banach theorem, strong and weak convergence, and the Banach inverse theorem. However, Luenberger never wanders too far off into abstract nonsense; around every corner lay tantalizing application of these ideas to optimization. Luenberger first explores optimization of functionals then covers constrained optimization, which builds upon concepts such as positive cones and Lagrange multipliers. The optimization methods themselves have endless applications in fields such as computer vision, computer graphics, economics, and physics. Indeed, the list is effectively endless as optimization techniques pervade math and science.
I'm certain that the appeal of this book is helped immeasurably by the inherent beauty of the subject matter. Hilbert-space methods are lovely in themselves--they possess a structure that engages one's geometric intuition while at the same time admitting convenient algebraic properties. Once you are in the habit of phrasing problems in abstract settings such as Hilbert spaces, it forever changes how you look at things; you cannot help but look past the clutter to the essence of a problem (or, at least try very hard to do so). While this material is not nearly as abstract as, say, category theory, it nevertheless hits a high point in mathematics--a point more people ought to experience.
If you've had some exposure to optimization methods, or need to apply them in the context of computer vision, graphics, or finance, to mention just a few areas, then I urge you to take a look at Luenberger's fine book. It too hits a high point in clarity of mathematical writing. Combine beautiful theory with endless applications and lucid writing, and you have a winner of a book.
Thank You Dr. Luenberger.......2002-10-15
I owe Dr Luenberger a million thanks for writing this book. As his student, I think he is the master of putting complex issues in simple words. Your faithful student..Jayanth Krishnan
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The purpose of this book is to provide core material in nonlinear analysis for mathematicians, physicists, engineers, and mathematical biologists. The main goal is to provide a working knowledge of manifolds, dynamical systems, tensors, and differential forms. Some applications to Hamiltonian mechanics, fluid mechanics, electromagnetism, plasma dynamics and control theory are given using both invariant and index notation. The prerequisites required are solid undergraduate courses in linear algebra and advanced calculus.
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A complete book by very erudite authors.......2002-04-07
I actually read this entire book--it is quite long and dense. Actually I took the course from the author Jerry Marsden at Caltech and Tutor (Jerry's friend and co-author) gave a guest lecture while visiting. We flew through the entire thing and ch 9 on lie groups of his mechanics and symmetry text in a short 10 weeks! My background in math was relatively weak when taking the course so it was a little hard to keep up; i.e. I came from an engineering background. Anyway, it is probably the most complete/diverse text I've come across on the subject. Of course, it's actually more of a monograph than a text. Since I've read the whole thing, I have to admit there are "several" typos. But as it is that most people can't even write a damn email without a typo or two, the book really does a good job considering it is 800 pages of mostly dense mathematical rigor. I imagine that if I wrote 800 pages of mathematical symbols in latex, that I might forget a tilde or put something as subscript that should have been superscript here or there! None of these errors really matter too much-they should not hinder one's understanding. All and all I think that this book is a great ref, although I've never seen the index, if one exists. For the beginner, also check out Boothby's book, which covers a lot of the same material but tones it down a bit.
A Unique Reference.......2000-10-10
Students of mathematical physics in general, and general relativity in particular, face a formidable challenge in attempting to find coherent, readable references on manifold theory and tensor analysis. I think it fair to say that for every well-written work on the subject, there are ten that do more damage than good. Very few texts can claim to (1) be clear enough to assist the person who is studying alone, (2) offer valuable PHYSICAL insight into the subject, and (3) pass the standards of rigor that mathematicians would impose. Abraham, Marsden, and Ratiu manage to accomplish all three of these goals in this profoundly useful text. I studied from the first edition and I have taught from the second. The two chapters on differential forms, Hodge star duality, integration on manifolds, and the generalized Stokes' Theorem alone are worth the price of the entire book. I am unaware of any other reference which which treats differential forms with the same combination of clarity, physical motivation, and mathematical rigor. The concluding chapter on applications offers one of the clearest introductions to the relativistic form of Maxwell's equations to be found in any text. For students of physics who want to see the mathematics "done right," one would be hard pressed to do better than Abraham, Marsden, and Ratiu.
mixed bag: many virtues but many weaknesses.......2000-02-18
I took a course taught by the 3rd author (Tudor Ratiu) at UCSC using this book; I found both good and bad in it. Much of the bad for me was overcome by the inspiring and energetic presentation by one of the authors. One may view this book as basically a detailed elaboration of the "preliminary" chapters of the book "Foundations of Mechanics" by the 1st 2 authors. The strengths of this book are (a) the treatment which is general enough to include infinite-dimensional manifolds and not just the finite-dimensional case (most books just talk about the finite-dim'l case) and (b) the attempt to cover all theorems "full strength" (in the greatest generality obtaining the strongest conclusions from the weakest hypotheses). Neither of these (not counting the many typos) recommends this as a first or even second text for students, but it's hard to find any other books that treat the material at the same level of generality and precision, which is a must if attempting "hard" global analysis in areas such as fluid mechanics (from a geometric point of view). Correction of the many typos could make this an indispensable reference book for those requiring the techniques discussed. More discussion of finite-dimensional examples before jumping to infinite-dimensional ones (e.g. discussing finite-dimensional Grassmannians before jumping to the infinite-dimensional Banach manifold version) could make this into a tolerable text.
As it is, it's problematic, aggravating, and not for the faint of heart, but not without its virtues.
Possible alternatives for the infinite-dimensional point of view are Lang's manifolds book or some volume of the expensive multi-volume treatise on analysis by Dieudonne.
Poorly writen, filled with errors, very long, poorly indexed.......1999-09-21
We used this book in a graduate course at UCLA. The professor had to hand out a list of all the errors we encountered, and it was about ten pages typewritten. The professor, Geoff Mess, wrote at the top of this list that many of the students had complained about this book, and that it was a disappointment to him as well. I often found myself scanning hundreds of pages in search of what should have been contained in their sparse index. The book is unnecessarily long and wordy for the matter covered. In the introduction, the authors mention that they invite comments from the readers. It seems that they depend on their readers to correct their copious errors and their poor writing.
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From the reviews: "This book is concerned with the application of methods from dynamical systems and bifurcation theories to the study of nonlinear oscillations. Chapter 1 provides a review of basic results in the theory of dynamical systems, covering both ordinary differential equations and discrete mappings. Chapter 2 presents 4 examples from nonlinear oscillations. Chapter 3 contains a discussion of the methods of local bifurcation theory for flows and maps, including center manifolds and normal forms. Chapter 4 develops analytical methods of averaging and perturbation theory. Close analysis of geometrically defined two-dimensional maps with complicated invariant sets is discussed in chapter 5. Chapter 6 covers global homoclinic and heteroclinic bifurcations. The final chapter shows how the global bifurcations reappear in degenerate local bifurcations and ends with several more models of physical problems which display these behaviors." #Book Review - Engineering Societies Library, New York#1 "An attempt to make research tools concerning `strange attractors' developed in the last 20 years available to applied scientists and to make clear to research mathematicians the needs in applied works. Emphasis on geometric and topological solutions of differential equations. Applications mainly drawn from nonlinear oscillations." #American Mathematical Monthly#2
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Will never collect dust...........2001-06-03
This book has been a continuing source of information and guidance for 18 years now. Students and researchers in many different fields have used this book due to its breadth and detail of coverage. The book does require a fairly advanced mathematical background, but the authors do include a glossary for the reader lacking this.
Chapter one is an overview of differential equations and dynamical systems. All the concepts needed for a study of such systems are discussed in great detail and also very informally, stressing instead the understanding of the concepts, and not merely their definition. Some of the proofs of the main results, such as the Hartman-Grobman and the stable manifold theorems, are omitted however.
This is followed in Chapter 2 by a very intuitive discussion of the van der Pols equation, Duffings equation, the Lorenz equations, and the bouncing ball. Numerical calculations are effectively employed to illustrate some of the main properties of the systems modeled by these equations.
A taste of bifurcation theory follows in Chapter 3. Center manifolds are defined and many examples are given, but the proof of the center manifold theorem is omitted unfortunately. Normal forms and Hopf bifurcations are treated in detail.
Averaging methods are discussed in Chapter 4, with part of the averaging theorem proved using a version of Gronwall's lemma. Several interesting examples of averaging are given, along with a discussion of to what extent the bifurcation properties of the averaged equations carry over to the original equations. Most importantly, this chapter discusses the Melnikov function, so very important in the study of small perturbations of dynamical systems with a hyperbolic fixed point. A full proof that simple zeros of the Melnikov function imply the transversal intersection of the stable and unstable manifolds is given.
Chapter 5 moves on to results of a more purely mathematical nature, where symbolic dynamics and the Smale horseshoe map are discussed. The proofs of the stable manifold theorem and the Palis lambda lemma are, however, omitted. Markov partitions and the shadowing lemma are discussed also but the latter is not proven. The authors do however give a proof of the Smale-Birkhoff homoclinic theorem. A purely mathematical overview of attractors is given along with measure-theoretic (ergodic) properties of dynamical systems.
The (local) bifurcation theory of Chapter 3 is extended to global bifurcations in the next chapter. A very detailed discussion of rotation numbers is given but the KAM theory is only briefly mentioned. The main emphasis is on 1-dimensional maps, the Lorentz system, and Silnikov theory. The authors give a very detailed treatment of wild hyperbolic sets.
The book ends with a discussion of bifurcations from equilibrium points that have multiple degeneracies. The discussion is more motivated from a physical standpont than the last few chapters. But some interesting mathematical constructions are employed, namely the role of k-jets, which have fascinating connections with algebraic goemetry, via the "blowing-up" techniques.
The concepts in the book have proven to have enduring value in the study of dynamical systems, and this book will no doubt continue to serve students and researchers in the years to come.
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Guckenheimer is one of my favourite book in nonlinear science. Another absolute reference. This books deserved to be milestone in nonlinear dynamics.
Changed the Nature of Science As We Know It........2000-01-26
This book has clearly withstood the test of time in over 15 years of continuous publication. On my bookcase, it stands among my most treasured and well-worn classics of fluid mechanics and differential equations--Hirsch and Smale, Birkhoff and Rota, Chandrasekhar, Bachelor, Lamb, Landau and Lifschitz... It changed many of the unquestioned assumptions of many fields besides my own. It redefined the terms of many scientific debates. And, it changed my life.
I obtained Guckenheimer and Holmes' classic when it first came out in 1983. It was so clear, concise and intellectually engaging that it inspired me to wonder whether the system of equations I was studying for my Ph.D. research at the time--the governing equations of thermal convection at infinite Prandtl number (which govern plate tectonics in the earth's mantle)--might have a chaotic solution. Guckenheimer and Holmes outlined a clear methodology to find out the answer.
My advisor at the University of Chicago thought not. Only steady solutions could be admitted in the absence of external forcing due to the lack of momentum transfer--this belief was widely held at the time, despite certain oscillatory solutions found by Fritz Busse (then at UCLA) and chaotic solutions found in certain limiting cases by Andrew Fowler at Oxford.
In despair, I left my studies at Chicago to work as a Unix sysadmin at my undergraduate alma mater --Cornell, where (unbeknownst to me when I took the job) John Guckenheimer had just relocated from UCSC. Delighted to find him there, I sat in on his courses. Later, with his help, I wrote a proposal to NASA to support the completion of my thesis--with him and Donald Turcotte serving as my advisors.
The 3-year fellowship was approved, and during this time I demonstrated and published that thermal convection at infinite Prandtl number--a condition that pervades many planetary interiors including our own--is indeed chaotic in the absence of external forcing.
Prior to this, planetary convection codes primarily looked for steady state solutions. Since, numerical analysts in the field have upgraded to time-dependent models. The source of chaos at infinite Prandtle number I identified--the heat advection term--is now widely accepted as the source of what is now called "Thermal Turbulence" in planetary interiors.
The defense at Chicago was quite an event. Since my new advisors were flown in from Ithaca, you might say my thesis--The Nonlinear Dynamics of Thermal Convection at Infinite Prandtl Number--passed with flying colors. Someone at Chicago might disagree, but his opinion is irrelevant.
Demonstrating the many possible solutions to a single set of equations and showing how the choice of solution depends very sensitively on the rather poorly-constrained initial conditions of the earth--does render mantle modeling itself rather superfluous and indeed, scientifically suspect. However, many important professors who stayed in the field nonetheless continue to run their time-dependent mantle convection codes, and never cease to wonder at the fact that they all get different results. It's rather amusing, really.
When all that too has passed away, the truths so beautifully put forth in Guckenheimer and Holmes will remain. Like I said, it's a classic. Furthermore, being number 42 in its series, it's got to be the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything. Was for me, anyway.
Basic and clasic.......1999-08-22
For the moment it is "the" book on Dynamical Systems, through the world. Its first chapter is a good introduction on the mathematics needed to aboard the subject. The second introduces chaos, and the rest is for a good understanding of the newest and prolific science.
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This is the companion volume to the author's Statics. A complete and expert source of problems with solutions in Vector Mechanics for college and university students. This book provides the student with all the problem-solving drill ever needed, all in one book.
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Thank you, Shelly! I love this book........2007-05-20
This book is possibly the best dynamics books I've laid my hands on. I am an engineering student using this for a first-year Mechanics course, and this book is a lifesaver.
Each chapter starts with 'questions' like 'give a definition of moment of inertia' and then proceeds to actually explain the concepts as opposed to starting with lengthy derivations. The text is clear, aided by diagrams and the derivations that are provided are usually easy to follow.
But the real gem comes afterwards - the author starts with small, fairly simple problems in the beginning, and then each successive problem builds on the concepts learned from the earlier problems. In this way, one learns progressively, as opposed to having all the information presented at once. After six or seven questions, you will be solving more advanced questions. It is *essential* to work through the problems in order unless one already has a thorough knowledge of the topics covered in those problems. The worked solutions don't just give a method, they give explanations and the rationale behind solving it that particular way.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough - I went from dreading Dynamics to loving the challenge.
Be aware though that this book does not cover orbital dynamics.
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Tensor Calculus and Analytical Dynamics provides a concise, comprehensive, and readable introduction to classical tensor calculus - in both holonomic and nonholonomic coordinates - as well as to its principal applications to the Lagrangean dynamics of discrete systems under positional or velocity constraints. The thrust of the book focuses on formal structure and basic geometrical/physical ideas underlying most general equations of motion of mechanical systems under linear velocity constraints. Written for the theoretically minded engineer, Tensor Calculus and Analytical Dynamics contains uniquely accessbile treatments of such intricate topics as: o tensor calculus in nonholonomic variables o Pfaffian nonholonomic constraints o related integrability theory of Frobenius The book enables readers to move quickly and confidently in any particular geometry-based area of theoretical or applied mechanics in either classical or modern form.
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comprehensive but biased view of tensor analysis..........2006-01-26
Papastavridis is an author with a unique attitude towards mathematics. He avoids the coordinate free formulation of tensors on manifolds. In his view, the exterior differential calculus is an esoteric abstraction which is hard to grasp by many and thus has the danger of turning down able people from embarking on doing research in analytical mechanics. This is basically a recapitulation of his views which have been explicitly stated within the book in a broader context.
With that said, don`t expect to find anything pertaining to modern differential geometric view of mechanics. However, this book presents one of the most extensive survey of tensor analysis with indices. The bibliography is indeed comprehensive, and a welcome feature in such a monograph.
Personally, I benefitted alot from this book both in terms of physical aspects of mechanics and in terms of classical tensor analysis. However, I still believe in the power of mathematical abstractions in grasping of the holistic image of a physical and/or mathematical entity. In this respect, the language of differential forms is rather important and allows further useful topological generalizations like cohomology. It is true that the current engineering/science curricula does not leave much space for the modern view, but this is ultimately where it will be heading to. Despite his dislike of exterior calculus, Papastavridis inevitably builds a strong basis for delving into tensor analysis on manifolds. For the latter Bishop and Goldberg is still the best choice with an unbeatable price.
The definitive book on tensors in analytical mechanics.......2000-08-28
This book is not a text book. It is, in some sense, the final word on tensor formalism in finite degree of freedom (analytical) mechanics. It is one of the most scholarly books I have come across. The list of references is very exhaustive and the author is well read in the literature on the subject, not just in english, but also in russian, french, and german. The style is clear and concise, the notation is carefully chosen and summarized in a useful section where conventions, notation, and basic formulae are listed.
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Unmatched in its coverage of the topic, the first edition of GENERALIZED VECTOR AND DYADIC ANALYSIS helped revolutionize the treatment of boundary-value problems, establishing itself as a classic in the field. This expanded, revised edition is the most comprehensive book available on vector analysis founded upon the new method symbolic vector. GENERALIZED VECTOR AND DYADIC ANALYSIS presents a copious list of vector and dyadic identities, along with various forms of Green's theorems with derivations. In addition, this edition presents an historical study of the past mis-understandings and contradictions that have occurred in vector analysis presentations, furthering the reader's understanding of the subject.
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long awaited book.......2001-12-29
If you ever came across the need of expressing vector operators in curvilinear coordinates, while writing numerical codes or solving PDEs in generalised coordinates, then you might have felt the need of a rigourous presentation of the subject.
Rigorous yet usable, I would say. This is not a book for pure mathematicians (the theorem you need is at pag. 435 consisting of one line saying the proof follows from the 2000 previous Lemma-theorem-corollary scattered all around...). The author has the physical problems well in his mind (he's Emeritus at Univ of Michigan, dept of Electrical Engineering) and makes frequent references to where in physics or geometry you will encounter such mathematical entities.
Chapter 8, devoted to the history of vector analysis, makes you clear why you haven't been able to find a neat rigorous presentation so far. This digression (I'm reluctant to use this expression for it's not a minor chapter in my opinion) gives you an even sharper feeling of what's the core of the matter by comparing critically different approaches.
The first introductory chapters on geometry, coordinate systems, dyadics provide a sound general background, presenting derivatives of vectors in generalised coordinate system from the beginning, resulting in a powerful and unifying exposition of the matter. All is extremely clear, a characteristic of the book in its whole.
The author always stress upon the transformation properties of the objects which have been defined, thus clarifying their meaning and mathematical character.
The appendix on vector analysis in the special theory of relativity is enjoyable and makes you clear how E and B can be treated as vectors even if they transform like the components of a tensor (OK, you already knew that, but you were using tensor analysis from the start, didn't you?).
There is much more in this book, which I would suggest to keep as a reference to any physicist, applied mathematician, biologist, engineer, numerical people and (even!) mathematician (developing communication skills...). First years students, which are always a bit confused on why one should use vectors at all and having accepted that think that everything is a vector, which is not, should definitely start with this book. Next time I will be asked to teach anything related to mechanics, I will adopt this book for the fundamental mathematics (but also check the excellent Biscari-Poggi-Virga Mechanics Notebook, 1999 Liguori ed. Napoli (IT) ).
It's also an excellent way to approach what you want next, which is likely to be tensor analysis which this book, unfortunately, cannot cover (can you hear me, Professor Tai?...).
Book Description
For the past forty years Beer and Johnston have been the uncontested leaders in the teaching of undergraduate engineering mechanics. Over the years their textbooks have introduced significant theoretical and pedagogical innovations in statics, dynamics, and mechanics of materials education. At the same time, their careful presentation of content, unmatched levels of accuracy, and attention to detail have made their texts the standard for excellence. The new Seventh Edition of Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics continues this tradition.
Customer Reviews:
Great Book!.......2006-01-29
Easy to understand with ample well-explained examples to help follow the subject. Great book overall!
Great book.......2005-11-30
This is really a great book in a hard to grasp subject.It is easy to follow ,has a lot of excellent sample problems and examples ,student-friendly and it is ideal for selfstudy.
Ok service.......2005-10-10
Took awile to get here and they put a huge sticker on the front and back that had the website info on it. I didn't pay them so they could use my book as free advertising. That made me angry, but other than that and a few wrinkled pages, it's a good book.
A poor example of engineering mechanics textbook.......2004-06-23
I was forced into purchasing this group of books for my university engineering program as all of the homework problems required were straight from this book.
Additionally, the books were packaged with schaums problem sets that were particularly useless (schaums outlines are usually excellent, but their problem sets did not contain all of the detail and had nothing extra to offer over Beer and Johnston's textbook) and therefore a waste of my money.
With that said, the only redeeming value of this book is the sheer number of exercises and answers (numerical answers with no explanation, however).
The writing quality suffers what english majors call overuse of passive voice. Overuse of the words "is," "will," "are," etc. characterize this style. With the lack of acting verbs in sentences, the book effectively numbs the mind and puts the reader to sleep. This passive use of verbage also serves to take the emphasis off of the important parts of sentences.
Aside from stylistic issues with the english language, the book also suffers from a lack of vision. The authors did not provide a good methodology to approaching problems at all. They hint at it, by telling the student to draw pictures. However, in examples, the authors jump from one step to the next without much explanation of how a person would discover the techniques themselves. This makes the homework problems particularly difficult when a completely different approach than the one in the examples is required.
There are also derivation and explanation issues. For instance, in the handling of the precession of free bodies (this example sticks out in particular), the author provides a diagram and some equations. However, students cannot precede merely from what the author explained. The student, in order to approach the problems, must assume the validity of the vector diagrams and their relationships, along with equations, seperately. The diagrams and equations WERE NOT UNIFIED in the discussion. This gives the impression that the authors seperately wrote different parts of the book, and later simply pasted the pieces together without any greater plan.
I would not recommend these books as something colleges should use.
This book could be a lot better........2004-04-21
Not enough examples. You would have to buy another book with more examples or get a tutor.
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Review of Vector Mechanics for Engineers.......2003-12-10
This book is written with the assumption the reader understands statics prior to using this text. The author states repeatedly throughout the text that somewhat difficult ideas are obvious, and gives no further explanation as to the derrivation of his conclusions; often leaving the reader more lost than they started.
Sample problems are well laid out, yet do not prepare you for the level of understanding required for homework problems at the end of each chapter.
This book was used in a Sophomore college class and left the class feeling unprepared for subsequent Engineering courses requiring a firm understanding of this subject.
Altogether this book should not be used as a first attempt to understand statics unless the user has prior knowledge of statics.
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