The Good:  Covers lots of ground, isn't focused just on one facet of math.  It has reference info (trig, integrals, etc.) conveniently located on thicker-than-average paper inside the inner and outer covers.  Therefore useful to the grad student needing to fill in gaps in their knowledge for advanced engineering studies, for quals, etc.<br><br>The Bad:  As is usual with many math books, it's big, thick and heavy.  And expensive.  And despite their being on Tenth edition, I spot an editing error just about once per chapter (and also in the solutions to odd-numbered problems in back).