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Great!'),(46337,7891,'verified','1'),(46338,7891,'wcpr_vote_up_count','0'),(46339,7891,'wcpr_vote_down_count','0'),(46340,7891,'id_import_reviews_from_amazon','R2PC955WU3XEQN'),(46341,7892,'rating','5'),(46342,7892,'wcpr_review_title','5.0 out of 5 stars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n    Física &lt;-&gt;'),(46343,7892,'verified','1'),(46344,7892,'wcpr_vote_up_count','0'),(46345,7892,'wcpr_vote_down_count','0'),(46346,7892,'id_import_reviews_from_amazon','R396RP1GOGT5JQ'),(46347,7893,'rating','5'),(46348,7893,'wcpr_review_title','5.0 out of 5 stars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    Feynman Lectures'),(46349,7893,'verified','1'),(46350,7893,'wcpr_vote_up_count','0'),(46351,7893,'wcpr_vote_down_count','0'),(46352,7893,'id_import_reviews_from_amazon','R26NPF6PKPZ0GG'),(46353,7894,'rating','5'),(46354,7894,'wcpr_review_title','5.0 out of 5 stars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    Masterly 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Principia'),(46928,7988,'verified','1'),(46929,7988,'wcpr_vote_up_count','20'),(46930,7988,'wcpr_vote_down_count','0'),(46931,7988,'id_import_reviews_from_amazon','RIXFGM9FSGJZE'),(46932,7989,'rating','5'),(46933,7989,'wcpr_review_title','5.0 out of 5 stars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    Much'),(46934,7989,'verified','1'),(46935,7989,'wcpr_vote_up_count','10'),(46936,7989,'wcpr_vote_down_count','0'),(46937,7989,'id_import_reviews_from_amazon','R3JQ54K4DSY3IV'),(46938,7990,'rating','5'),(46939,7990,'wcpr_review_title','5.0 out of 5 stars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    Thank you Dr. Penrose'),(46940,7990,'verified','1'),(46941,7990,'wcpr_vote_up_count','0'),(46942,7990,'wcpr_vote_down_count','0'),(46943,7990,'id_import_reviews_from_amazon','R1MLH5HEQNNBN'),(46956,7993,'rating','5'),(46957,7993,'wcpr_review_title','5.0 out of 5 stars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    You have to do your 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Whew!'),(47192,8032,'verified','1'),(47193,8032,'wcpr_vote_up_count','0'),(47194,8032,'wcpr_vote_down_count','0'),(47195,8032,'id_import_reviews_from_amazon','RBT1N0PY8Q2S1'),(47196,8033,'rating','4'),(47197,8033,'wcpr_review_title','4.0 out of 5 stars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    Very Good'),(47198,8033,'verified','1'),(47199,8033,'wcpr_vote_up_count','0'),(47200,8033,'wcpr_vote_down_count','0'),(47201,8033,'id_import_reviews_from_amazon','RJIIYOIL25VGG'),(47202,8034,'rating','4'),(47203,8034,'wcpr_review_title','4.0 out of 5 stars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    Plato to Quantum Gravity'),(47204,8034,'verified','1'),(47205,8034,'wcpr_vote_up_count','0'),(47206,8034,'wcpr_vote_down_count','0'),(47207,8034,'id_import_reviews_from_amazon','R3JF66Y67PDS24'),(47208,8035,'rating','4'),(47209,8035,'wcpr_review_title','4.0 out of 5 stars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    Roger Penrose at the top of his 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I was dreading physics but with a good professor and an easy to read book, with many diagrams, pictures, and explanations, physics was made much easier! I would recommend this book to those interested in physics to gain a basic understanding of physics.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6892,2544,'Adrian &amp; Lexi','','','','2021-03-29 12:00:00','2021-03-29 12:00:00','It\'s the book. It\'s a rental and its a solid option',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6893,2544,'SJ','','','','2018-12-12 12:00:00','2018-12-12 12:00:00','The goal of the book is to be conceptual, so it doesn\'t have a lot of math. I wish it had a little more math. Maybe more sections in the back for math formulas and concepts.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6894,2544,'LuckyBennett23','','','','2021-01-05 12:00:00','2021-01-05 12:00:00','Easy to use, liked the search option.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6895,2544,'Y. C. M.','','','','2015-10-03 12:00:00','2015-10-03 12:00:00','This book is part of the senior year curriculum at ST. Francis high and my son thoroughly enjoys it. It is cheaper than the hardcover edition but the pages are set up differently so keep that in mind.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6896,2544,'SmrtrAvgBear','','','','2018-09-06 12:00:00','2018-09-06 12:00:00','Better than expected. Renting it this Semester is so much cheaper than buying it. For a rented used copy it\'s pretty great quality. Only minor writing in it.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6897,2544,'Tony','','','','2018-11-13 12:00:00','2018-11-13 12:00:00','Good for learning the basics of physics. Each chapter at the end has problems you can work through to help fortify your understanding of the material.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6898,2544,'Bailey123','','','','2019-02-01 12:00:00','2019-02-01 12:00:00','The book looks very close to BRAND NEW and I bought it used. I barely used it however but that’s beside the point :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6900,2544,'Alejandra Alba-Aguilar','','','','2020-06-27 12:00:00','2020-06-27 12:00:00','Got this book for a summer class, very helpful!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6902,2544,'megan loyd','','','','2020-10-09 12:00:00','2020-10-09 12:00:00','Good for school',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6904,2544,'benjamin perez','','','','2020-07-19 12:00:00','2020-07-19 12:00:00','Great book for introductory physics',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6907,2544,'Walter Arangino','','','','2020-09-12 12:00:00','2020-09-12 12:00:00','Good deal',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6908,2544,'Lady Mamma.','','','','2015-08-28 12:00:00','2015-08-28 12:00:00','I bought this book for my husband who loves his physics.  He say that it is a very good and easy to follow.  He recommends a very good buy.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6909,2544,'Miguel Mendoza','','','','2019-09-25 12:00:00','2019-09-25 12:00:00','Nice, well written no formulas but good',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6910,2544,'Ronald','','','','2019-11-01 12:00:00','2019-11-01 12:00:00','Needed it for school, what else?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6913,2544,'Ronghua N.','','','','2020-01-19 12:00:00','2020-01-19 12:00:00','It is very clean.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6914,2544,'Lynn O.','','','','2015-09-07 12:00:00','2015-09-07 12:00:00','My grandson was happy to finally receive this book for his physics class.  Next time I order something that\'s this important, I\'ll choose 2nd day air.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6915,2544,'Luke','','','','2014-11-18 12:00:00','2014-11-18 12:00:00','Came right on time and the book is so useful if its required. Its best to rent and not by though the book is a one semester use only.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6916,2544,'Janice Dails','','','','2017-02-26 12:00:00','2017-02-26 12:00:00','The book is excellent. You must read the chapters. Price is too high. But that\'s the game the universities play.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6917,2544,'Linda','','','','2018-12-18 12:00:00','2018-12-18 12:00:00','I love the video lectures included with this book',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6918,2544,'The eBook Investigator','','','','2018-01-18 12:00:00','2018-01-18 12:00:00','A good, solid textbook. I highly recommend. We purchased the loose leaf version.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6919,2544,'Sopheap Ngam','','','','2019-06-08 12:00:00','2019-06-08 12:00:00','Everything I need for school.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6920,2544,'Mitchell Bombard','','','','2018-11-10 12:00:00','2018-11-10 12:00:00','Used it twice<br>Its a book<br>Cant complain',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6921,2544,'Mario','','','','2019-10-03 12:00:00','2019-10-03 12:00:00','Good',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6922,2544,'Nunofurbuz','','','','2014-08-29 12:00:00','2014-08-29 12:00:00','the book was in excellent shape, but as a rental ITS NOT WORTH THE PRICE<br>you can BUY THE BOOK for the same price.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6923,2544,'Gene Jones','','','','2019-03-03 12:00:00','2019-03-03 12:00:00','Great book',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6924,2544,'Chelsea','','','','2022-08-01 12:00:00','2022-08-01 12:00:00','This class is so difficult. Book was as described. Rental.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6927,2544,'Amylyru','','','','2017-02-13 12:00:00','2017-02-13 12:00:00','Book came in great condition. My only complaint is the 3-ring binder it came in had defective rings that ripped &amp; didn\'t hold the pages well so I had to buy my own binder.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6929,2544,'Zachary','','','','2018-04-01 12:00:00','2018-04-01 12:00:00','Book works as needed for course work.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6930,2544,'Aharon','','','','2016-04-22 12:00:00','2016-04-22 12:00:00','My little sister needed this for her class, and she pass it with an A. Keep on studying, and you\'ll do fine.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6931,2544,'AniMel','','','','2018-07-16 12:00:00','2018-07-16 12:00:00','Exactly as described',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6932,2544,'dannygoon','','','','2016-02-18 12:00:00','2016-02-18 12:00:00','Book came on time and so far so good, haven\'t returned yet cause half of semester so far.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6933,2544,'linares','','','','2017-10-08 12:00:00','2017-10-08 12:00:00','good condition!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6934,2544,'Marjorie','','','','2015-09-26 12:00:00','2015-09-26 12:00:00','In good condition although we don\'t use it as much as we needed to',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6935,2544,'Chrissy','','','','2015-07-28 12:00:00','2015-07-28 12:00:00','it works well for my online class and has the codes for extra videos',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6936,2544,'Bob H 710','','','','2016-02-17 12:00:00','2016-02-17 12:00:00','Ordered for School',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6937,2544,'Joni Summers','','','','2015-07-01 12:00:00','2015-07-01 12:00:00','Easy to follow.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6938,2544,'Tom Soley','','','','2015-02-13 12:00:00','2015-02-13 12:00:00','Just ad advertised',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6939,2544,'Jessica lee','','','','2015-02-07 12:00:00','2015-02-07 12:00:00','Great',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6940,2544,'Matteo Ianes','','','','2016-10-14 12:00:00','2016-10-14 12:00:00','Hewitt is great in his conceptual approach. The book has a lot of QRs which give the student the possibility to watch videos and screencasts that make understanding even simpler.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6942,2554,'Harry J. Winters','','','','2020-03-09 12:00:00','2020-03-09 12:00:00','The book is extremely well written . Someone with limited preparation can get a great deal out of it. Explanations of use of group theory in particle physics are very well done.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6943,2554,'Philip,Sarawak,Borneo.','','','','2019-11-19 12:00:00','2019-11-19 12:00:00','I have read chapters 1 to 4 and so far found this book explained clearly for an undergraduate assuming you have knowledge of special relativity and electrodynamics and modern physics.<br><br>I am a retired electrical engineer and had only studied classical physics (Newtonian &amp; Maxwellian) 40 years ago during my university days \"Down Under\". But no worries, if you do not understand chapters 2,3 &amp; 4, the following books are very helpful as I had referred to them to help me understand the required chapters 2,3 &amp; 4:<br><br>(A) Relativity(4 vectors) and Electrodynamics<br>(1) Introduction to Electrodynamics by David Griffiths<br>Chapter 10 Potentials and Fields<br>Chapter 12 Relativity and Electrodynamics<br>(2) Introduction to Elementary Particles by David Griffiths<br>Chapter 3 Relativistic Kinematics<br><br>If you have not come across the Dirac Notation, the following books help:<br>(B) Quantum Mechanics<br>(1) Quantum Physics for Dummies by Steven Holzner<br>(2) Quantum Mechanics Demystified by David McMahon<br>(3) Quantum Mechanics by David McIntyre<br>(4) A Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics by John Townsend<br><br>If you have problems with matrices, the following books are helpful:<br>(C) Linear Algebra<br>(1) A First Course in Linear Algebra by Moore &amp; Yaqub<br>(2) A Modern Introduction to Linear Algebra by Henry Ricardo<br><br>(D) Modern Physics<br>(1) Modern Physics by Randy Harris<br>(2) Concepts of Modern Physics by Arthur Beiser<br><br>If you need a brief chapter on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian, this book helps:<br>(E) Classical Mechanics<br>(1) Classical Mechanics - A Modern Perspective by Barger &amp; Olsson<br><br>Hope the above is useful to undergraduates as I was once like you 40 years ago \"Down Under\" trying to understand the lecturer\'s explanation.<br><br>Regards, Philip,Sarawak,Borneo,East Malaysia.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6944,2554,'Michael','','','','2020-06-05 12:00:00','2020-06-05 12:00:00','The illustrious writer woefully neglects to inform the reader that this text is actually made of referenced particles.<br>That\'s right. I hope I haven\'t spoiled the plot.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6945,2554,'Nathaniel','','','','2019-11-06 12:00:00','2019-11-06 12:00:00','Disclaimer: I used this book in a course taught by the author.<br><br>I found this book to be a great resource in providing a modern overview of particle physics. Since this field changes quite drastically, older books (no matter how well written) are out of date on important topics.<br><br>This book covers material that I have trouble finding elsewhere and, for this reason, I have repeatedly used it in my research in simulating particle transport. I think it is well written (historical interludes help keep it relatively light) and I\'d recommend it to prospective buyers.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6946,2554,'Ramses','','','','2019-11-17 12:00:00','2019-11-17 12:00:00','There are myriads of Particle Physics books and they tend to drown you in maths from page 1. I have quite a few on my shelf, being an engineer with an interest in the matter and going beyond the popular science stuff. This book is different, much softer and down to earth in showing only the basic maths and giving lots of background, history, and physical insight to explain the equations and the results. It is a \"post Higgs discovery\" book, and it explains the story quite well, I thought. I would recommend this warmly if you want to go beyond basics, but not too far. I enjoyed the book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6947,2554,'kd','','','','2019-08-25 12:00:00','2019-08-25 12:00:00','Modern particle physics explained intuitively, with a good mix of calculations from first principles, phenomenological and experimental insights (including recent results) and engaging problems. The author takes care to introduce the  accessible aspects of modern phenomenological and experimental side of this field to the reader, both in the text and through the problems, in a way that previous introductory particle physics texts have not. While the text is aimed at (advanced) undergraduates, it offers original and subtle insights that would be enlightening even to many advanced graduate students.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6950,2546,'Oliver O.','','','','2012-10-25 12:00:00','2012-10-25 12:00:00','The book takes the relatively complex concept of vector dynamics within different frames and cuts it into bite size chunks. I am currently taking Paley\'s class and he really knows his stuff. He is able to connect to young students who sometimes have trouble wrapping their head around this stuff WITHOUT ever patronizing or getting angry (probably because he is pretty young himself). I would have to say this is my hardest semester in school so far and this book and this class is the hardest, but favorite.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6951,2546,'Joe Normal','','','','2018-06-24 12:00:00','2018-06-24 12:00:00','I believe this is a great book, but the text to speech option is not enabled.  :-/',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6952,2518,'Larry N','','','','2019-01-03 12:00:00','2019-01-03 12:00:00','Hopp/Spearman have built and improved an essential guide to the fundamental principles of operations analysis. After years of hearing Factory Physics praised by my Industrial Engineering colleagues, I finally got it. As a practitioner and teacher I cannot overstate that this is essential knowledge of the dynamics of operating systems. Most of us don\'t get what\'s going on in our operations. Hopp &amp; Spearman not only explain it, they provide the equations!  I also greatly appreciate the historical perspective provided in Part I. Having lived operations through this time period, not only is it quite accurate, but also I find this perspective to be particularly helpful for new learners. Part II does well to explain what is really going on in operating systems and, for math nerds, lays out all the equations. Hopp/Spearman do well to provide simple systems to demonstrate these calculations, and refer back to these examples to reinforce principles later in the text. Part III adds more detailed guidance of applications of the principles in today\'s operating environment. All of this is presented in a pleasant writing style that is easy to read. This wisdom appears somewhat unique in the discipline and provides insights into understanding our complex operating environments that is seldom seen in other sources.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6954,2518,'Krystian Zbikowski','','','','2017-12-23 12:00:00','2017-12-23 12:00:00','Must read for everybody interested in the natural behavior of production and supply chain systems. The theoretical explanations are not overwhelming. There is plenty of examples, questions and exercises which help to better understand problems. Good to know is that there is separate book containing the exercises answers, which can help to understand harder problems. I will certainly come back to this book from time to time.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6955,2518,'Luis Mencos Guzman','','','','2012-01-24 12:00:00','2012-01-24 12:00:00','I have not applied the total conceps from this excellent book. I just have used the elemental ones and I obtained great results in Inventory reductions. If you really want to improve your business it is a good idea to start at the begining... start with the basics with Factory Physics. You do not need to learn sofisticated techniques or expensive tools, you just need to take the original tools and develop them in order to improve your processes. This is the essential matter of this book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6956,2518,'Thought Alchemy','','','','2016-03-26 12:00:00','2016-03-26 12:00:00','this book deals with Lean and Theory Of Constraints to explain the advantages and disadvantages. Its a very difficult read as it contains lots of formulas and physics! but worth it if you are considering a career in industrial engineering. very nominal rental price and the book arrived fast.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6957,2518,'bill','','','','2013-09-01 12:00:00','2013-09-01 12:00:00','Anybody involved in the manufacturing industry, it is a great book to read.<br><br>It was mentioned that the book is in good condition but to by dismay, it wasn\'t. IT was hardcover with shaky binding. I am displeased from the seller of this book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6958,2518,'zx10RRider','','','','2019-03-27 12:00:00','2019-03-27 12:00:00','Fun delve into the industrial engineering world, lots of statistics and vocab/concepts',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6959,2518,'phangsc','','','','2015-07-15 12:00:00','2015-07-15 12:00:00','This is a must read for all Manufacturing Professional in order to create a manufacturing environment that is based on science, rather than based on feeling, experience or brute force alone.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6960,2518,'KC','','','','2019-06-24 12:00:00','2019-06-24 12:00:00','Production mgr wanted it',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6962,2518,'Ricky','','','','2013-02-16 12:00:00','2013-02-16 12:00:00','Those who work in the management roles can definitely gain benefits and use this book as their own daily working manual.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6963,2518,'James Archer','','','','2016-05-29 12:00:00','2016-05-29 12:00:00','It is a book - as expected',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6964,2518,'Ambar Rodriguez','','','','2016-03-14 12:00:00','2016-03-14 12:00:00','I\'ve been using it for my class.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6965,2518,'Michael Thelen','','','','2010-02-24 12:00:00','2010-02-24 12:00:00','Product is great. Just like the regular 3rd edition, but paperback and, I believe, in a slightly smaller trim, making it easier to carry and have around.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6966,2518,'Elene C. Vincent','','','','2015-03-24 12:00:00','2015-03-24 12:00:00','Accurate description and great condition!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6967,2518,'thomas w. tartal','','','','2014-09-01 12:00:00','2014-09-01 12:00:00','Very Good in good condition',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6968,2518,'Tommy Guan','','','','2014-09-12 12:00:00','2014-09-12 12:00:00','A quite heavy book :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6969,2518,'IBRAHIM ALARIFI','','','','2015-02-10 12:00:00','2015-02-10 12:00:00','Great product. ......',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6970,2518,'Addy','','','','2014-10-23 12:00:00','2014-10-23 12:00:00','thanks!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6971,2518,'Kaia','','','','2010-03-13 12:00:00','2010-03-13 12:00:00','The book was sent in the condition promised and in a timely fashion. Thank you!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6972,2518,'Kasin Ransikarbum','','','','2012-04-04 12:00:00','2012-04-04 12:00:00','Go through this book, not necessarily a textbook for students, managers and those who work in the management roles can definitely gain benefits and use this book as their own daily working manual. This is a seriously great book, and the authors know well in the field. Having been working with various manufacturing firms involving decision makings and management roles, intuitive feelings and experiences are, most of the time, answers for making decisions; this book gives all the facts and proven sciences behind those feelings.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6973,2518,'Jawad Omari','','','','2008-04-06 12:00:00','2008-04-06 12:00:00','The book covers almost all the topics needed to know what happens in a factory (what to do and what not to do). The Factory Physics part of the book introduces common models that build intuition and help expecting outputs; not all models should be taken at face value, but they do help in understanding how things are going.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6974,2518,'Sameer Khan','','','','2021-01-08 12:00:00','2021-01-08 12:00:00','Revised all my production concepts! Great read and helped me practically implement production efficiency metrics on my job!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6975,2518,'Luis M.','','','','2023-06-24 12:00:00','2023-06-24 12:00:00','Esta genial el libro , temas básicos y excelentes para consulta en temas de procesos y operaciones de ingeniería de manufactura',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6977,2518,'Denis Sharp','','','','2019-01-29 12:00:00','2019-01-29 12:00:00','This is a definitive work...',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6978,2518,'Gitte Strandberg Andersen','','','','2013-07-16 12:00:00','2013-07-16 12:00:00','Mint condition<br>My customer was delighted by this strike of luck. We will shop again another time and recomends this webshop.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6757,2514,'QFT enthusiast','','','','2017-06-16 12:00:00','2017-06-16 12:00:00','Excellent, absolutely five stars. If one wants to start string theory from an elementary perspective then this is the place to start and there is no better book than this book. This has to be one of the best ever physics text for advanced undergraduates',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6758,2514,'Denis','','','','2016-07-22 12:00:00','2016-07-22 12:00:00','La théorie des corde peut faire peur à juste titre vu le caractère non intuitif de cette physique, mais dans ce livre, les étapes techniques sont amenées très progressivement. Ce n\'est pas pour autant un livre de vulgarisation tous publics.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6759,2514,'Souveek','','','','2017-08-21 12:00:00','2017-08-21 12:00:00','It\'s wonderful and excellent. The way he presented the content is superb',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6760,2514,'unholyjuste','','','','2015-03-30 12:00:00','2015-03-30 12:00:00','Good and Fast',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6761,2514,'Javier Ibarra','','','','2016-12-02 12:00:00','2016-12-02 12:00:00','Muy recomendable introducción. Recomendable conocimientos básicos en teoría cuántica de campos. Y además también conocimientos básicos sobre el modelo estándar',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6762,2514,'Takuo Yasuoka','','','','2011-11-17 12:00:00','2011-11-17 12:00:00','改訂版を読んだ。解析力学、場の量子論、相対論を学んでいることは必要。<br>（PART1）点粒子の相対論、相対論的場の量子論や重力場の理論を説明した後、それらをstringに適用する。作用の作り方、カレント、チャージなど他の専門書では省略されていることがとても丁寧に説明されている。Light-Cone Gaugeを用いている。タキオンに対する最近の考え（D25ブレーンやstring cosmologyではタキオンは存在する）なども記述されている。PART1の最後にはsuper string theoryについての概観がある。読み進めると表紙裏の数式がわかるようになっていく。<br>（PART2）それぞれの章が最先端の話題。まず、Ｄブレインが交わることでヒッグス機構が生じることなど標準理論がＤブレインで説明される可能性についての章がある。ブラックホールとエントロピーの章では、必要な統計力学について温度の本質などをコンパクトに説明してくれていてそれだけでも非常にためになる。Ads/CFE対応（非ドジッター時空における重力の理論がその境界のゲージ場の理論と対応していること）についての章からはコンフォーマル理論について丁寧でわかりやすい説明がある。円筒コンデンサーを例にとってその容量がconformal invarianceで半径がモジュライであることや、トーラスのモジュライ空間についてわかりやすく説明している。String 相互作用については経路積分については触れずにダイアグラムだけで説明しているが図も説明も非常にわかりやすい。コンフォーマル写像を用いれば無限小のopen stringやclosed stringが有限の大きさになり紫外発散が生じない。Stringが伝播するリーマン面がトーラスの場合、トーラスの大きさはτと-1/τとを同一視できモジュライ空間が有限になるのでやはり紫外発散が避けられる。こういうことが丁寧にわかりやすく説明されている。',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6763,2514,'Kiltman','','','','2015-08-10 12:00:00','2015-08-10 12:00:00','I have BS in Chemistry, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.  This book is pretty hard but good.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6764,2514,'Peter Minchin','','','','2014-03-19 12:00:00','2014-03-19 12:00:00','As a physics graduate 45 years ago I found this to be a good introduction. Plenty of maths but not too pedantic.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6765,2508,'Alexander Puttré','','','','2023-05-16 12:00:00','2023-05-16 12:00:00','I received the book on time. It was in excellent condition - still in the plastic wrap.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6766,2508,'Dan','','','','2016-01-04 12:00:00','2016-01-04 12:00:00','This is an outstanding introductory book on thermal physics, with readability and clarity put at the forefront. The author painstakingly explains key derivations, delineating practically every step with a masterful combination of prose and equations. The chapters concerning the key fundamental results on statistical mechanics (the various ensembles and distribution statistics) are the best I\'ve seen, blowing away McQuarrie (both his undergrad and grad level books) and Chandlers\' texts. The graduate level books have their merits, either in depth and/or rigor, but on average, I think Schroeder\'s approach will allow the readers to get their feet wet the most effectively.<br><br>It\'s perfect as either your first read or as a companion piece to more comprehensive, first year graduate level texts. There are very few critical typos, which I think is important for first time readers trying to parse the difference between the jargon (microstates, macrostates, particle states, system states, multiplicity, density of state...). In any case, the author makes great effort in his definitions of terms. You\'re in good hands, I promise.<br><br>This book requires just a bit of multi variable calculus but no vector calculus is required. The various transforms (Legendre, Fourier, Laplace, etc.) are only mentioned briefly as means to obtain important results, but they are not a prerequisite. Familiarity with a very rudimentary level of wave function formalism of quantum mechanics becomes crucial in the later chapters.<br><br>This text contains very few, completely solved examples. I actually liked this approach since it keeps the book slim and compact. The author explains on his website defending his choice. I think the effort he places in explaining the derivations of key ideas step by step more than makes up for the lack of an easily accessible solution manual.<br><br>Finally, I like to point out that the price of this modern, hardcover text is close to one-third of its close relatives. Take a look at the price tags of Ahlfors, Baby Rudin, 2nd edition Sakurai, 3rd edition Boas, etc.... It\'s one of the most generously priced, recently produced hardcover science texts on the market today.<br><br>Five stars all the way!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6768,2508,'Andy','','','','2014-06-19 12:00:00','2014-06-19 12:00:00','Schroeder\'s \"An Introduction to Thermal Physics\" is one of the simplest, most concise, and engaging treatments of the subject matter (classical thermodynamics, classical and quantum statistical mechanics, with applications) that I have ever come across, without sacrificing thoroughness and rigor. The organization, exposition, and development of the book and subject matter is very clear and straight-forward; its introduction of basic ideas, postulates, and applications were sufficient to make accessible those later chapters in which advanced topics were covered. Although a strong mathematical background is required to fully appreciate this book, the author does a rare thing: he carefully and painstakingly connects the mathematics back to the physics of the problem. In undergraduate texts of this level, it is easy to lose oneself in abstractions. This is a pitfall that Schroeder deftly avoids. For this, I strongly recommend \"An Introduction to Thermal Physics\" for all undergraduate students, even as a supplement to other \"authoritative\" texts in the field, i.e. Kittel\'s \"Thermal Physics.\" (An additional boon to undergraduates is the inclusion of worked problems throughout the book, which give guided practice at application of main ideas, as well as subtle tests of one\'s mastery of the basic underlying theory.)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6769,2508,'Benjamin Strekha','','','','2017-06-02 12:00:00','2017-06-02 12:00:00','This book is a very good introduction to statistical mechanics (and some thermal physics topics are inside, too). The title is Thermal Physics, but I think this book is better read with the mindset of being able to learn enough to be able to read more advanced statistical mechanics textbooks.<br><br>Most people struggle with understanding what exactly is entropy, what is the chemical potential, etc. This book does a very good job explaining how these are all related. You won\'t find advanced topics like the two-dimensional Ising model, but that\'s because this book isn\'t made for that. It\'s not a graduate level textbook. If you are looking for those types of topics, this is the wrong book. This book is for understanding the basic foundations of statistical mechanics and seeing how they are related to basic concepts like pressure, chemical potential, and temperature that the reader learned from chemistry courses or the like. Use this book to build intuition and to solve some classic \"textbook problems\" in statistical mechanics to prepare for more advanced textbooks.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6770,2508,'Jimmy','','','','2018-07-17 12:00:00','2018-07-17 12:00:00','This was a required textbook for a junior level Thermodynamics class at my university.  It showed up in perfect condition.  I looked through the book and it looks well-written.  It doesn\'t appear to be one of those tedious books that just have line after line of equations and little explanation.  The author actually seems to have taken out the time to describe things narratively.  There are a lot of equations, so it\'s not just some qualitative book.  It has a mix of qualitative and qualitative and the sections seem to be natural.  Certain methods of doing things appear to be collected in their own chapters and sections; and, terminology had bold faced words with a definition after them, which can be pretty rare to see in physics books.  Introduces a concept, gives key words and definitions, describes them and how the pieces fit, and gives examples.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6771,2508,'Adoniram','','','','2014-05-21 12:00:00','2014-05-21 12:00:00','So often, I find upper-division physics books to be lacking in detailed explanation or relevant analogies to help the reader grasp the topic.  Statistical physics is a VERY abstract topic, and Schroeder does an excellent job of explaining it in human terms.  However, he does not avoid the deep mathematical proofs and work that is required to truly grasp the physics.  He simply does both very well.<br><br>Compared to a Griffiths book (say, EM or QM), Schroeder imparts nearly the same deep understanding, but with a much more easy-to-follow approach.<br><br>If you are the type of person who can read a Griffiths book and work out the problems by yourself with no additional instruction (and Griffiths leaves a LOT to be discovered by the reader), you would likely not enjoy this book.  If you like to be more fully prepared when it comes to working out problems, you will like this book.<br><br>This could honestly be an outstanding self-study book on the topic.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6772,2508,'Austen Cocca','','','','2022-03-25 12:00:00','2022-03-25 12:00:00','Great book for a terrifying class',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6773,2508,'Midnight24','','','','2022-02-06 12:00:00','2022-02-06 12:00:00','Very readable text! Problems are great',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6774,2508,'Tyson','','','','2015-12-25 12:00:00','2015-12-25 12:00:00','I used most of this book (everything up to partition functions) for a second year thermodynamics course. It is very well written and the concepts are presented clearly. This book focuses on intuition more than mathematical rigor, which I believe is important for progressing to more advanced statistical mechanics. There are plenty of good exercises throughout the book but unfortunately no solutions. The book is quite complete and I didn\'t often need to consult other sources for clarification.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6775,2508,'mark hibbens','','','','2018-04-24 12:00:00','2018-04-24 12:00:00','Not nearly as expensive as most the books I have to buy. This ones pretty old but still used and for good reason. The book is pretty easy to follow if you already know everything there is to know about thermodynamics. If not, well....that\'s probably why you\'re buying this book isn\'t it?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6776,2508,'James Perignon','','','','2017-10-04 12:00:00','2017-10-04 12:00:00','I thoroughly enjoyed the Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics class for which I bought this book, and the book itself contributed to that in no small way. This book is well written and has an appropriately conversational tone, making it easier to read than most books that I\'ve had to buy for upper division physics classes.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6779,2508,'Andrew N.','','','','2008-02-29 12:00:00','2008-02-29 12:00:00','Great book, scratch that, fantastic book.  Compared to my HJ Pain Waves and Vibrations book, it\'s absolutely incredible.  The author goes through each step clearly, and as well as explaining how he does it, explains why he does it.  So many books today just give derivations(HJ Pain) and never actually explain why they do them.  A must have if your into thermal physics, or if you need it for a class.  Probably the latter.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6780,2508,'Hunter','','','','2013-04-12 12:00:00','2013-04-12 12:00:00','Thermal Physics... not exactly something to get fired up about. Usually.<br><br>However!<br>This book is actually amazing. It\'s written clearly and functionally. Questions come as you read each section, not in an intimidatingly immense block at the end of each chapter.<br><br>Schroeder\'s explanations, proofs, analogies, approximation, organization, appendices... are all great.<br><br>Highly recommend for anyone who wants to (begin to) learn Thermal/Statistical Physics',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6781,2508,'Manjul A.','','','','2008-08-31 12:00:00','2008-08-31 12:00:00','This is probably the one text one needs turn to for a quick and phenomenal introduction to/recap of Thermal Physics and Statistical Mechanics. The text is lucid and written in a narrative style, which takes away all fear from approaching the subject; the arguments are intuitive and the organization if perfect! I used it to prepare for my qualifying exams, and it is sufficient to turn one into a calculating beast in a mere couple of days.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6782,2508,'Nate','','','','2014-04-03 12:00:00','2014-04-03 12:00:00','I didn\'t have the pleasure of using this book as an undergraduate. As a graduate, I took a statistical mechanics course without knowledge of the undergraduate curriculum. So I used this book to catch up with the material I needed to know. This book made the topic so amazingly clear and easy to understand. Everything was thoroughly motivated and explained.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6783,2508,'MPBH','','','','2017-09-09 12:00:00','2017-09-09 12:00:00','Schroeder, Daniel V. An Introduction to Thermal Physics. San Francisco, Calif., Addison Wesley Longman, 2005. ISBN-10: 0-201-38027-7. Purchased new. Arrived very quickly (Prime). No extra communications necessary. Shrink-wrapped, no damage, no markings. Hardbound, excellent binding.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6784,2508,'Richard W Crandall, Jr.','','','','2014-11-21 12:00:00','2014-11-21 12:00:00','This book seems to understand where undergrads, as I just was, get tripped up on the math.  I still use it when I start to lose sight of a concept.  Handy for the non-geniuses out there who make up the vast bulk of the bell curve, even in Physics :).  Highly recommended.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6785,2508,'Peter','','','','2014-09-12 12:00:00','2014-09-12 12:00:00','Literally my favorite textbook ever. The writer is funny and extremely clear. I can\'t stress enough how great this textbook is. There are also some really cool homework problems in this book. You should take a thermal physics class even if you don\'t like thermal physics just to use this book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6786,2508,'David J Walwark jr','','','','2019-04-06 12:00:00','2019-04-06 12:00:00','One of the more approachable Stat. Mech. books. I also like the typesetting.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6787,2508,'L. P.','','','','2017-11-15 12:00:00','2017-11-15 12:00:00','I mean, it\'s a physics text book, so you can\'t not love it. I needed it for my thermodynamics class at my university.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6788,2508,'Amaro Moreno','','','','2010-02-07 12:00:00','2010-02-07 12:00:00','This is an excellent book with excerises right after each section. The excersises let you review what you have just read about in that section to better understand and learn what is going on in that section. Terms are easily understood, definitions are not at all difficult to understand to some books I\'ve read.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6790,2508,'JDeo','','','','2017-07-25 12:00:00','2017-07-25 12:00:00','This book was required for class, but I would recommend trying to create the models at its end via computer modeling.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6791,2508,'Lar','','','','2015-02-07 12:00:00','2015-02-07 12:00:00','Well organized with insightful comments by Dr. Schroeder. Some of the problems seem to be harder than necessary to acquire understanding.<br>Dr. Schroeder did not over complicate it. It was written to teach rather than impress.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6792,2508,'E.Goldstein','','','','2018-01-25 12:00:00','2018-01-25 12:00:00','Great book. It is written as if the professor is talking in front of you. Excellent.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6793,2508,'William Alexander','','','','2014-02-16 12:00:00','2014-02-16 12:00:00','Clear, concise, and consistently addresses potential problems for the student in terms of understanding.  After nearly a dozen undergraduate physics classes, I can say for certain that this has been my favorite textbook so far.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6794,2508,'Joseph','','','','2013-09-22 12:00:00','2013-09-22 12:00:00','Very carefully tought book, is small, but strict with proper definitions and concepts that help the reader to understand the field. Proviedes the reader with the resources it needs to explore more on the topic.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6795,2508,'Jr122','','','','2019-06-10 12:00:00','2019-06-10 12:00:00','Very descriptive',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6796,2508,'Joseph Weiner','','','','2014-05-22 12:00:00','2014-05-22 12:00:00','This book is an incredible and clear introduction to the fundamentals of thermodynamics. It\'s a great companion to more advanced (and more statistical mechanics) books like Thermo by Kittel.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6797,2508,'Giraffe','','','','2015-10-31 12:00:00','2015-10-31 12:00:00','Schroeder is very clear and articulate. The concepts are fairly easy to understand and I am very much enjoying the topic right now',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6799,2508,'Brian','','','','2014-07-02 12:00:00','2014-07-02 12:00:00','This book was pretty good. Not an amazing masterpiece like a griffiths book, but very solid. One of the better books I\'ve used in my career.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6800,2508,'Imran khan','','','','2010-04-04 12:00:00','2010-04-04 12:00:00','This book is very helpful with any level of statistical mechanics course.<br>Every hard and profound topics has been stated here in a very simple manner.<br>It turned out to be a good companion for solving statmech problems.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6801,2508,'Mohammad N Yaseen','','','','2014-03-07 12:00:00','2014-03-07 12:00:00','It is really great book. If you want really to understand thermal physics buy it. it will also give an entrance to statistical physics.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6802,2508,'kyaw8lay2022oneoone','','','','2018-07-08 12:00:00','2018-07-08 12:00:00','Good.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6803,2508,'Summer Thresher','','','','2014-03-26 12:00:00','2014-03-26 12:00:00','Fantastic intro to Thermal Physics! Logical progression throughout, easily understood and entertaining passages along with detailed explanations of thermo physical phenomenon.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6804,2508,'Robin F','','','','2014-11-13 12:00:00','2014-11-13 12:00:00','The product was as described.  I was very happy with and would buy from this dealer again.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6805,2508,'SliperyNinjaOnATiger','','','','2013-02-10 12:00:00','2013-02-10 12:00:00','It arrived brand new condition, physics starts off slow and easy. could be interesting if you actually like thermodynamics. Simply a requirement for myself.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6806,2508,'Erika Sanchez','','','','2017-11-07 12:00:00','2017-11-07 12:00:00','Great textbook!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6807,2508,'Boot man','','','','2015-03-06 12:00:00','2015-03-06 12:00:00','This is a good text book. Very accessible, but still rigorous.<br>-College Engineering Physics major',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6808,2508,'The Chicken Man','','','','2015-12-17 12:00:00','2015-12-17 12:00:00','This a really well written book on thermal physics and statistical mechanics.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6809,2508,'Rick Huizen','','','','2015-03-23 12:00:00','2015-03-23 12:00:00','Well written book helps when the prof. is hard to follow.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6810,2508,'Joanna','','','','2016-01-24 12:00:00','2016-01-24 12:00:00','Very helpful. Was in great condition',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6811,2508,'lisha li','','','','2015-10-26 12:00:00','2015-10-26 12:00:00','I like you notes.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6812,2508,'mr','','','','2016-08-19 12:00:00','2016-08-19 12:00:00','Excellent',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6813,2508,'Oleksandr Kazakov','','','','2015-06-02 12:00:00','2015-06-02 12:00:00','Good introductory level textbook.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6814,2508,'Graham C Langley','','','','2016-02-12 12:00:00','2016-02-12 12:00:00','A+',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6815,2508,'Cameron Spitzfaden','','','','2019-05-24 12:00:00','2019-05-24 12:00:00','This is a review of the book construction itself. Schroeder\'s book is great, but the current printings (yes, the main hardcover edition, ISBN 9780201380279) are suffering from sub-par printing quality. Older printings used a high quality glossy paper. The current printings use a thicker matte paper, adding bulk to the book as a whole. The binding of current printings is glued (like a paperback) rather than using stitched signatures. It\'s effectively a paperback with boards glued on. The printing itself is extremely low resolution, as if printed on a low-quality inkjet printer. In recent years, it appears that the major textbook publishers are intentionally sabotaging print editions of their books, in hopes that people will switch to e-books. What a shame, Pearson.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6816,2508,'Robert W. Molt Jr.','','','','2007-07-27 12:00:00','2007-07-27 12:00:00','This book is a great introduction to thermal physics for a physicist, and a fantastic book for chemists who found physical chemistry hand-waving.  This books wants you to understand what\'s going on more than anything.  Very self-teachable, that\'s how I did it.  It is on the easy side, and the problems are relatively simple, but if you want an introduction, this is it.  Helps with the conceptual understanding better than any other thermodynamics book I\'ve ever read (all physical chemistry books are written by people not able to communicate or don\'t really understand thermodynamics, just memorize).  Stat mechanics in it is a little weak, but still a good introduction.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6818,2508,'Helyn Lefgren','','','','2017-10-30 12:00:00','2017-10-30 12:00:00','Explanations are logical and understandable.Good undergraduate text on thermo, covers all topics well. (I used this book as an additional text for my class rather than the recommended text which was skimpy on logic and explanations.)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6820,2508,'Daniel Sluder','','','','2016-04-14 12:00:00','2016-04-14 12:00:00','Great book. Very clear and concise. Fun writing style.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6821,2508,'Andracadareca','','','','2014-09-10 12:00:00','2014-09-10 12:00:00','Great Book and in great condition',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6822,2508,'Daniel J. Kovach','','','','2005-09-13 12:00:00','2005-09-13 12:00:00','The mathematics was a little too heuristic, however Schroeder\'s presentation of the material and essential concepts is succinct and readable.  Overall this work is worthwhile and extremely helpful.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6823,2508,'Andreas Andersen','','','','2014-09-09 12:00:00','2014-09-09 12:00:00','Right edition, however it took quite a while for it to arrive..',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6824,2508,'Roberto Cerbino','','','','2009-02-20 12:00:00','2009-02-20 12:00:00','Very clear and compact introduction to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. The two topics are strongly interconnected and the Author present them successfully in a unique book, suitable for undergraduate students as well for teacher who want to take inspiration from it. Rich in examples and simple toy models it is a must-have book for every bookshelf.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6825,2508,'Elwin Pater','','','','2006-11-09 12:00:00','2006-11-09 12:00:00','I like the book al lot, the writes has an excellent view on how to explain the physics step by step. Of course you will need some basic knowledge of calculus (integrals, differentials). What I dislike about the book is that for some of the problems included to practise your skills you need to estimate some values which makes it difficult to check your answer (when you only get a number to compare it with). This, and the fact that the answers to the problems are not in the book (you probably need to buy some other book for it or so). This makes it impossible to check you answers.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6826,2508,'Astrofyziky','','','','2008-02-08 12:00:00','2008-02-08 12:00:00','This is a well written textbook.  I hadn\'t thought this when I first used it, but after reading other books on the subject, I realized that this is the best there is.  Between reading the text and doing the chapter problems, you should be able to develop a good understanding of thermodynamics and statistical physics.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6827,2508,'D. Allen','','','','2003-01-11 12:00:00','2003-01-11 12:00:00','Schroeder sets the mark for readability with this undergraduate physics text. This was my favorite among all my undergraduate texts; by far the easiest to understand and most enjoyable to read. His explanations are clever and witty. I enjoyed his lucid introduction to combinatorics in statistical mechanics. Schroeder gets an A+ in defining abstract ideas such as enthalpy, partition functions, and intensive vs. extensive quantities. On the flip side, the organization is loose, and there aren\'t enough worked out examples in the latter chapters. I highly recommend this book to professors who want students to actually read and learn from the text.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6828,2508,'D. Schlenker','','','','2002-03-13 12:00:00','2002-03-13 12:00:00','Compared to other Thermo texts I have read, this one is probably the most approachable.  Examples are plentiful and the train of thought is quite logical.  However, due to the lack of answers to the problems, this book is not useful for self study.  Perhaps the author and publisher will \"see the light\" in 2e.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6829,2508,'James Thomson','','','','2016-02-01 12:00:00','2016-02-01 12:00:00','I\'m sure there are better thermodynamics text books, but this is the one I had for my undergrad. Covers all the basics.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6830,2508,'Dionysios Zelios','','','','2014-02-04 12:00:00','2014-02-04 12:00:00','A great book, easy to follow, without any unclear points. The finest i have ever read so much in statistical physics field.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6831,2468,'kim ','','','','2022-10-12 12:00:00','2022-10-12 12:00:00','This Applied Computational Physics book works great in the classroom. Very informational and easy to follow. A lot of good information to teach or learn.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6832,2468,'idrees93','','','','2020-07-22 12:00:00','2020-07-22 12:00:00','This book is a must need for anyone who wants to do research in Physics in the modern world.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6833,2564,'EzraAriel','','','','2023-08-28 12:00:00','2023-08-28 12:00:00','If you want to learn more of the mathematical and equational aspects of Physics, then this book is for you. It\'s part textbook, part workbook. It has lots of pictures, graphs, visual explanations, and each section has study questions to reinforce what you just read. The only thing that I really really really do not like about this book, is that the answers to the questions are literally right under the questions, so I have to cover them up so I don\'t accidentally peek. I like to just read the questions, reference the reading material again if I need too, do the math, figure it out, and then see if I am right or wrong and how far off I was if at all. If they would change that, the book would be perfect. Great for individuals that are want more insight to the subject of Physics. If you do not like math, do not get this book. You need basic math skills (high school/pre-algebra) to fully grasp this book and be able to spend time solving the math, not researching how to read the math to solve the math!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6834,2564,'Shay','','','','2023-06-01 12:00:00','2023-06-01 12:00:00','This book is great at teaching high school physics. There are some practice problems that are sprinkled in, so I recommend a practice workbook as well.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6835,2564,'D. Polityka','','','','2022-10-08 12:00:00','2022-10-08 12:00:00','I self-learn many subjects I\'m interested in and this book is off to an incredible start.  I just got it today, but I\'m so excited to learn everything it offers.  The way it is laid out is engaging and covers the topics enough to make it stick(and cover pesky edge cases) while not boring me and holding my attention.  I have finished a few of the tests and there\'s no way I could\'ve done it before this book(without cheating).  I will be buying more of these books.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6836,2564,'Ragu Ram','','','','2022-04-01 12:00:00','2022-04-01 12:00:00','It has self-test questions which gently lead you onto the main points. I\'m only at Chapter 9 out of 23 so far and I\'m loving it. The book gives you an overview to take on a high-school textbook.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6837,2564,'kitcat','','','','2021-04-01 12:00:00','2021-04-01 12:00:00','I enjoyed this self-teaching text. Made calculations easier to understand. Miss some of the physics basics though.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6838,2564,'Lisa Werderitsch','','','','2021-10-24 12:00:00','2021-10-24 12:00:00','Easy to understand and use.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6839,2564,'Mr. Morris','','','','2021-07-11 12:00:00','2021-07-11 12:00:00','this book is mint. (pronounced Mee-int)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6840,2564,'Mike B','','','','2021-07-15 12:00:00','2021-07-15 12:00:00','Education',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6841,2564,'Dennis','','','','2022-10-15 12:00:00','2022-10-15 12:00:00','If you want to learn basic physics, this is a good book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6842,2564,'Robinson Emedeke','','','','2023-08-12 12:00:00','2023-08-12 12:00:00','Interesting material for intermediate students',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6844,2564,'Jennifer Switek','','','','2023-01-17 12:00:00','2023-01-17 12:00:00','Enjoyed',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6845,2564,'LittleMouse','','','','2021-05-11 12:00:00','2021-05-11 12:00:00','Great details and graphs!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6846,2564,'M','','','','2021-06-21 12:00:00','2021-06-21 12:00:00','Thank you',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6847,2564,'Thiago MB','','','','2020-12-06 12:00:00','2020-12-06 12:00:00','A lot more content then the previous. Really handy in giving a clear understanding.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6848,2564,'Swayam swaroop rout','','','','2021-07-15 12:00:00','2021-07-15 12:00:00','Excellent',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6849,2564,'Edward L Hutchinson','','','','2023-07-13 12:00:00','2023-07-13 12:00:00','Good product',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6850,2564,'Sourav Mukherjee','','','','2022-05-25 12:00:00','2022-05-25 12:00:00','I bought this book for my seventh grader daughter to familiarize her with the basic physics concepts with minimum mathematical treatments. I read this book completely along with her. This is a good introductory physics book. If someone reads this book in middle school (apart from regular science curriculum in middle school), then that student will be definitely benefited when he/she will start actual Physics course in high school. Language of this book is very lucid and good amount of solved self explanatory problems has been given. I thought I will give five star rating, but I did not. I can see below basics topics are missing in this book and hopefully the author will include them in the future.<br>-&gt;Expected more details on Vectors<br>-&gt;Nothing mentioned on object moving on inclined plane and friction<br>-&gt;Expected some topics on Angular motion and Torque<br>-&gt;Expected some introductory topics on Atomic and Nuclear Physics<br>-&gt; Expected some introduction on Thermodynamics.<br>So I am giving this book a four out of five rating.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6851,2564,'Baruch','','','','2021-09-30 12:00:00','2021-09-30 12:00:00','I have been looking for a book on basic, elementary physics for quite some time.  The books I was able to find were unsuitable for a few different reasons.  One reason was that they often came in more than one volume, which was expensive.  Another problem was the lack of self-tests.  Finally, some required you to use the Internet for part of their program.<br><br>This book was designed for someone who is learning on their own.  It has frequent questions, and self-tests after various sections.  This lets you know whether you\'ve actually understood what you\'ve just learned.  You get feedback right away, which is important.  This way, when I\'ve missed something I become aware of it right away, so I can go back and review whatever it was that I missed.<br><br>Would recommend, to those who want to learn some of the basics of physics.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6852,2564,'Jaykay','','','','2021-10-03 12:00:00','2021-10-03 12:00:00','I purchased this book because it was needed for my class, but it’s definitely a good book for those who want to understand physics. It shows you how to do any equation step by step. There are also practice questions for each chapter with answers provided to make sure you did it correctly . I would recommend !',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6853,2564,'Lost in Life','','','','2020-12-17 12:00:00','2020-12-17 12:00:00','My seventh grade girl started to ask me questions that she encountered in science Olympiad prep. Quickly I realized they were basic physics problems. Unfortunately the middle school curriculum does not carry it and she need some systematic intro to physics before she can google topics online and makes sense out of it. The book serves the purpose as a gentle intro to physics. Not too hard, well organized and with exercise.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6854,2564,'Paul Zepf','','','','2021-01-15 12:00:00','2021-01-15 12:00:00','I wanted a book that soeone could use to learn \"how things work\". This came close to that goal.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6855,2488,'Zuhey C.','','','','2023-09-01 05:26:49','2023-09-01 05:26:49','Great conditions, received on time!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6856,2488,'Leo Volont YouTube Messiah','','','','2023-09-01 05:26:49','2023-09-01 05:26:49','I really like to keep college level text books around, and have found that Cengage Learning really publishes the best textbooks.  I am focusing on studying Math and so often there are practical word problems that involve physics and I would go to a physics text book to get a better idea of what I\'m looking at.  At my University, where I take classes once in a while on the Senior Program, I bought  a \"University Physics\" book by Young and Freedman published by Pearson.  Well Pearson Publishing sucks.  The book is horrid.  the equations are over cluttered with superscripts and subscripts and there is little explanation, and everything is treated as process: when you have this, then do that.  It reminds me of ancient Babylon where the surveyors weren\'t taught to do calculation but were given huge tables with various dimensional proportions and scalers and they would have to simply find the closest match... good enough.  Anyway, I was tired of dealing with the Pearson book and searched for a Cengage Learning book.  Found this book in paperback and when it arrived I was delighted with it.  I was in suspense.  Maybe the Physics Departments all over had a culture of being stupid, you know, the designers of the Death Plane the Boeing 737 Stretch, or whatever it\'s called, well, it came from somewhere.  But, yes, Cengage publishers makes it look like Math Department.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6857,2488,'Maus’s','','','','2023-09-01 05:26:49','2023-09-01 05:26:49','Does the job, needed for my physics class I am taking this semester',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6858,2488,'Hailey stafford','','','','2023-09-01 05:26:49','2023-09-01 05:26:49','Great shape even thought it was used! Thanks!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6859,2488,'Annelyn','','','','2023-09-01 05:26:49','2023-09-01 05:26:49','Works well! Save me on buying command tapes.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6860,2488,'Myles Harris','','','','2023-09-01 05:26:49','2023-09-01 05:26:49','I couldn\'t believe this book was used when I rented it. It looks brand new. No pages were missing, and it didn\'t have any writing in it. I promise to return just as is.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6861,2488,'Pal Simmonson','','','','2023-09-01 05:26:49','2023-09-01 05:26:49','Have not used it yet but all my homework problems is in it and I will use it, but judging it by its cover, its a nice book, great feeling in the hands',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6862,2488,'Jotaro.','','','','2023-09-01 05:26:49','2023-09-01 05:26:49','the book was in good condition for rental use.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6863,2488,'Brianna','','','','2023-09-01 05:26:49','2023-09-01 05:26:49','Great price. Note it doesn’t come with the code',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6864,2488,'Rodney Foster','','','','2023-09-01 05:26:50','2023-09-01 05:26:50','Great product for college students on limited funds',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6865,2488,'Randy Lee','','','','2018-12-09 12:00:00','2018-12-09 12:00:00','Daughter loved it',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6866,2488,'Patrycjahallez','','','','2018-10-14 12:00:00','2018-10-14 12:00:00','Good quality',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6867,2488,'Enrique','','','','2018-03-25 12:00:00','2018-03-25 12:00:00','Good condition 5 starts',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6868,2488,'Felix','','','','2018-08-04 12:00:00','2018-08-04 12:00:00','perfect',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6869,2488,'malcolm harper','','','','2019-11-18 12:00:00','2019-11-18 12:00:00','I am so happy I bought this book. The problems in the book are usually hard, work them they have helped me prepared for all my test!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6870,2488,'Jonathan','','','','2017-11-25 12:00:00','2017-11-25 12:00:00','good quality',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6871,2488,'spacedude','','','','2018-04-05 12:00:00','2018-04-05 12:00:00','It is simple and complete .',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6872,2512,'Richard Dean (Director)','','','','2022-01-02 12:00:00','2022-01-02 12:00:00','Why do books on this subject have to be so complicated?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6873,2512,'Josevi','','','','2020-02-25 12:00:00','2020-02-25 12:00:00','Todo perfecto',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6875,2544,'Chris B','','','','2022-11-12 12:00:00','2022-11-12 12:00:00','I’m a college student who’s experienced several variations of book qualities over time. This one in content, style, readability, etc. is among the best. Perfect for those getting their feet wet in Physics with little or no previous idea. Useable as a reference, or reading for fun if your curious how things work like me. Good enough I bought the book; I have another rented one for class. I really am enjoying it, and I’m neither engineer nor physicist. Just a very inquisitive person.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6877,2544,'Robbie Malone','','','','2022-09-04 12:00:00','2022-09-04 12:00:00','for my college class.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6879,2544,'Amanda','','','','2016-10-08 12:00:00','2016-10-08 12:00:00','This is the Global Edition. I know it says so in the title, but for some reason - it was not obvious to me when I ordered it. My professor let me use it, because it is really REALLY similar to the 12th edition. If he says turn to page 100, add 26 pages - at page 126 will be there right area where he is at on page 100. Hope that makes sense. This is a good book. I am not remotely intelligent when it comes to physics, but this book does a good job of explaining it in everyday language.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6880,2544,'A. Davis','','','','2015-08-11 12:00:00','2015-08-11 12:00:00','If you want to learn about physics, this is the book for you. It\'s all here, in plain English. Starts off pretty simple, and you might think you already know it. Trust me, review the material in the terms in which it\'s presented. Later on, when you get to more complex subjects like magnetism, you\'ll be glad you took the time to study simple acceleration.<br>The cartoonish illustrations are quite helpful and the photo examples featuring friends, family, students, and luminaries of the field are quite endearing. So not only does this book cover a lot of ground, it has a personal touch that makes the material quite approachable.<br>Have fun.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6881,2544,'Kyi','','','','2016-08-18 12:00:00','2016-08-18 12:00:00','This book was required for my physics class. Well, actually the hardback version is what they told us to get, but I got the paperback version instead. It is over a hundred dollars cheaper and as far as I can tell, there is no difference between the two versions of this book. I honestly cannot justify paying over a hundred dollars more just so the front and back cover is shinier and has extra cardboard. If you only need to take this class for 1 semester, buying the paperback version will save you a good bit of money.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6882,2544,'Winnie','','','','2021-10-15 12:00:00','2021-10-15 12:00:00','The book arrived as scheduled. It came in nice wrapped in two layers. Ditto! Will order from them again :- )',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6883,2544,'David Lowe','','','','2022-05-17 12:00:00','2022-05-17 12:00:00','every physics class should use this book',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6884,2544,'Antonio Carbajal','','','','2021-05-02 12:00:00','2021-05-02 12:00:00','Used book in very good condition, as described. I am enjoying the contents because the author focuses on the concepts more than on the math of physics',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6885,2544,'MJ','','','','2020-08-31 12:00:00','2020-08-31 12:00:00','Thank you thank you!! Arrived Sunday so I could start reading my chapters for homework this week!! You\'re a HUGE lifesaver.  I\'ve notice other orders for this book wouldnt arrive to my home till later in September.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6886,2544,'Stephen Penaskovic','','','','2016-03-04 12:00:00','2016-03-04 12:00:00','This is an excellent practical text on basic physics with high emphasis on concepts but low emphasis on mathematics.  More difficult subjects like magnetism, thermodynamics and light are explained with clarity and a large number of practical tidbits of information can be found in the side columns that are also fun to read.  It would be a good textbook for high school students or entry level college.  It is a bit expensive but I think the price is still worth it.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6887,2544,'Josiah and Jessica','','','','2018-08-14 12:00:00','2018-08-14 12:00:00','one of the biggest worries about ordering text books is knowing if they will arrive on time, so I always order early. you never know if something will go wrong and you\'ll end up not having your text the first week of class.  This arrived in 2 days, and was exactly as described. worried for nothing!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(6888,2544,'E. Lozano','','','','2021-06-15 12:00:00','2021-06-15 12:00:00','Great quality, so glad I could get this book at a great price!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4521,2323,'a reader','','','','2012-01-13 12:00:00','2012-01-13 12:00:00','First an advice: please read the Editorial reviews, for no review from a single reader is likely to do better than the former taken collectively. Having said that, I feel that I might have more freedom to confine myself to a totally personal and partial viewpoint in what follows. Moreover, my account here is mainly intended towards those contemplating a career in Mathematics, although it might be also of some use to others.<br><br>K.J.Devlin once said in a review that when T.Jech\'s \"Set Theory\" first came out in 1978, the graduate logic students went without food in order to buy it. I didn\'t know whether Devlin\'s statement was justified, but I did follow his advice to buy it in my graduate years - fortunately still with something to eat after the spending. In the case of the Princeton Companion, I would have no hesitation to buy it even if it meant that I had to starve. And I recommend a budding mathematician to do the same, if necessary.<br><br>Why is the Companion so highly recommended? It is mainly because of the increasingly extreme specialization taking place within today\'s Mathematics (and other sciences, perhaps to a lesser extent).  People often complain that they don\'t know what the mathematicians are doing. Yet it will be more embarrassing if the mathematicians themselves also admit that they don\'t know much about Mathematics either. For it seems fair to say that today an average PhD candidate in Math will be familiar with less than 1% of the topics under investigation by their colleagues. To make the word \"familiar\" more definite in this context, I will adopt the following rough, working definition:<br>Suppose you are able to get access to any graduate course or seminar in any university in the world. Now randomly go to any such course/seminar. If you become able to follow and participate in their discussions after one month\'s study and struggle, then I will count you as \"familiar\" with that course/seminar topic. And my claim is that the probability for an average PhD candidate to get lost in the math topics currently under study will be more than 99%.<br><br>Here I will give no discussion on how my claim is to be justified or whether - if it is true - any mathematician should worry about it at all - if all that is desired is to stay in one\'s chosen niches of specialization and continue producing specialized articles and books to survive the fierce academic competition. To some extent the over-specialization is indeed inevitable, due to the vast explosion of human knowledge during the last 100 years. But if you are unhappy with your own unfamiliarity with Math and want to do something about it, then as far as I know this Companion will be your best aid.<br><br>As I have said, I heartily agree with most of the Editorial reviews and they will already give you a fair assessment of the content of the Companion. There is no point to repeat their remarks.  As for my own perceptions, I am most surprised to discover that the Companion provides so many surprises. First of all, I am surprised by its readability and accessibility. I bet that even an undergraduate student can have a fair share of the gems contained therein. So far I have joyfully read about one-tenth of this tome, in spite of my previous ignorance of 99% of its content. I am eager to learn more from it when I have more time.<br><br>But this accessibility is not done by making its content shallow or superficial or confining itself to pre-20-century mathematics.  E.g. I\'m surprised to be enlightened by many insights even from those topics where my knowledge is better, therefore not expecting much from such supposedly \"introductory\" accounts beforehand. How the editors and authors have managed to achieve this combination of readability and depth at the same time still seems somewhat mysterious to me. But there is no doubt that they have thrown in huge efforts for that purpose.<br><br>Another surprise is to see the willingness of many first-rate mathematicians to speak their mind.  Mathematicians are always passionate about their researches, but this passion is seldom manifest in their articles or books. When they start reporting their discoveries to others, they often behave<br>ice-cold and give little clues about how the hell they had discovered or arrived at their results in the first place. This is partly because the actual process of discovery is usually very long, devious and full of false starts. It will be both less dignifying for the revered mathematicians to exhibit their human weaknesses to the readers and usually there will not be enough space in the articles anyway. Moreover, mathematical arguments must be highly logical in structure, which forces their presentation to be more analytical rather than synthetical, although the discovery process will usually be more synthetical in nature. So it is quite easy for a reader to know all the leaves while still not seeing the tree itself when reading a piece of math, let alone participating in the actual creative process spanning across diverse mental states of the authors during their investigation. It is therefore unusual that the Companion offers so many insights on the more psychological and human side of mathematical research. Some such examples are in the sections \"Advice to a Young Mathematician\", \"The Art of Problem Solving\" and also sprinkled elsewhere throughout the book. I especially wish that in my student years I could have read something like the 10-page \"Advice to a Young Mathematician\" by five fine mathematicians. But actually, even if I had done so, I might be too narrow-minded or cocky or ignorant to appreciate their counsel at that stage. Alas, one has to learn from one\'s own mistakes. Nevertheless, if a budding mathematician buys the Companion, reads those 10 pages and carefully reflects on them, then in my opinion it is already worth the money spent - even if nothing else in the book is made use of.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4522,2323,'Justin Archer','','','','2020-12-25 12:00:00','2020-12-25 12:00:00','The Princeton Companion manages to be so much more than your typical popular mathematics book. While obviously a thousand pages could never hope to include everything that has been written on this vast subject, where this text shines is its uncanny ability, relative to its page limit, to paint a compelling picture of the modern mathematics landscape (emphasis on modern; if you don\'t know what I\'m talking about read the preface) that is both thorough and also motivating. More precisely, this book gives an overview of essentially all of the most important areas of active research mathematics, while striking a balance between being too glib versus overly dry and verbose. If you\'re looking for the former see pop math books galore. The latter being something like a graduate mathematics textbook or monograph assuming all sorts of advanced prerequisites that might take semesters or even years to understand. Clearly it would be impracticable to attempt to include that level of detail here.<br><br>This is not so with The Companion. To give a concrete example, consider this definition of a scheme given by the book in its chapter on Algebraic Geometry: \"Roughly speaking, a scheme is an algebraic set where we also keep track of the multiplicities and of the directions they occur in\". On the one hand this lacks the formalism that would be necessary for an Algebraic Geometer. But it is also about as good as one could expect in a book this size, and indeed the concepts leading up to this, algebraic sets and multiplicities, are adequately explained without handwaving.<br><br>And this is the real virtue of the book: it provides an intuitive understanding of concepts, similar to an introductory textbook on a particular mathematics topic like say linear algebra that might forgo the abstract definition of a vector space over a field for the sake of efficiently providing very concrete examples over R or C. This can be done without talking about bases or dimension or everything that you would learn in a graduate level course. The book does something similar in its chapter on Algebraic Numbers, focusing on quadratic number fields specifically for most of the chapter until the very end when it becomes more appropriate to generalize the concept afterwards.<br><br>Overall a profound and inspiring mathematics book. I haven\'t seen anything else quite like this book before and I\'ve been a passionate reader of mathematics for over a decade. If you have any interest in math do yourself a favor and purchase a copy of this book for yourself. And then you can purchase the books in the \"Further Reading\" sections once you\'re ready to learn even more about these topics. This book is a gateway drug to math you\'ve been warned.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4523,2323,'Ruth Pryor','','','','2023-05-29 12:00:00','2023-05-29 12:00:00','This is a very good reference book to have for mathematics. The book is board and covers all<br>field of math.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4524,2323,'Timothy Chow','','','','2008-11-08 12:00:00','2008-11-08 12:00:00','The Princeton Companion to Mathematics is such an extraordinary book that I am still amazed that the chief editor, Timothy Gowers, managed to pull it off.  The renowned mathematician Doron Zeilberger announced that if he could take only one book with him to a desert island, it would be the Princeton Companion to Mathematics.<br><br>Why such high praise?  Simply put, the PCM gives a single-volume overview of all of pure mathematics, with a clarity and coherence that cannot be found anywhere else.  To be sure, there do exist several good books on the history of mathematics that give a good overview of elementary mathematics and introduce the reader to some of the great mathematicians of the past.  There also exist excellent \"popular science\" books by writers such as Martin Gardner and Ian Stewart, that explain selected topics in advanced mathematics to the lay reader in an engaging and clear manner.  And there are also encyclopedias (including Wikipedia) that delineate the main branches of mathematics and give succinct definitions of all the main concepts.  But only the PCM does all of these things at once, in only a thousand pages.<br><br>The PCM is all things to all people.  If your mathematical background is limited, you can still learn a great deal from the more elementary sections of the book, as well as from the biographical sketches of nearly a hundred famous mathematicians of the past.  At the other end of the scale, even professional mathematicians will learn something from the articles on branches of mathematics other than their own specialty.  Gowers made a systematic effort to find contributors who are not only world experts in their subject, but who write extremely well.  He also forced the contributors to write in as accessible and elementary a manner as possible.  The result is that even highly abstruse areas of mathematics are explained here with a clarity that is difficult to find anywhere else in the mathematical literature.  The PCM is thus especially valuable to mathematics majors and graduate students.<br><br>Despite the ambitious scope of the book, it retains a strong sense of unity and coherence, by consistently emphasizing the forest rather than the trees.  It also gives the reader a holistic view of mathematics by devoting different sections of the book to different perspectives on the subject.  For example, one section organizes mathematics by sub-discipline, while another section highlights the main results and open problems of mathematics, while yet another section picks out the most important concepts.  By putting all these aspects together in one volume, the PCM gives the reader a bird\'s-eye view of the whole subject that is not available from Wikipedia or from a shelf full of popular books on disparate topics.<br><br>The PCM is so well-written that it can be read either cover-to-cover, or browsed at random, or consulted as a reference when needed.<br><br>One word of warning: As Gowers himself notes, the book would be more accurately titled, \"The Princeton Companion to Pure Mathematics.\"  While applications of mathematics to other fields are touched on briefly, Gowers consciously limited the book primarily to pure mathematics, in order to keep the scope of the book manageable.<br><br>Should you still have doubts about the book, you can browse parts of the book for free: Selections from the book may be found at the book\'s official website, and many of the contributing mathematicians have posted their own sections on their own websites (you can find these easily using Google).  And for more reviews of the book, see Gowers\'s blog.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4525,2323,'J. Bohannon','','','','2010-11-08 12:00:00','2010-11-08 12:00:00','When I run across a mathematical term or topic that I don\'t understand, my first stop typically is  Wikipedia, sometimes Wolfram Mathworld.  But the articles there don\'t always contain the best writing for my interest.  For example,  I may be left wondering what a \"sheaf\" is really all about.  What was the motivation to create it?  What is the true essence of it?  I can follow the hyperlinks in Wikipedia and learn that the \"elephant has a trunk\" from one article and that it has a tail from another article and yet another article may talk about the legs.  But I may still not really get it:  What is the \"elephant\" (or sheaf or Teichmüller space or...) really all about?  Wikipedia can sometimes be too fragmented and, ironically, too technical.  It tries to be accurate and detailed and founded on authoritative references but it isn\'t always the best source to get the intuition about something, at least for mathematical topics.<br><br>Some might say you should make the investment and get a book on the topic you want to know more deeply.  Yes, I could buy a book about algebraic geometry.  Indeed, I did.  But, typically, a book requires a pretty big investment of time and focus to work through.  And, without the intuition up front, it isn\'t clear that the payoff at the end will be worth it.<br><br>The Princeton Companion fills the gap.  The focus is on providing a \"feel\" for topics ranging from elementary to very advanced:  motivations, simple examples, intuitive exposition.  There is not an emphasis on proofs or completeness.  One aspect I really like is that for any particular topic at random, it typically contains the full range of the topic (from simple to advanced), so that no matter what your current understanding is, you can find a place within the narrative to connect with the material and then go from there.  The authors seem to have taken the view of extreme editing, leaving out as much as they can, so that what they leave in is a kind of distillation of the essence of each topic.  What is left is fairly well integrated.  As a result, reading it is like being on a grand tour of mathematics:  You get to sample the best restaurants, see the most beautiful art, wander the nicest shops, without having to commit to living there full-time.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4526,2323,'Russell A. Reece','','','','2023-02-01 12:00:00','2023-02-01 12:00:00','This covers A LOT of mathematics. I am reading through it, learning some things I did not learn during my six years studying math (leading to MA).<br>However, in part one, the editors refer to each tidbit about math as \"very important.\"<br>When everything is \"very important,\" nothing is.<br>Once you get past part one, it is well-written and informative.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4527,2323,'Camber','','','','2009-01-23 12:00:00','2009-01-23 12:00:00','The other reviewers who gave this book 5 stars are on the mark, and I\'m frankly amazed that anyone would give it less than 5 stars.<br><br>Sure, the book may not be \"perfect\" according to the varying criteria and preferences of everyone on earth, but I think it comes about as close as humanly possible.  The breadth and overall quality of this book are simply astounding.  I can\'t remember the last time I was this excited about a book, and I totally understand another reviewer\'s fantasy about being stranded on an island with the book.<br><br>As far as the level of the book, there\'s something here for everyone genuinely interested in mathematics.  Even many high school students and general readers will find much they can understand, though I do think it would be preferable to have at least taken calculus, and maybe also some linear algebra.<br><br>General readers will find themselves drawn deeper and deeper into the book as it provides wonderful paths to discover the beauty and power of mathematics, and the experience will be far more satisfying than reading popular mathematics books which nervously avoid mathematical notation and formulas (\n  \nMathematics: A Very Short Introduction\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    &nbsp;and&nbsp;\n  \n50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    &nbsp;are excellent warmups for this book).  And advanced readers will also find plenty of articles pitched at a fairly high level, and will thereby be able to extend their knowledge into areas which are less familiar, thus allowing adventure beyond the confines of their specializations.<br><br>Regarding the ~$70 price, this book is an utter bargain.  Keep in mind that this is a hardback of about 1,000 pages, and its vast content compares with 10+ typical math books, so you\'re saving a bundle, plus you get the convenience of having all of this scope within the covers of a single carefully-integrated book.<br><br>Needless to say, this book comes with my highest possible recommendation.<br><br>Given what has been achieved with this book, now I just hope that Princeton Companions of this quality will be developed for other subject areas such as applied math, physics, chemistry, biology, philosophy, etc.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4528,2323,'3rd Day Believer','','','','2015-04-19 12:00:00','2015-04-19 12:00:00','A very well-bound book that interlaces so many different fields of math, with excellent introductions. A 1,000 page hardcover bargain! Timothy Gower is a great editor, and so much of what\'s here is rendered intelligible by what appear to be some very sensible approaches to keeping everything formal but not so far-out that only the expert can make sense of it all. Well, NOBODY can make sense of all this, but what\'s amazing is how much a mathematically literate person can learn by tracing the connections among topics within this remarkable book. For my money, this isn\'t just the best math book around, it\'s perhaps \"the best encyclopedia of anything.\" Really, if you like math, have sound intuition for it, and want to sample its wonders, fork over for this big treat. You can also use it to beat up burglars! I keep it near my large collection of Kershaw edge weapons for just that purpose. I\'ve owned this book for five years, and never tire of it. If there\'s a college-bound girl or boy you know who loves math, give this to them. This is SO not the trash that\'s drilled into them for the standardized tests. Gower is also the author of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction, very worthwhile. Plus he is a certified Math Smarty-Pants, having won the Fields Medal, established by Sally Fields to honor mathematicians who really really like her. That is mean however, because we must set the record straight—she never did say that line while accepting her 2nd Oscar. We love you Sally! Group-Theory Hug!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4529,2323,'Nim Sudo','','','','2008-10-05 12:00:00','2008-10-05 12:00:00','Take Gowers\'s delightful little book, \"Mathematics: a very short introduction\", make it about twenty times as long, bring in a host of excellent contributors to write specialized articles, put the whole thing together very nicely, and you have the present book.<br><br>This book is not an encyclopedia, but it does offer a sweeping panorama of mathematics, written at an accessible level.  It includes introductory articles on what mathematics is and basic concepts, more advanced (but still accessible) articles introducing  various key concepts and areas of mathematics, articles on history of mathematics and biographies of mathematicians, descriptions of key theorems and problems, essays on the applications of mathematics, and more.  There is something in here for everyone with an interest in mathematics.<br><br>As a professional mathematician, I am familiar with most of the introductory material, but I still like seeing it so nicely expressed and might use it as a teaching resource.  Among the more advanced articles, there is lots of material which I feel like I \"should\" know, but actually don\'t.<br><br>The editors did an amazing job of finding really top-level people to write the specialized articles, who are both renowned experts in their areas and excellent expositors.  The quality of the writing is infinitely superior to most articles in wikipedia or other online math encylopedias.<br><br>As I said, this not a comprehensive reference.  The articles are introductory and designed for \"bedtime reading\".  (Although if you read this book in bed you will probably have to sit up and put it on your lap because it is as big as a phone book.)<br><br>Anyway, I was very pleasantly surprised when I received this book.  I expect to spend lots of time in the next few months browsing through it to brush up on my basic mathematical literacy.  I think it will be even more useful for undergraduate mathematics students who want a good overview of what mathematics is about.<br><br>UPDATE: There is a useful page of errata, and discussion thereof, on Gowers\'s weblog.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4530,2323,'Duncan Badenius','','','','2011-06-08 12:00:00','2011-06-08 12:00:00','First, it seems we cannot get rid of that dated and ambiguous subset sign, the one with the redundant underlining due to Felix Hausdorff. Mathematicians are split on this matter, partly out of respect for Hausdorff no doubt, who wrote the first definitive treatise on Set Theory. The author/editors had the opportunity of using the modern non-underlined sign instead which is inclusive of sets that are not so-called \"proper\" subsets. (Hausdorff\'s use of the simpler sign restricted its use to proper subsets alone.) Important users of the newer non-underlined subset symbol include Bourbaki, Burkhill, Dieudonne, Godement, Halmos, Jacobson, Kelley, Lang, etc, and my late mentor Howard Levi. Secondly, Bertrand Russell\'s tutor at Cambridge University, later collaborator in creating their monumental \"Principia Mathematica,\" Alfred North Whitehead, is missing from PCM\'s Part IV: Mathematicians (biographies) who himself did both \"pure\" and \"applied\" mathematics, including an alternative relativity theory. The companion to his popular \"Science and the Modern World\" was his less popular yet uniquely admirable \"An Introduction to Mathematics\" from which I first learned what the terms \"continuity\" and \"limit\" really meant, as rigorously defined in that book. Mortimer J. Adler (of \"How to Read a Book\" renown) succinctly described it as a \"little gem\" which indeed it is. Whitehead\'s later eminence in philosophy only enhances his purely mathematical accomplishments. Finally, aside from these two strongly recommended Whitehead books (for beginners) prior to reading the PCM, I would also recommend the following books to be read conjointly with it, from beginning levels to the mathematically serious more advanced levels: Howard Levi, \"Elements of Algebra,\" Fourth Edition, AMS/Chelsea; Bertrand Russell, \"Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy,\" Routledge 1993; and Saunders Mac Lane, \"Mathematics Form and Function,\" Springer-Verlag 1986, which nicely complements the PCM itself for mathematically mature readers. 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However, mathematics is an enormous field, and one can only choose to study, in one\'s lifetime, just a few areas in depth.  Therefore, a relatively serious, broad-based book like this, given a non-ideal world in which we individually simply cannot comprehend the field as a whole in the very finite, and short time we have available in our lives for such \"cultural\" reading, is a good book to acquire some of the flavor and perspective of mathematics on the large scale.  Even so, I find reading the articles, which for the most part are well-written, organized and edited, is a struggle and demanding (partly in that I cannot give each article the attention it deserves).  I find I am probably going to return to read some articles again, and possibly even third and fourth times, and do some of the calculations and proofs suggested in the articles.  The intellectual level varies somewhat, but my impression is that the authors tried to write to the educated audience of those with basic mathematical knowledge and skills in undergraduate-level mathematics.  (Some of the writing is extremely difficult for me to understand, requiring both concentrated attention and advanced knowledge.)  My impression is that this would be a fairly good book for graduate students, having passed Ph.D. quals, to get an idea of what might be interesting thesis areas, in addition to areas that appeal to the student from the basic studies in the first couple of years at graduate school.  Many students can be somewhat isolated (despite attending colloquia and seminars) and naive, and a book like this can awaken them to a fuller appreciation of mathematics.  I certainly would have appreciated such a book when I was a graduate student, but I cannot claim to have been well-prepared for graduate school in math:  It was a real struggle for me, often almost overwhelming.  It is important to bear in mind, too, that there are true conceptual and intellectual positions in mathematics to assess beyond the \"definition-theorem-proof\" diet that is fed the student of mathematics.  These conceptual issues are not necessarily trivial to grow in mathematical \"maturity\".  Therefore, a book like this can probably be worthwhile for any mathematician.  There may be some tendency to view the short articles as a mere dilettante\'s perspective on math.  As a companion, the articles are intended to enhance, and encourage additional exploration of the fields it addresses.<br><br>I have read the entire companion, commenting on some of it below, and have found that it has helped me to understand a little better some of the important aspects of modern mathematics.  It gives a huge perspective on twentieth century math, mostly focused on pure math, but with some articles that reach broadly into applied math, and is a very ambitious work.  One cannot expect a great improvement in knowledge from such reading, but I would say that each time I spend an hour or two with the book, I derive at least as much as I would from a colloquium.  I find that I am able to derive something of interest from even the most opaque articles after 30 or 45 minutes, and reading an article twice can often lead to substantial clarification (particularly if one consults some outside resources).  Sometimes the topics are well-known to me and I derive little, but a fair amount of the reading so far has been enlightening.  I have recommended the Princeton companion to others, because it has been quite exciting and exhilarating to experience some of these lucid presentations.  The Companion has been carefully edited and focused, which is often substantially important.  The Princeton Companion, overall, seems to be mainly directed toward well-prepared readers and to appeal to the young mathematician, but I think there is something of the young mathematician in all mathematicians.  There are many theorems and basic elements of vocabulary, which while not difficult, would amount to a very unusually well-prepared high school student.  I do not mean to suggest that high school students, or first or second year college students cannot benefit from the perspective one obtains through reading this book.<br><br>In reading the section on mathematical concepts, I find that it has been particularly helpful, with each concept, to give at least one concrete example.  In a way, this loses some of the sense of power entailed in the more abstract concepts, such as \"K-Theory\", but it can be a great aid to the understanding when being introduced, or perhaps re-introduced, to a concept.  For some of the more esoteric concepts, such as \"Knot Polynomials\", it is very helpful to discuss their importance, and context of their use.  Sometimes this more or less degenerates to \"name-dropping\", which I think in very short discussions is somewhat unavoidable.  I personally, also appreciated it when something of the historical context was presented, to give a larger perspective on the significance of a concept.  There are so many \"mathematical concepts\", it is not easy to give a short list, but I feel that the list provided in the companion is pretty representative, as evidenced by the numerous cross-references, that show that these concepts have lots of connections to many areas of mathematics.  The centrality of a few concepts, such as \"group\" or \"invariant\", which appear again and again in the discussion of each concept suggest that it would have been helpful to have added a bit to the list, but, of course, with \"big\" concepts like \"matrix\" or \"group\" or \"invariant\", it is difficult to confine one\'s remarks meaningfully to a few paragraphs or at most to a few pages.  Also, there is a sense that, to be representative, one must include a spectrum of concepts, with most of the concepts such that they display some of the richness of mathematics in a short discussion.  On a personal note, I was very pleased to see the Ising model included, as it is certainly one of my favorite among all the concepts, and I have somewhat specialized in this very simple, yet deceptive, concept that appears superficial, and yet turns out to be broad and deep.  It was a bit of a shock for me to see it included.  My other real favorite (I admit, I\'m pretty specialized) is the Pade approximant, which I feel has been somewhat under-appreciated.  This latter concept was not included in the list of math concepts discussed.  Overall, I think the editors have handled a huge task of developing the section on mathematical concepts in a pretty optimal way, given the space limitations of the book.  There were very few discussions that I have read so far on concepts that have been excessively opaque.  I might mention that, although I derived some insight from the article on quantum groups, I found that article to be almost impenetrable, but the article itself, did not seem to be poorly written.  Some of the articles, such as that on special functions, focus on concrete examples, and do not require so much technical knowledge or vocabulary as the article on quantum groups.  I found the article on special functions to be pretty insightful, and not require much more than basic vocabulary and knowledge one would expect from an undergraduate major in mathematics.<br><br>In the section on Branches of Mathematics, the article by Prof. Mazur on algebraic numbers is the first one encounters.  It really boosted my insight into algebraic numbers, and was, indeed, a good companion.  There are numerous facets to algebraic numbers, and many rather basic aspects of them which one covers in undergraduate and graduate courses on algebra, and I was pleased that he did not just regurgitate standard textbook material, but of course, this makes his article somewhat difficult.  I liked the level that he tried to achieve, which I feel was that of concrete computation, accessible to the motivated high school student.  It is not so much concreteness that helps, but the careful examination of simple examples that are illustrative but may be somewhat abstract.  For example, he does discuss rings, which are fairly abstract, but in the context of unique factorization, which is simple and focused.  It was rather difficult for me to follow a few areas of the article, motivated as they were by getting the reader to make computations.  I have to say, Prof. Mazur\'s article was very inspiring, and led me to consult more material on the internet from YouTube in this area.  My time is very limited, due to a very tight work schedule, and as an amateur mathematician, I carry out my own researches \"after hours\".  But I did feel that I would like to spend more time on this subject after reading his article.  As a result of this article, I definitely plan to work more at this field, because one certainly gains a sense of its appeal and importance from the article.  If I had written the article, I would have stayed focused on certain limited specific examples.  I felt that his article lost some focus by trying to touch on too many different ideas, but, of course, this is a minor criticism, since he is addressing a huge field in just a few pages.<br><br>The next article, by Prof. Granville, concerns analytic number theory.  The article was written at a level of about a bright high school student, but I still had a fair amount of difficulty understanding it in its totality.  Actually, it would probably take me two or three readings to really catch on, and I would probably have to consult outside sources.  Nevertheless, it was a fascinating story about how people have tried, at least over the past 150 years or so, to understand prime numbers.  When one considers that these numbers are probably distributed quite randomly, as suggested by the prime number theorem, a fair amount of interesting work has been done.  The Riemann hypothesis is a highlight, of course, which the article discusses in a very illuminating way.  There is evidently also some connection to physics, which was suggested originally by Freeman Dyson.  Actually, I have been impressed in reading the Companion, how much of the mathematics discussed, which is presumably \"pure\", seems to be connected to physics, other sciences and engineering.  (However, I believe many mathematicians have emphasized that a substantial fraction of mathematics derives from \"inspiration\" out of the applied areas.)  If I were a high school student, I would really be inspired to study number theory in depth from this article.  I do not know, despite the incredible fascination of the subject, if I will ever return to read the article again.  Unfortunately, one finds with us old codgers, that we have highly prioritized \"to-do\" lists, and there are already too many things to do at the top of the list, plus, I cannot afford to put analytic number theory toward the top.  There are just too many other more important demands on my time that must be addressed first.  Still, even though I am old, I could sense the power and attraction of this field.<br><br>The article on computational number theory proved to be quite a strain, at least for a first reading.  Although perhaps not as deep as the other two number theory articles, computational number theory relies on many detailed computational tricks and heuristics.  Overall, it leaves an impression of great achievement in the face of daunting uncertainties, but the field is one that seems to require of one calculations, and not just casual reading of a single article.  As with the other articles, I definitely felt that my understanding would improve from multiple readings and consulting outside sources, in addition to working at some of the computations.  This field is certainly not well-suited for mere spectators.<br><br>The next two articles, on algebraic geometry and concerning the relationship between polynomials and geometry, describe a field, that while concerning rather simple objects, viz. polynomials, is remarkable in its technical subtlety.  It is this field that led to what is arguably the most important breakthrough of the twentieth century in mathematics, the proof to Fermat\'s last theorem.  Therefore, despite its technical depth and abstraction, because it concerns some of the most important mathematics of our time, it is certainly worth continued study.  I was helped (a little) in my understanding, especially through discussions of varieties and schemes in the second article, which seemed to be more didactic than the first.  One cannot help but feel, too, that this important area of mathematics, is worth continued effort to study.  Unfortunately for the initiate, this is a deeply difficult subject.  That usually does not discourage the motivated youngster.<br><br>The article on algebraic topology was intriguing.  While a graduate student, I just studied algebraic topology somewhat superficially, but I have an appreciation for its depths.  The article started with discussions of material with which I have some familiarity, but toward the end, I was having a great deal of difficulty fitting everything together:  There was simply too many new concepts for me.  Some concepts, like fiber bundles, are not too difficult to grasp, and I had encountered them before.  I am thinking that, since algebraic topology is rather basic, I may get a text and pursue improving my knowledge in this area somewhat.<br><br>Prof. Taubes wrote the article on differential topology, which starts with a basic introduction to smooth manifolds, and to the characterization of manifolds.  The article has a good discussion of the geometrization conjecture, proved by Perelman, and the associated Poincare conjecture.  I thought the discussions of dimension 4 or greater manifolds were pretty interesting and illuminating.  I found myself getting a bit lost, especially in the latter part of the article, discussing Perelman\'s ideas more carefully.  Overall, it was an article that helped pique my interest, and I would like to study these matters in more depth, as Perelman\'s result was certainly among the most important of recent years.  I\'m glad many of the authors include references and further reading suggestions, as one would like, ideally (that is, given the time and motivation), to study many of these topics in more depth.<br><br>The article on moduli spaces by Prof. Ben-Zvi is very well written and informative.  He first discusses lines in the plane, considering how they vary continuously as families.  From there he heads into Riemann surfaces, the moduli of curves and Teichmuller spaces.  This provides some concrete basis for analogies with moduli spaces.  The article develops material that I found too difficult and abstract in addressing moduli spaces of genus of curves, with general genus.  However, thanks to the careful structuring of the article and the development of analogies, I do feel I gained a little from having read the article.  This article evidently is related to some areas in physics such as quantum field theory and string theory.  I think it represents, as all the articles have to this point, a concentration and focus that goes far beyond what I have been able to do in math, but it really seems to invite one to learn more and progress in this area.  It makes me wish I were young, and that I had more time to work and study at this.  This article really made me feel humble before the profoundness of mathematical science.  It was an excellent article, despite my lack of comprehension of the more difficult parts.<br><br>I read the article by Ian Grojnowski on representation theory twice.  I felt that I definitely understood the article better the second time.  He has done a very nice job at presenting some of the basic perspective on this theory, starting with simple considerations of finite groups, character tables and Fourier series, and attempting to describe how one can gradually generalize these notions to situations that are much more complex.  He ends with a brief description of the Langlands program.  I feel that a couple more readings would improve my understanding, but, of course, with such technical, and to a certain extent deep issues, one must go beyond a simple introductory article like this.  He does give some suggested references.<br><br>My impression of the fairly long article on group theory (finitely \"presented\" groups) by Martin Bridson is that it is well-worth reading a few times, as his discussion of free groups seems to really indicate that this is not only interesting mathematics, but highly versatile and tied into useful \"universal\" structures.  The title \"Geometric and Combinatorial Group Theory\", in itself, seems to suggest the field is very broad, as well as deep.  I got overwhelmed at the end of the article by just too much, but even there I found little aspects, as in his discussion of tree graphs, that seemed somewhat intelligible and well worth coming back to study again.  For now, however, I continued on (without even a second reading, which I think would improve my understanding), because I had so much of this book to read yet.  I intend to get the book co-authored by Prof. Bridson that he lists for further reading, and another book, as well on this subject.<br><br>The article by Terence Tao \"Harmonic Analysis\" was a beautiful piece of didactic explanatory work.  One feels, after having read this, that one has been very privileged, as Prof. Tao comes across as a superb teacher, someone the likes of which one rarely encounters.  In the references that he gives for further reading, he does not list any of his own work, but I suspect it would be very worthwhile to read.  He cuts through a lot of the \"fog\" that often makes studying mathematics doubly hard:  Not only can math be very difficult, but all of the specialist jargon can amplify the difficulties, and even notations can be complicated and impede understanding.  All of the articles I have read so far in the section \"Branches of Mathematics\" have been very interesting and certainly warrant further exploration, but his is a little gem.<br><br>Since my PhD is in physics, in the area of statistical mechanics, I have a fair familiarity with PDEs and found Prof. Klainerman\'s article on partial differential equations to be quite understandable, and interesting.  My background provides me with a perspective on much that he discussed.  He referred to a longer version of the article on the internet, which I certainly think would be wise to consult, but I am not going to take time to read the extended article.  His discussion centers around a \"general theory\" for PDEs, even though, as he clearly demarcates, such a theory is not possible, at least not at this time.  Taking this larger view, however, is very nice because it brings together physical and mathematical ideas in something of a synthesis.  He focuses on a discussion of elliptic, hyperbolic, parabolic and dispersive categories, and I was especially drawn to the idea of \"bootstrapping\", which he just discussed very briefly, but sounds intriguing.<br><br>I found the discussion by Prof. Dafermos in the article \"General Relativity and the Einstein Equations\" to be very interesting, because it indicates how closely coupled considerations of pure mathematics can be to the science of physics.  General relativity is conceptually very difficult for me, partly because the methodical aspect of the mathematics, which can get very profound, is sometimes also very confusing to me, and in general relativity seems to be closely tied to the pragmatic aspects of the science.  One often feels, in physics, that sheer method (to which so many pure mathematicians are dedicated) can lead one astray, as one must also pay attention to the world, as it is.  One recognizes that this is a limitation for many mathematicians, but in general relativity it seems to be an advantage, as the large steps in progress there seem to have been made by pure mathematicians.  I found the article, like others in this book, to be illuminating and certainly deserving a second reading.  Nevertheless, I came away still fairly mystified about general relativity, in a way that I am not about quantum mechanics, despite the strangeness of the latter subject.  (Certainly, von Neumann\'s brilliant insights there have better opened the door of mathematics.)  Partly, one simply realizes that my confusions result from the fact that I have never focused, in my studies, on general relativity, and a short article like this is far too short to adequately discuss general relativity.  General relativity is physics, and I feel more uncertain about my understanding of this subject than about the material I read on PDEs in this book.<br><br>The article \"Dynamics\" by Prof. Banner discussed the concept of Julia set in the context of some simple examples, and then more deeply discussed the Mandelbrot set and Bottcher maps.  She largely restricted her discussion to rational functions, in the context of being holomorphic.  Much of what she discussed was new to me, but I have studied chaotic dynamics a little, so I had some background to draw on.  Her writing is very clear and didactic, and yet, as with the other areas addressed in the book, there is much that demands extended study, and I found I was lost at several points in the article, despite the clarity of her exposition.  The juxtaposition of this article with the previous one on general relativity brings the Bottcher maps, as something fairly closely related to the maps of manifolds associated with general relativity, into a context that I had never thought about before.  It left one with the impression that Prof. Banner\'s article is one of the more important articles in the book.<br><br>I found I had to read the article \"Operator Algebra\", by Profs. Higson and Roe twice to derive enough meaning from it.  I felt that the article was pretty helpful in its discussions of group representations and C*-algebras (despite the fact that the authors do not define some things very clearly, including C*-algebra).  I noticed a definite improvement in my level of understanding when they got around to discussing K-theory a bit.  Despite the fairly substantial connections to physics, I thought the article was heavy going, but I also learned a fair amount from reading, with a number of interesting topics discussed, including Fredholm theory.  This develops a very nice perspective without overwhelming the reader, but I had to work!  It\'s nice to see that I connected a few things together that I have previously read about in the book.<br><br>The article \"Mirror Symmetry\" by Prof. Zaslow reports on the intriguing \"duality\" that has been used by the string theorists to simplify some of their problems. One is bound to make comparisons with general relativity and quantum field theory that preceding articles discuss.  Because string theory was developed much later in the twentieth century than either of these two latter theories, and was, indeed, intended as a unifying perspective on both theories, it places larger intellectual demands on us, as a theory that remains under development.  Nevertheless, the notion of mirror symmetry is very impressive in indicating that the symmetric \"image\" of a theory does not provide us with exactly the same point of view as the original theory.  Quantum field theory is a huge theory in physics, and one cannot expect Prof. Zaslow to provide an adequate treatment in just a short introduction.  However, he definitely whets one\'s appetite to look further by giving us some insight (and insight that is not that available to people working outside his specialty).  Furthermore, one realizes that while the physics seems to pose insurmountable problems at this time, the mathematics of conformal field theory connects with many other areas of mathematics, and seems to provide an avenue for fruitful research.<br><br>A related article to the preceding is \"Vertex Operator Algebras\", by Prof. Gannon.  This article discusses conformal field theory further, and describes some apparently important ideas about the vertex operator algebras, but I was not able to understand well-enough to evaluate this for myself.  Clearly, these algebras are regarded as extremely important, not only as a result of a number of interesting conjectures, called Monstrous Moonshine, but also as a result of the award of the Fields Medal to one of the seminal workers, R. E. Borcherds.  I got the idea that quite a lot is involved, even apart from the physics of string theory, because two important proofs in the field are described as \"extremely long\" and very \"lengthy\".  This seems to be a very promising area in which to work, because it is connected with a vast reach of mathematics, and appears to be developing into something of central importance, whatever the fate of string theory in physics.<br><br>The article \"Enumerative and Algebraic Combinatorics\" by Prof. Zeilberger discussed several very interesting counting problems, and considered in fair depth the complicated world of enumeration, which can be addressed with a certain set of tools, especially generating functions (using formal convergence of series).  I have studies counting problems to some extent, because they naturally arise in statistical mechanics, but this article probed deeper than the level of my rather superficial knowledge, and would be worth more extended study at some later time.  There is also a larger theoretical structure surrounding the field that would be interesting to explore, but computer computations seem to be a formidable driving factor in this field at the present.  One is impressed with the complications that can be handled sometimes rather elegantly in these problems, but I have to say that there also seems to be quite a playful side to Prof. Zeilberger\'s view on this field.  Sometimes the deepest (or at least deep) math arises from people who like to play and explore, just for the pure exuberant joy of working with mathematics.<br><br>Profs. Alon and Krivelevich are responsible for the article \"Extremal and Probabilistic Combinatorics\".  This is a tremendously rich area of mathematics, addressing a great multitude of often difficult problems in graph theory or combinatorics.  An extremely interesting feature of the work is the application of probabilistic arguments to establish results outside of the realm of probability theory.  I definitely felt that their article warranted a second more careful reading.  This seems to be an extremely important area of mathematics, with numerous connections to other areas of mathematics and applications, to computer science, physics and other areas.  Many seminal pieces of work, such as in random graph theory, in this area seem to be associated with Paul Erdos.<br><br>The article on computational complexity by Oded Goldreich and Avi Wigderson was one of the longer articles, and I think, also, one of the more informative and better written.  I thought the long discuss on P vs. NP was very enlightening.  The probabilistic methods, of course, seem intriguing and the discussion of pseudorandomness was very good.  The authors emphasize that, although their article is relatively long for this book, it is barely scratching the surface of a truly fascinating subject at the interface between interesting theory and important applications in computer science.<br><br>The article on numerical analysis by Lloyd Trefethen gave an excellent perspective on the development and evolution of numerical analysis.  It was shorter than some of the other articles, but I think that given its multidisciplinary nature, and the extent of its importance in computation, a really deep, full account would have taken one pretty far afield from focusing just on pure mathematics.  I enjoyed particularly the discussion of numerical linear algebra, which seemed to be a bit deeper than Prof. Trefethen\'s discussions in other areas.<br><br>Because mathematics is so deep, and vast in extent, the value of a companion, as this is, even just for pure mathematics, may be questioned.  Certainly, once one has penetrated the fog and obfuscation of some of the specialist jargon and confusing notations, and is able to read profitably good expert accounts of mathematics, say as in Rudin\'s Real and Complex Analysis, one can see a great merit to a companion, in say, real analysis or functional analysis, because at the expert level, mathematics and philosophy are very comparably deep subjects, and companions in philosophical fields are well-known to be extremely helpful.  However, most serious mathematicians do not share their insights as readily as philosophers, and so there is little awareness among mathematicians that companions would be useful.  This book, despite its fine articles, is not likely to change that situation.  One must simply struggle with mathematics by working problems, proving theorems, doing computations, etc. which gives mathematics inevitably a somewhat different character than philosophy, where open debate can often be beneficial, and makes one skeptical as to the merit of companions for mathematics, or beyond that, for physics.  These are subjects where, to paraphrase Newton, one often feels like a child on a beach, fascinated by the shells and rocks, while the great ocean of truth lies all unknown before one.  In one\'s lifetime, one can just explore and journey out into that ocean a little.  I find that it often takes me years to see the point of something, or why a certain strategy was adopted.  However, as I have read this book, I certainly think it has been a good companion.<br><br>I feel that studying the companion is akin more to a coffee shop conversation with someone who has dedicated his or her life to a subject, namely pure mathematics, and in discussion has much that is pertinent and wise to offer someone who takes more than a casual interest in math.  Most people in math who are professionals are specialists, and are little better able to offer insights into math in a broad perspective than others like graduate students who study math seriously.  So, the companion is really quite different, in outlook, than discussing something with a particular professional mathematician.  One is likely, in one\'s life, to encounter very few people in any field that could offer the broad, compelling perspective of the companion.  I am not claiming that there are not mathematicians who are not capable or who do not possess this far-reaching view of mathematics, just that one is not likely to encounter such a person, and if one did, an extended encounter, to transmit the level of information of the companion, seems very unlikely, indeed.  I strongly recommend reading the companion completely at least once:  It will serve one better as a reference by doing this.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4535,2323,'Bill','','','','2011-01-22 12:00:00','2011-01-22 12:00:00','this is exactly the book i was looking for.  it has great breadth and depth.  it is very well written.  i wish i had read this or parts of it in high school and college.  things that were made overly confusing by teachers and text books are much clearer.  i highly recommend it to anyone who has an interest in higher level mathematics. truly excellent.<br><br>my only complaint is with the kindle edition which i purchased.  it is fine but could certainly be better.  some of the equations are faint and difficult to read.  i agree with other reviewers as well that the copious references to other sections would have been a great opportunity for links.  i know it is much harder to produce a kindle version of a book like this than it is for a popular novel.  i think they did a good job but it would be great if they could improve it...  all in all though i am still happy i have the kindle edition as it is a rather large book and the kindle is much easier to hold in my hand :)<br><br>Edit:  the kindle version is much easier to read on an iPad. Seems to be the resolution and range of grays that the kindle device can render not an issue with the content itself.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4536,2323,'Joel Knoll','','','','2021-07-16 12:00:00','2021-07-16 12:00:00','This book is fantastic for three things:<br><br>- Reviewing areas of math you already know<br>- Intros to areas of math you want to know more about<br>- Discovering areas of math you may want to learn more about<br><br>Of course the articles are mostly Big Picture overviews, but for the purposes above, that is exactly what is needed. Great book. You\'ll find yourself perusing it often.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4537,2323,'Fae','','','','2022-05-13 12:00:00','2022-05-13 12:00:00','A brief introduction to pure mathematics, an excellent book for those who love mathematics.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4538,2323,'Christine','','','','2012-08-26 12:00:00','2012-08-26 12:00:00','I own both the hardbound and the Kindle versions of this book. I really like the breadth and consistency of coverage of mathematics and mathematicians. Sure there\'s a lot of wiki content on the net for each topic but the consistency and quality of content isn\'t generally found in a single resource such as The Princeton Companion.<br><br>The real issue is the poor Kindle version. many graphic elements that don\'t resize with changes in font size in the reader, insertion of a graphic for such things as |R for the Reals instead of typesetting it, white backgrounds on images that don\'t work with the sepia and black backgrounds and so on.<br><br>It is really terrifically annoying that time and again books with heavy mathematical content beautifully typeset in physical or print replica editions are foisted off on readers in inadequately executed eReader formats such as mobi and ePub.<br><br>If you check my reviews you\'ll find many Kindle formatted math books reviewed of which only the print replica versions are acceptable.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4539,2323,'hellokitty','','','','2018-09-11 12:00:00','2018-09-11 12:00:00','This will keep me reading for years, and it\'s surprisingly well written.  The problem with a book like this is that it can\'t really afford to go into depth (or it would grow to titanic size), but I guess that it\'s purpose is to expose people to interesting mathematics where they can get enough of a taste to know when to dive deeper.  It does require discipline to stay on track at times, but it\'s worth pushing through (although I\'m not finished yet).',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4540,2323,'Petel','','','','2009-03-23 12:00:00','2009-03-23 12:00:00','I love math, and love testing out mathematical ideas and concepts using computers.  The book has already given me hours of enjoyment.  I pick up on a topic, explore it a bit, write a script and test it out.  I\'m not a mathematician by training (my background is engineering) but I do have a strong inclination to math.  This book together with Numerical Recepies are my favourite two math books.<br><br>Ideas and concepts are presented in an an excellent manner.  Some of the topics are over my head but I believe in setting the bar a little high and letting people try an reach it.<br><br>And when I don\'t want to scribble equations and expressions on paper, or program, I turn to the history and biographies of the great mathematicians and their impact on math and science.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4541,2323,'Goutam','','','','2009-12-21 12:00:00','2009-12-21 12:00:00','This is the second copy of the book I purchase. The first one was for me and my son. This one is a gift for a friend of my son, a high school student, with a hope that it will remain her companion for many years. This clearly indicates how I rate the book. In my currency (rupee) the price is at the higher side. But I do not complain much. It is worth buying this magnum opus. It has wide coverage in a mostly understandable form. I really enjoy reading. I cannot compare it with  Timothy Gowers earlier text, Mathematics: a short Introduction. I do not have a copy. But then I believe that they cannot be compared simply because of difference in sizes. I do not have anything similar to PMC in my collection. It is just great.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4542,2323,'Unitive News Reporter','','','','2012-11-28 12:00:00','2012-11-28 12:00:00','This wonderful volume is one of four works I always keep in digital or desk drawer reach while reading/studying/ referencing any other math book or journal article, the complete list being:<br><br>--&nbsp;\n  \nEncyclopedia Of Mathematics (Science Encyclopedia)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    <br><br>--&nbsp;\n  \nThe Princeton Companion to Mathematics\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    <br><br>--&nbsp;\n  \nHandbook of Mathematical Functions: with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables (Dover Books on Mathematics)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    <br><br>--&nbsp;\n  \nNIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    &nbsp;(Being of course the 2010 update of the Abramowitz classic above).<br><br>Given these four, there is hardly a topic from among the current 495 math fields of study that isn\'t at least explained in enough detail to save LOTS of time on link expeditions. At minimum, these give head starts on alphabetized keywords that will quickly fill holes in any research project, class, or syllabus.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4543,2323,'Toby Aldape','','','','2020-07-31 12:00:00','2020-07-31 12:00:00','It is an extraordinary and comprehensive book that has something of value for both amateurs and professional mathematicians. I have never read anything like it before. It will help me to guide my studies for years to come!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4544,2323,'Weston Buckhorn','','','','2017-02-08 12:00:00','2017-02-08 12:00:00','I love this book. I have the paper and kindle versions because they complement each other. It is because of books like this that make me eschew TV so I can buy more books. Don\'t try to understand everything the first time around, just read it and wonder at how many smart people there are and why you never seem to get to meet them. This book delivers shock and awe for people who like to think. There are no exercises to make you feel guilty about not doing them.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4545,2323,'W. P. Gardner','','','','2013-10-15 12:00:00','2013-10-15 12:00:00','I haven\'t seen the printed version of this book, but it must be huge. This books covers a lot of topics in depth and you can regard it as a complement to the online Wikipedia pages or the Mathworld pages on the same subjects. I\'m very happy with it, but I can\'t say that I\'ve read the whole thing. It\'s a reference: very few people will ever read the whole thing.<br><br>I\'m an ex-math major picking his way through Galois Theory thirty years after graduation (and I wander into a lot of other topics, too). That\'s what I use this for. It would be interesting to hear what some research mathematicians think of it.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4546,2323,'C. L. Wilson','','','','2016-11-30 12:00:00','2016-11-30 12:00:00','If you have a working math background and want to look at areas you never studied this is a great introduction. The preface says it was designed to introduce various areas of math to people with a math background in other areas. It works very well in that role. Although it displays only on my PC not on my paper-white the display is convenient and works very well. I am not a great typo hunter but have not found any.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4547,2323,'rbnn','','','','2010-12-25 12:00:00','2010-12-25 12:00:00','A superb and fascinating collection of articles on mathematics topics, somehow retaining clarity for the interested layman, to the student, to the professional. An absolute necessity for anyone studying math as well.<br><br>Everything about this book is great. The writing quality is remarkably high. The production quality is excellent. There is a sampling of interesting stuff in the articles for everyone.<br><br>I really, really wish I had had a book like this in college. One can get a clearer picture of some fields just by reading its three-page summaries than by taking a whole course in many cases.<br><br>Not sure what else to say, just that the book is wonderful.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4548,2323,'The Skeptical Shopper','','','','2020-12-05 12:00:00','2020-12-05 12:00:00','My ambition if I win the lottery is to get one of these for every high school, like I\'m Carnegie or something.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4549,2323,'The Wizard','','','','2015-04-19 12:00:00','2015-04-19 12:00:00','i bought one and then immediately bought another for my daughter.  Here\'s  a fun quiz question you have to get right or you are not qualified for the book.  In the index, the first entry for \'A\' is abacus and the first entry for \'B\' is Babbage, Charles.  What is the first entry for \'E\'?<br><br>Yeah I know it\'s dumb, but you have to agree that even if you can\'t guess it, you do see the humor - if not, don\'t buy the book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4550,2323,'L Braden','','','','2021-06-19 12:00:00','2021-06-19 12:00:00','What a wonderful reference!<br><br>L',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4551,2323,'keshav','','','','2013-10-13 12:00:00','2013-10-13 12:00:00','A great book with many topics covered. But still, despite its size, it skips on a some subjects, ignoring some fundamental structures. May be it could have been reduced on history that does not directly relate to a topic, and on mathematicians as the selection criteria are debatable and add unnecessary volume. I suggest also less probability-statistics and more arithmetic and group theory (mainly permutation groups). I find it very readable, but still leaving me with some frustration as I often wanted more. For the editor, certainly a challenge in the selection and the degree of depth! In spite of all the weaknesses a great book in my library!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4553,2323,'Curtis R. Thacker','','','','2009-02-18 12:00:00','2009-02-18 12:00:00','For those interested in mathematics or for those who wish to learn more about mathematics, especially mathematics that have challenged even the most talented mathematicians over the years, this is the best book I have ever encountered.  Be fore-warned, however, this is a heavy book, both physically and intellectually.  If you were not an \"A\" math student and have not taken calculus, it would be better to check this book out of the library, rather than buy it.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4554,2323,'Bob Mackay','','','','2012-06-01 12:00:00','2012-06-01 12:00:00','This book is not infinite in length and so does not contain an infinite number of typos, but there is at least one typo per page and so there are perhaps 1000+ typos, many of which are in formulae.  If feels as if the text was ICRed without much care to proof-reading.  Someone at Princeton should take the trouble to read it and sort them out.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4555,2323,'Adam','','','','2019-07-02 12:00:00','2019-07-02 12:00:00','I am not smart enough to understand this book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4556,2323,'F. Saeed','','','','2015-10-10 12:00:00','2015-10-10 12:00:00','Still it needs some summarization and organization though I like it a lot than many other reference books.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4557,2323,'alceu','','','','2012-09-05 12:00:00','2012-09-05 12:00:00','It is a mandatory reference book.Some of the articles are not very easy to follow ,as the editors would hope,but in general,the book is an excellent reference on higher math.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4558,2323,'dbailey','','','','2016-12-11 12:00:00','2016-12-11 12:00:00','satisfactory',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4559,2323,'askming','','','','2013-03-24 12:00:00','2013-03-24 12:00:00','Hugh book to read. Hope I could have more time on it. It\'s a good choice for those who are interested in math background.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4560,2323,'Robert E. Weiblen','','','','2009-11-30 12:00:00','2009-11-30 12:00:00','the errata need to be consolidated; now they are on two or more blogs of the editor\'s<br><br>jesus !',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4561,2323,'Michal Debski','','','','2014-05-09 12:00:00','2014-05-09 12:00:00','Got my copy.<br><br>While seemingly heavy-set and too-hard to understand for an average mortal it is nothing like that.<br><br>As a non-mathematician I found it to be very well written in a very comprehensible way. It really fulfilled my interests in mathematics and physics, and answered a number of questions I was dwelling on in the past. Lastly, I found that it has a surprising number of topics that are quite practical in nature (and even in every-day world), such as deterministic chaotic behavior or dynamical systems.<br><br>All in all, a very enjoyable read, which for something like a math book is something special by itself.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4563,2321,'Al','','','','2019-01-20 12:00:00','2019-01-20 12:00:00','This is an excellent book for beginners who would like to learn what pure mathematics is. It is written in a simple, elegant,pleasant, and easy to read and follow way. Though it might be helpful to have a good high school math base, but does not need any deep math background.<br>The content:<br>1-  is very engaging and any interested beginner would always wonder what s the next chapter will be.<br>2-Written in a way like building  legos. The sequence of the chapters and the topics(ideas) in each chapter flow smoothly and logically.<br>3-All concepts and theorems are explained clearly and followed by plenty of examples.<br>4-All problems come with detailed solutions and extra explanations. Some problems are difficult and may require the reader to look at the solution which might need to be read once or twice to understand.<br><br>I had great pleasure learning and exploring the topics of pure mathematics from this book, and I highly recommended for beginners who are going to any undergrad major requiring pure math and for self-learners too. It may also serve as a reference for graduate students for a quick review.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4564,2321,'Mark Karavan','','','','2019-12-15 12:00:00','2019-12-15 12:00:00','This is one of the best books I\'ve ever purchased.  It helped give me a strong foundation in math, one that I could not get from discrete maths (I\'m in computer science).<br><br>This book is rigorous.  In fact, it is pure rigor.  It is 200 pages of formal definitions, proofs and problems.  There is very little to help you with intuition.  However, if you supplement this book with lots of YouTube videos, this is not a problem.  Please be advised that you will have to do this if you are an intuitive learner.<br><br>The quizzes are excellent.  ALL of the questions have online answers (as opposed to selected questions, which you will often find in math textbooks).  The author is very elaborate with them.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4565,2321,'george b potter','','','','2019-02-21 12:00:00','2019-02-21 12:00:00','This truly outstanding book explains proofs, theory and structure of some of the most core areas of mathematics, and does so in a way that is clear, comprehensible and compelling.  To do so in areas as complex and as abstract as these subjects are is no mean feat, but Dr. Warner makes it look easy.  It is the best book I could have obtained as I am contemplating pursuing a Masters in math after receiving my bachelors degree over fifty years ago.  This text provides me with a perfect vehicle for review and update.  I rate it six stars out of a possible five!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4566,2321,'Greg Larsen','','','','2019-04-27 12:00:00','2019-04-27 12:00:00','This is an exceptionally good book, and one of the best I’ve ever seen for self-study.  The content, overall structure and clarity of explanation is superior.<br><br>The first two chapters on logic and set theory provide a solid foundation for the rest of the topics in the book, and for all of mathematics.  The problem sets gradually increase in difficulty, and combined with fully explained solutions, enable a real understanding of the material.  I also like that he explains how to think about certain concepts and how proof techniques and solution writing is included - highly recommend!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4567,2321,'John Redcross','','','','2019-03-22 12:00:00','2019-03-22 12:00:00','This book was very useful for understanding the mathematics used in proving theorems in the mathematical treatments of quantum mechanics.  The book is great for self study since it provides clear and thorough solutions to the problems which can be consulted after working through the problems on your own.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4568,2321,'OmbraMiFu','','','','2019-04-08 12:00:00','2019-04-08 12:00:00','This book is great. Excellent introduction to the topics covered. Straight to the point. Nice notes about proofs and theorems. Great illustrations. Clear and concise. I do not have enough words to describe how helpful this book was to me.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4570,2321,'George','','','','2019-10-03 12:00:00','2019-10-03 12:00:00','Great introduction to most undergraduate math classes. Kind of like a cliff notes or for Dummies series, where it gives general idea. Has been a great quick reference book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4571,2321,'C. G. Hanwella','','','','2019-11-25 12:00:00','2019-11-25 12:00:00','A well written introductory book suitable for Undergratuate first year students. Very suitable for self study without the aid of a Tutor.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4572,2321,'BOZ','','','','2019-07-14 12:00:00','2019-07-14 12:00:00','Great introduction for high school students and first year undergrads',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4573,2321,'Cathy lee','','','','2019-05-14 12:00:00','2019-05-14 12:00:00','Great book proofs and therms',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4574,2321,'William Camp','','','','2018-12-24 12:00:00','2018-12-24 12:00:00','Clear and concise',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4575,2321,'Robert F. Barnes','','','','2019-06-06 12:00:00','2019-06-06 12:00:00','THANKS!!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4576,2321,'Pedro F Lopez','','','','2019-02-21 12:00:00','2019-02-21 12:00:00','Finally, an excellent introduction into abstract/pure mathematics for nonmathematicians. This book fills an important niche for self learners who are interested in pure mathematics but feel that many of the so-called introductory text do not adequately explain the material for the beginner without additional guidance. The problem sets and their detailed solutions provide such a nuanced and profound understanding  than I have been unable to find elsewhere. I look forward to more such books on other fundamental abstract mathematics topics from Dr. Warner such as analysis, abstract algebra, topology, etc.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4577,2321,'Erik Buehler','','','','2019-06-04 12:00:00','2019-06-04 12:00:00','The solution set can be downloaded via a link at the top of the page of each set of problems. I puzzled over how to get the solutions before diving into the book, and then noticed the link at the top of the page. I thought someone else might find this helpful prior to buying.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4578,2321,'jose','','','','2020-04-04 12:00:00','2020-04-04 12:00:00','The proofs have every detail',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4579,2321,'Rex','','','','2022-10-14 12:00:00','2022-10-14 12:00:00','I am about half way through this book at the moment and it has definitely taught me a lot. The explanations are clear, concise and direct. The excercise questions are graded from easier to more difficult, so you can approach the work from your own personal level of understanding. I would recommend this for a beginner to pure mathematics as some of the other books I have read are not as direct. This seems definitely more condensed and to the point and thus holds your focus more intently. Happy with the purchase.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4580,2321,'baggins65','','','','2019-03-31 12:00:00','2019-03-31 12:00:00','Crossing over to pure math is weird for a lay person like me, this book does an excellent job of introducing abstract concepts without to many tears.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4581,2321,'Matheus Lobo','','','','2019-01-30 12:00:00','2019-01-30 12:00:00','Este é um dos livros mais didáticos de Matemática Pura que já estudei! As explicações (tanto da teoria como dos exemplos) são passo a passo. Recomendo para especialistas e não especialistas.  O autor apresenta 8 áreas da Matemática Pura, com dois capítulos por área, um mais básico e outro mais avançado. Os capítulos introdutórios podem ser estudados de forma independente.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4582,2321,'Jose Ramon Abuin Requesens','','','','2019-03-12 12:00:00','2019-03-12 12:00:00','Libro nuevo resumen para matemáticos y físicos que se inician en estas lides.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4584,2319,'Josue Estrada-Cordoba','','','','2021-09-30 12:00:00','2021-09-30 12:00:00','Exactly as ordered. Surprising total absence of marks. Very nice.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4586,2319,'Amen Zwa','','','','2018-10-29 12:00:00','2018-10-29 12:00:00','I wish I had the RHB (Riley, Hobson, and Bence), when I was in engineering school.  Alas, I was born too early—a few decades too early.  We used Kreyszig, which was good.  But in my opinion, RHB\'s approach, style, and tone is better for the young engineering (and physics) students.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4587,2319,'Michael Reichenberger','','','','2012-10-08 12:00:00','2012-10-08 12:00:00','This is a wonderfully written reference for any math class.  Abstract topics are explained in a manner in which Engineers easily pick them up.  I went through my entire BS pretending to understand math and since we started using this book for my entry level graduate class, I ACTUALLY feel like I understand some of this stuff.<br><br>If your instructor recommends this book, props to him, and lucky you!<br>If you just like math and wound up here without being forced to buy this book, I would get it anyway because its so good.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4588,2319,'Charles Dana Bolam,','','','','2020-02-22 12:00:00','2020-02-22 12:00:00','The most comprehensive text ever.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4589,2319,'pounding on the keyboard','','','','2016-10-09 12:00:00','2016-10-09 12:00:00','Terrific book, one phywical problem with binding (a chapter was glued in upside down) but very clear exposition.  Excellent review for applied math, machine learning, EE, physics students',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4590,2319,'Felipe','','','','2014-04-20 12:00:00','2014-04-20 12:00:00','Great book, have good examples , and exercises are excelent aplications of theory. Can be a little difficult in the begin, if didnt have see the point in other\'s books',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4591,2319,'John Batchler','','','','2015-12-14 12:00:00','2015-12-14 12:00:00','Very good book. I just haven\'t read the whole thing but I just glanced through it.udate later',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4592,2319,'Jo Fawna','','','','2013-10-24 12:00:00','2013-10-24 12:00:00','Cover to cover math, all thing things you need to know as a practicing mathematician or just some one curious to know some neat math.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4593,2319,'Thinh Pham','','','','2018-04-29 12:00:00','2018-04-29 12:00:00','Petty Good',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4594,2319,'Eman','','','','2017-12-22 12:00:00','2017-12-22 12:00:00','great book, good reference.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4595,2319,'Swasivious','','','','2013-03-04 12:00:00','2013-03-04 12:00:00','Essential mathematical methods with physics context.  Daughter using at major university.  Will be a good reference book later.  Higher level than others.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4596,2319,'Paul Dragulin','','','','2017-01-10 12:00:00','2017-01-10 12:00:00','Has a chapter on numerical methods. Yay!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4597,2319,'Mathematical foundations Pahl','','','','2015-08-12 12:00:00','2015-08-12 12:00:00','The book is in pristine condition, thanks a lot',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4598,2319,'liu','','','','2011-09-23 12:00:00','2011-09-23 12:00:00','it is brand new although it\'s a used book.<br>It is comprehensive. And the authors try to<br>make connections between math and physics.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4599,2319,'masaru chiba','','','','2015-02-15 12:00:00','2015-02-15 12:00:00','new book with great price.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4600,2319,'climbingbum','','','','2018-09-19 12:00:00','2018-09-19 12:00:00','This and the book by Mary Boas are my favorite books for mathematical physics. It says it is for engineers also, which I suppose is ok, but the emphasis seems to be for physicists. For example, the treatment of Laplace and Fourier transforms is fine, but I would have expected more in a book intended for (electrical) engineers.<br>Having said that, the authors have a knack for taking complicated material and explaining it clearly and concisely, with some added insight thrown in for good measure. And if it seems like a big book, then fine with me - more for the money.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4601,2319,'Harvey S. Picker','','','','2007-10-15 12:00:00','2007-10-15 12:00:00','I\'ve been teaching an upper-level course in math methods of physics on and off for thirty-five years or so.  This is as good a text as I\'ve found.  In fact, I\'ve been using this book since it began life as a much smaller volume by Riley alone.  It has always provided a down-to-earth exposition of applicable mathematics.  Now it provides more than ever, include two nice chapters on group theory, with more problems than the previous editions.<br><br>Despite its broad coverage, it is not an encyclopedia.  Individual sections are thorough, well illustrated by examples, and comprehensible.  Yes, I might have organized some of the material somewhat differently.  But that is largely a matter of taste.<br><br>The reviewer who alleges that one must have mastered a lot of math to benefit from this book clearly has not read the first chapter.  The book by Boas with which he compares it is a) less comprehensive, b) at a lower level overall, c) and a lot more expensive.<br><br>At $63, this volume is a real bargain.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4602,2319,'Morning Bird','','','','2007-05-29 12:00:00','2007-05-29 12:00:00','This is one of the best mathematical methods book, very readable.<br><br>It has very clear explainations, in each topic it\'s developing from basic intuitions until it reaches the genralized equations, several detailed examples help a reader checks his understanding and follows the authors.<br><br>The contents are very well-organized and self-contained, one can looks directly at the topic he wants to know. It\'s lucid and normally answer and teach a reader what he wants to do. All definitions make sense and a reader can accepts easily it\'s a smart thing to do math that way.<br><br>It also serves as a one-stop, if you feel confused when you\'re reading because your background knowledge is not strong enough, just search for the previous related topics, all brilliant explainations are waiting for you to grasp them, make you ready for what you need.<br><br>Any undergrads and beginning grad students in Physics will find this book is great. This is an excellent example how to write an approachable math methods book. Eventhough it has a thick over than 1,300 pages, but it never turns a reader away becuase of its thickness at all. Once one starts reading it, he\'ll enjoy and come back looking for another explaination.<br><br>One more great point is, this book contains a lot of real physical examples besides the math formulations, make a reader understands the topic deeply and sees a practical use.<br><br>Besides the book, I totally don\'t agree with a previous comment from a chemical physicist who gave this book just one star.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4603,2319,'Jamie S.','','','','2011-05-11 12:00:00','2011-05-11 12:00:00','I can\'t say enough good things about this wonderful book! It is an excellent resource as a reference for mathematical concepts that are commonly employed within the sciences and engineering. One caveat that others have pointed out is that the book does not go in esoteric detail and does not weigh heavily on the theoretical aspects of the material, and while this is true, it does not detract from the substance of the book. It still makes an excellent educational and reference resource and I highly recommend this to anyone wanting to add to their scientific and mathematical library.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4604,2319,'André Gargoura','','','','2013-02-09 12:00:00','2013-02-09 12:00:00','This fat book is always  my last recourse in cases of doubt or memory lapses, as it covers so many mathematical areas in short but sufficient and comprehensive manner.<br><br>But it\'s not just that : it may also be read/studied as a global mathematical journey, from page 1 to page 1205 !',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4605,2319,'DP1221','','','','2007-10-17 12:00:00','2007-10-17 12:00:00','Beautifuly organized compendium of mathematical tools which are daily bread and butter of every theoretical physicst. Excellent for first year graduate students wanting to pursue career in any branch of theoretical physics.<br>The main advantages which distinguishes this classic from others is clear and conscise pedagogical style and excellent selection of topics which are being discussed fully and without sacrifising mathematical rigour.<br>However for advanced students this text may sometimes bore with overdetailed explanations and  minor details.<br>Summing up everything, if you wanna learn mathphys and want to start you are in the right place.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4606,2319,'Jose De Jesus Bueno','','','','2007-11-17 12:00:00','2007-11-17 12:00:00','The book was in excellent conditions and its content have been very useful. This is the book with a high level but at the same time easier to follow and understand. The examples shown are illustrative enough to consider that the topic was completely covered and understood.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4607,2319,'Rogelio Trujillo','','','','2019-09-25 12:00:00','2019-09-25 12:00:00','An excellent reference text for undergraduates. It seems to me that it exceeds the texts of Kreyszig and Wylie, \"Advanced Engineering Mathematics\". I especially name two very organized short chapters, that of \"Quantum operators\", and \"Representation theory\", really short chapters, but that give enough idea to remember the topics discussed in other places with more extension. Also the very short chapter on \"tensors\". This book naturally assumes that the subject is already known in other courses, where more details have been studied. but here is the same, faster.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4608,2319,'Daniela','','','','2020-11-01 12:00:00','2020-11-01 12:00:00','I definitely recommend having it. I wish I could have gotten a physical copy rather than the digital one but each format has its own advantages.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4609,2319,'JULIO CESAR CHIRICHELLA FELICIONI DE SOUZA','','','','2023-08-29 12:00:00','2023-08-29 12:00:00','Ao lado do livro do Arfken esse é o principal compêndio de física matemática: Tem resumo da teoria, exercícios de exemplo e exercícios de fixação.<br>Útil quando tiver esquecido algum passo ou definição ou para uma introdução a teoria sem grande aprofundamento.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4610,2319,'K. L.','','','','2023-08-12 12:00:00','2023-08-12 12:00:00','Great book, every section has enough examples and thorough explanations. Would recommend. Great coverage of the main concepts of mathematics',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4613,2319,'Daniel','','','','2013-08-30 12:00:00','2013-08-30 12:00:00','As the authors claim, this book really does contain all (and more) of the maths you\'re going to need for any science course. It really is a great investment at the start of an undergraduate degree; you\'re likely to want to keep it even after graduating if working in your chosen discipline (especially for PhDs!).<br><br>However, this is not an easy book to learn from; it can be very heavy going at times (and is generally quite formal throughout) and for compactness often misses out steps that are assumed to be simple. If you\'re a brilliant mathematician then this is ok, you probably wont need any other maths book, but for those who prefer a gentler approach I would highly recommend purchasing this book alongside Strouds books (\n  \nEngineering Mathematics\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    &nbsp;&amp;\n  \nAdvanced Engineering Mathematics\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    ). After working through a chapter of Strouds book and completing all the exercises, you can then go back and fill in the gaps with this book, and then refer back to this book at any time when you need to brush up. If you\'re a poor student and strapped for cash then buy this book and try and loan strouds books from the library.<br><br>The exercises in this book are in general of a high standard, expect to spend some time on them (I would go as far to say that the later exercises in each chapter exceed examination grade questions). Therefore I also highly recommend purchasing the companion solution manual.<br><br>I\'ve had this book since I started my undergraduate degree, and even now having graduated, I\'m still using it to help me prepare for interviews. I imagine I will keep this book for a very long time.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4615,2319,'Ph-Tea','','','','2021-02-09 12:00:00','2021-02-09 12:00:00','This book is a really a reference text and should be seen as such. I\'d say that it\'s aimed it at a high-level undergrad student in Physics or Maths who is focusing on applying mathematics to physical problems, and it should be seen as such. It covered pretty much every topic in my 4 year degree course in Theoretical Physics, and I used it as a reference text throughout my PhD. It is not likely to be a useful textbook to a student who struggles with mathematics; for that, you\'d be better suited looking at Stroud\'s books for e.g.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4616,2319,'Sakura','','','','2021-11-28 12:00:00','2021-11-28 12:00:00','I have tried using a few other books for the same purpose, I find this book being the best in the way how contents are taught and organised. Also, the difficulty of the exercises are tuned slightly towards the intermediate to difficult levels, which is a good challenge for students. The solution (sold separately) is pretty comprehensive which is perfect for self-learning.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4617,2319,'Matthew Hopkins','','','','2021-09-30 12:00:00','2021-09-30 12:00:00','I am a lecturer in psychology, but enjoy physics and mathematics (and occasionally slip both into my classes!).<br><br>This is a superb book for the mathematically minded. The book gives us the preliminary mathematics we need (e.g., algebra, trigonometry and differentiation/integration) and even has a chapter on tensor calculus! Truly superb book, it is',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4618,2319,'Berufspenner','','','','2012-07-21 12:00:00','2012-07-21 12:00:00','Auf über 1300 Seiten versuchen die drei Autoren ihrem Publikum, primär Studenten physikalisch-technischer Studiengänge mit einem großen Mathematikteil, alle mathematischen Themen, die im Grundstudium und darüber hinaus behandelt werden, auf fachlich und pädagogisch hohem Niveau zu Veranschaulichen und ihnen ein gutes Verständnis zu vermitteln. Daher ist das Buch auch kein Lehrbuch im klassischen Sinne sondern ein sehr sinnvolles Arbeitsbuch, das den Lesern die Anwendung der Mathematik auf sehr anschauliche aber mathematisch korrekte Weise zeigt und sie zum mitarbeiten anregt. So werden so gut wie auf jeder Seite immer typische Aufgaben zu dem im vorherigen Block besprochenem Thema gestellt, die dann diskutiert, analysiert und gelöst werden. So kann man diese Aufgaben, zusätzlich zu den Aufgaben am Ende eines jeden Kapitels (samt Lösungshinweisen zu fast allen Aufgaben), dafür nutzen, um sich und seinen Lösungsweg nach eigenständigem Bearbeiten der Aufgabe mit den Musterlösungen vergleichen. Daher eignet sich das Buch auch ideal zum Auffrischen und zum ausfüllen von evtl. Lücken.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4619,2319,'Jose Carlos','','','','2020-09-14 12:00:00','2020-09-14 12:00:00','¿El producto llegó el o antes del 2020-09-12? Sí<br>¿El producto correspondía con la descripción del vendedor? Sí<br>¿El servicio de atención al cliente fue atento y rápido? Sí<br><br>Excelente texto de matemáticas general. Muy recomendable para estudiantes de física, ingeniería y otras ciencias.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(8188,3092,'WooCommerce','woocommerce@bookiino.com','','','2023-09-29 06:45:49','2023-09-29 06:45:49','Order status changed from Pending payment to Completed.',0,'1','WooCommerce','order_note',0,0),(8189,3093,'WooCommerce','woocommerce@bookiino.com','','','2023-09-30 10:51:59','2023-09-30 10:51:59','Failed to process the payment. Please try again or contact the shop admin. 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Belgique','','','','2021-02-13 12:00:00','2021-02-13 12:00:00','Le manuel est  arrivé très rappidement ,mon enfant est enchanté.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4623,2319,'Cut','','','','2016-02-10 12:00:00','2016-02-10 12:00:00','This is an extremely useful book for the whole 3-4 years of an undergraduate degree in Physics or Engineering, and covers such a broad range of topics, from the basics right through to the advanced. As a Physics student I have used it countless times to back up lectures and improve my understanding of the mathematical concepts we are learning about, as well as using it for practice. The book is very good quality and well written, would recommend to any other students.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4624,2319,'Ama cus','','','','2013-03-06 12:00:00','2013-03-06 12:00:00','Contains most (if not all) of the mathematical material needed for and undergrade physics course (definitely up to Yr3, possibly after) whilst at the same time being very accessible for first/ second year ability. Each chapter starts from the basics , and gradually builds up to required level. Very useful to have answers at the back, useless otherwise (cant check whether you are correct or not). Exceptionally good section on vector calculus, as well as applications to different parts of physics.<br><br>Recommended',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4625,2319,'Procyon','','','','2012-03-27 12:00:00','2012-03-27 12:00:00','I ordered this to refresh my mathematics 40 years after taking a degree in physics.  I was looking for a book to cover all the techniques that I vaguely remember with a practical approach that starts with the very basics but includes all the detail needed. This book does just that. The emphasis is on the application of mathematical techniques and examples from physics and engineering are frequently explored to illustrate the theory.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4627,2319,'frederick','','','','2021-03-02 12:00:00','2021-03-02 12:00:00','Book very useful if your a applied science student',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4628,2319,'Mama-G','','','','2015-05-04 12:00:00','2015-05-04 12:00:00','Bought for my son after his second term in university studying maths and physics..  He wishes he\'d had this right from the start of the year as he finds its explanations excellent.  I also bought the solutions book.  The total cost may seem high but it\'s nothing compared to the cost of a degree.  Don\'t hesitate to buy it!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4629,2319,'Rashed','','','','2020-01-06 12:00:00','2020-01-06 12:00:00','I have this book, as a first year math and physics student. It\'s way way better than the normal textbooks, it\'s clear and go directly to the point, best book ever.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4630,2319,'Mark','','','','2020-09-08 12:00:00','2020-09-08 12:00:00','It as described my son needed it for his A level. He is happy with it',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4631,2319,'Chris','','','','2020-06-23 12:00:00','2020-06-23 12:00:00','If you have a child who finds a degree worth of maths for physicists fun, knock yourself out!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4632,2319,'skh','','','','2019-06-25 12:00:00','2019-06-25 12:00:00','The content is exceptional, without question.<br><br>Even if not stated in the product details, this edition was printed in India which explains the price, but the print quality is ok and the binding seems good too.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4633,2319,'jessica153','','','','2022-09-19 12:00:00','2022-09-19 12:00:00','Its a helpful book but my copy literally fell apart within one week.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(8214,3114,'WooCommerce','woocommerce@bookiino.com','','','2023-10-12 10:03:39','2023-10-12 10:03:39','PayPal transaction ID: 3UV149841H231430J',0,'1','WooCommerce','order_note',0,0),(8215,3114,'WooCommerce','woocommerce@bookiino.com','','','2023-10-12 10:03:41','2023-10-12 10:03:41','Order status changed from Pending payment to Completed.',0,'1','WooCommerce','order_note',0,0),(8216,3115,'WooCommerce','woocommerce@bookiino.com','','','2023-10-12 23:53:18','2023-10-12 23:53:18','PayPal transaction ID: 5C375962ET281462U',0,'1','WooCommerce','order_note',0,0),(8217,3115,'WooCommerce','woocommerce@bookiino.com','','','2023-10-12 23:53:20','2023-10-12 23:53:20','Order status changed from Pending payment to Completed.',0,'1','WooCommerce','order_note',0,0),(8218,3116,'WooCommerce','woocommerce@bookiino.com','','','2023-10-13 07:17:17','2023-10-13 07:17:17','PayPal transaction ID: 6EY96275FG296044F',0,'1','WooCommerce','order_note',0,0),(8219,3116,'WooCommerce','woocommerce@bookiino.com','','','2023-10-13 07:17:19','2023-10-13 07:17:19','Order status changed from Pending payment to Completed.',0,'1','WooCommerce','order_note',0,0),(8220,3117,'WooCommerce','woocommerce@bookiino.com','','','2023-10-14 01:30:53','2023-10-14 01:30:53','PayPal transaction ID: 3JH12583UA0336028',0,'1','WooCommerce','order_note',0,0),(4635,2319,'got2ske','','','','2009-09-28 12:00:00','2009-09-28 12:00:00','I bought this book because I felt that in my undergraduate Chemistry education, I didn\'t receive enough mathematical training. As I start graduate school, this book has been helpful in seeing the bigger picture of important mathematical concepts and tools. One can really learn a lot if you take the time to read the chapters AND do the problems. It is, in my opinion, a great resource if you need a refresher on some topic, although (as the authors note) not everything can be covered in detail.<br><br>My only personal wish is that there was more visual, esp. graphical, content to accompany the concepts. As a visual learner this approach really helps me. The early chapters do well, but figures become sparse in later chapters. Other than that an excellent book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4636,2319,'xyzt','','','','2014-11-24 12:00:00','2014-11-24 12:00:00','This is a great book, the concepts are written clearly, and I am surprised about the quantity of contents this book threat.<br>That\'s why I bought this book and I am very happy to have it in my technical library.<br><br>I just disappoint with the order of the chapters from which the concepts are presented.<br>I don\'t think is a good idea covering differential and integral calculus before series and limits, for example.<br>But maybe the book was not thought as a textbook on calculus and advanced calculus to be studied starting from chapter one..',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4637,2319,'Nicolas Shiaelis','','','','2014-10-04 12:00:00','2014-10-04 12:00:00','Sometimes it lets behind steps for solving problems... May be a bit obvious but trust me if you are studying for more than two hours this is gonna be an issue! Generally, a great book!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4638,2319,'jumper','','','','2011-10-25 12:00:00','2011-10-25 12:00:00','This book is on the whole exactly what you need in a math textbook. It\'s very clear and the problems and hints are really useful. Occasionally it skims over something, but it\'s a pretty long book already, so you can\'t really blame them!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4639,2319,'James Tedesco','','','','2016-01-23 12:00:00','2016-01-23 12:00:00','Very difficult!  It will take a long time to complete this textbook.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4640,2319,'Sotirios Mamalis','','','','2008-01-19 12:00:00','2008-01-19 12:00:00','Very good book. Wide range of contents and written in British style, which may seem strange to some.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4641,2319,'reallkevin','','','','2023-08-05 12:00:00','2023-08-05 12:00:00','\"Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering: A Comprehensive Guide\" is a stellar contribution to the world of educational resources. Its approachability, depth of content, real-world applications, and extensive exercises make it an invaluable asset for students, educators, and practitioners alike. This book doesn\'t just teach mathematics – it instills a profound understanding of the essential role mathematics plays in shaping the domains of physics and engineering.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4642,2319,'Kuba','','','','2021-06-29 12:00:00','2021-06-29 12:00:00','I\'ve used chapters of this book from the beginning of my BSc in Physics, now in my MSc in engineering and finally got a physical copy to accompany me for my PhD. It has been on \"recommended reading\" lists for almost all of my more mathematical modules for a good reason; it covers a lot of mathematical TOOLS needed for us applied folks : calculus (single, multivariate and vector), linear algebra, stats, numerical methods or even group theory!)<br><br>The book is big and aims to cover a lot of topics where quantity comes at the expense of depth, akin to general physics by Tipler &amp; Mosca, or similar texts by other authors.<br><br>I find the contents best used as a reference to brush up on some maths I might not have used in years, which I feel is the exact purpose of this book. Like other (undergraduate) reviewers I found it a bit lacking for learning the subjects from ground zero during my first years at uni but this is only to be expected with a subject such as mathematics. Having said that, it goes into enough depth to justify a lot of mathematical results at least for the target audience (i.e. not mathematicians, who are a level above us in the hierarchy of rigour).<br><br>Treat it as you would other general tools; you won\'t build a house with a penknife or discover the intricacies of the universe from an encyclopedia, but A LOT can be achieved with them nevertheless.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4644,2319,'pmglondon','','','','2021-06-14 12:00:00','2021-06-14 12:00:00','This book was extremely useful for me as an undergrad - the way it explains things really gels with me.  It\'s still a very useful reference now.<br><br>It\'s a shame though that the typesetting for the Kindle edition is a shoddy bodge job.  Mathematical equations (which are self-evidently vital content in this book!) have just been imported as images.  They have a fuzzy grey background and don\'t scale properly when you change the font size.  Quite annoying and distracting!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4646,2319,'Philippe Dionne','','','','2019-12-16 12:00:00','2019-12-16 12:00:00','Well written book, plenty of exercices with answer. Softcover so maybe not as durable as a hardcover book but still, excellent book for the price.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4647,2319,'crampy','','','','2020-12-31 12:00:00','2020-12-31 12:00:00','Bought for a present for an A level student. Was thrilled',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4649,2319,'A A','','','','2020-11-17 12:00:00','2020-11-17 12:00:00','Use this as a reference book.<br>Also it\'s literally heavy.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4650,2319,'Autumn','','','','2018-05-18 12:00:00','2018-05-18 12:00:00','Clearly explained book with challenging questions. It would be better if the layout was more colourful and engaging though - it is in black and white, and the key concepts do not stand out from the text.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4651,2319,'M. E. Alexander','','','','2016-11-12 12:00:00','2016-11-12 12:00:00','Excellent text for teaching undergraduate mathematical physics; I have been using it for 3 years. However, it took two months to arrive from Royal Books.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4652,2319,'Lifelong learning freelancer','','','','2019-03-06 12:00:00','2019-03-06 12:00:00','Useful examples... Theomstatics is one of this example, Brita filter (water) is another example, etc..',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4653,2319,'Casual Observer','','','','2015-02-13 12:00:00','2015-02-13 12:00:00','Contains pretty much all the maths you\'ll need as an Undergraduate studying Physics. Not a great book for learning it, but solid for reviewing.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4654,2319,'Aitor','','','','2013-02-10 12:00:00','2013-02-10 12:00:00','Not my favourite book about mathematics as a physicist, however  this one can be a good choice, for example iniciating you to resolve ODE\'s. You\'ll not regret about your purchase',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4657,2317,'Fae','','','','2022-05-13 12:00:00','2022-05-13 12:00:00','A brief introduction to applied mathematics, an excellent book for people who love mathematics.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4658,2317,'dbilem','','','','2019-02-12 12:00:00','2019-02-12 12:00:00','Great book to get the whole picture in the field of applied mathematics.<br>I am an adult learner and as such I would have appreciated more in-depth dissected math examples. I guess the specialized books referenced throughout the articles address the topics in a more precise manner.<br>worth the price though when you love math',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4659,2317,'Greg P.','','','','2017-09-25 12:00:00','2017-09-25 12:00:00','I first bought \"The Princeton Companion to Mathematics\" and saw that \"The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics\"  was a natural complement to the first. It was logical to get both. Both are very comprehensive and well organized. I wish I had the mind to comprehend all of it, but at least I have excellent reference material on a vast array of topics.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4660,2317,'Pierre Bulens','','','','2015-10-20 12:00:00','2015-10-20 12:00:00','If you like applied maths, don\'t hesitate to buy this book.<br>I am a retired engineer in applied mathematics and I did see and follow the evolution of the field (introducing MATLAB in my company many years ago). Now I have more time to look at the so many diverse and interesting aspects of the field. I recommend this book and also the Princeton Companion to Mathematics, both are your time worth.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4661,2317,'S. Doney','','','','2015-11-21 12:00:00','2015-11-21 12:00:00','Excellent hefty reference book covers a broad spectrum of applied math topics in relatively short (several pages) and self-contained chapters. For the most part, you can dip into individual chapters as needed. The chapters are accessible for readers with a background at the lower division (sometimes upper division) undergraduate level but they have enough detail to provide a good start for more advanced practitioners. I would highly recommend this book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4662,2317,'Randy B. Gopaoco','','','','2020-09-05 12:00:00','2020-09-05 12:00:00','This book is a great reference!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4663,2317,'CAM','','','','2018-09-27 12:00:00','2018-09-27 12:00:00','A very good resource for anyone involved in any field that relies on heavy use of applied mathematics.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4664,2317,'Nehemiah Leong','','','','2020-03-28 12:00:00','2020-03-28 12:00:00','Received earlier than expected. Nice book!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4665,2317,'Jacky','','','','2019-01-22 12:00:00','2019-01-22 12:00:00','Great addition to a well-versed library.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4666,2317,'Dr u wyder','','','','2018-03-14 12:00:00','2018-03-14 12:00:00','Excellent book!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4668,2317,'sompob','','','','2015-11-21 12:00:00','2015-11-21 12:00:00','Oh wow. Oh wow..it\'s hard to put down!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4669,2317,'Luke','','','','2016-05-20 12:00:00','2016-05-20 12:00:00','Top quality and quick/careful delivery',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4670,2317,'F. Saeed','','','','2015-10-10 12:00:00','2015-10-10 12:00:00','Really well written and organized',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4671,2317,'Garrett J. Culos','','','','2016-05-11 12:00:00','2016-05-11 12:00:00','Amazballz',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4672,2317,'Paul C.','','','','2015-10-30 12:00:00','2015-10-30 12:00:00','Excellent text',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4673,2317,'Paul','','','','2015-11-22 12:00:00','2015-11-22 12:00:00','Awesome',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4674,2317,'COSMIC TRAVELER','','','','2016-01-16 12:00:00','2016-01-16 12:00:00','Are you a mathematician? If you are, then this book is for you. Editors Mark R. Dennis, Paul Glendinning, Paul A. Martin, Fadil Santosa and Jared Tanner, have edited, managed and written an outstanding book, along with over 163 authors/contributors, that increasingly make use of algorithms and computation; as well as, a number of aspects that interface with computer science.<br><br>The authors and editors begin by discussing what applied mathematics is and giving examples of the use of applied mathematics in every day life. Next, they focus on specific concepts that cut across different models and areas. Then, the authors and editors describe numerous examples with regards to equations, laws, and functions of applied mathematics. Also, they give an overview of applied mathematics areas and how they are organized and arranged by research area. Then, the authors and editors present a selection of mathematical models; and, explain how they are derived and solved. In addition, they cover a variety of interesting applied mathematics problems. Also, the authors and editors focus on connections between applied mathematics and other disciplines, including such diverse topics as integrated circuit (chip) design, medical imaging, and the screening of luggage in airports. Finally, they provide a summary of the book’s approach on the broader aspects of reading, writing and typesetting mathematics; teaching applied mathematics; and, how to influence government as a mathematician.<br><br>This excellent book is about applied mathematics, why it is important, its connections to other disciplines, and some of the main areas of current research. This great book also explains what applied mathematicians do; which includes not only studying the subject itself, but also writing about mathematics, teaching it, and influencing policy makers.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4675,2317,'Kyle B.','','','','2021-12-30 12:00:00','2021-12-30 12:00:00','I can hardly give enough compliments to this (and its predecessor the Princeton Companion to Mathematics).  The scope is broad, the articles are all incredibly well-written and cover a wide range of interesting topics.  This volume focuses on applied mathematics, which means it is of more direct use to scientists than the previous volume (though I still highly recommend the previous volume) and not  just in physics.  There are plenty of biology, chemistry, and engineering examples throughout the book.  The book is well-structured though it still has a bit of an encyclopedia-like broadness.  If you have a specific application in mind and it\'s covered, this is a wonderful way to be introduced or to remind you of the ways of approaching the application.<br><br>The book is quite readable.  Few will plow all the way through, but I was delighted to take a chapter almost every day.  Even if the topic wasn\'t something I\'d usually look at, I knew that it would be presented well and maybe give me some new way of looking at the world.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4677,2317,'Akkufan','','','','2021-09-12 12:00:00','2021-09-12 12:00:00','This book is worth every cent and every minute spend on.<br>Must have for anyone who loves math.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4678,2317,'Roger','','','','2021-06-10 12:00:00','2021-06-10 12:00:00','A great book to revise mathematics while enjoying the lucid explanation of modern concepts. Thoroughly enjoyed as a previous (retired) graduate tutor. An exceptional coverage of fascinating topics, comprehensive and accessible.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4679,2317,'Dr. Kevin Doherty','','','','2021-07-20 12:00:00','2021-07-20 12:00:00','Excellent mathematical reference',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4681,2317,'Patricia Reed','','','','2016-07-13 12:00:00','2016-07-13 12:00:00','Book arrived quickly and in good condition.  As advertised.  Very happy.  Thanks for a good buy!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4682,2317,'cloclo','','','','2016-11-13 12:00:00','2016-11-13 12:00:00','A large variety of mathematical and physical subjects are treated in this volume. In one word a very interesting volume in the branch of mathematical physics.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4683,2317,'Sara elessawy','','','','2017-02-10 12:00:00','2017-02-10 12:00:00','Great academic work',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4684,2317,'@George','','','','2019-02-20 12:00:00','2019-02-20 12:00:00','A good encyclopedia of applied mathematics.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4686,2317,'AT','','','','2016-02-25 12:00:00','2016-02-25 12:00:00','Great book and very good customer service ! Thank you.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4687,2317,'book_nerd','','','','2016-09-12 12:00:00','2016-09-12 12:00:00','Excellent content. Must read for every engineer.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4688,2317,'Enric Picó-Marco','','','','2016-01-16 12:00:00','2016-01-16 12:00:00','Los temas estan muy bien seleccionados y proporciona una buena información para tener una primera idea sobre cuestiones centrales en la matemática aplicada.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4689,2317,'C. Demetrios','','','','2016-03-17 12:00:00','2016-03-17 12:00:00','A very good reference book for anyone using mathematics.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4690,2317,'Dr Frank Berkshire','','','','2015-11-23 12:00:00','2015-11-23 12:00:00','Excellent and certainly up to expectations',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4691,2317,'James John Rafferty','','','','2016-02-12 12:00:00','2016-02-12 12:00:00','Excellent,a very good reference.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4692,2317,'dbailey','','','','2016-12-11 12:00:00','2016-12-11 12:00:00','satisfactory',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4693,2317,'Critic at large','','','','2015-12-28 12:00:00','2015-12-28 12:00:00','This is a useful reference',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4694,2317,'JPW','','','','2016-05-29 12:00:00','2016-05-29 12:00:00','Good book to be read.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4695,2315,'Jared H.','','','','2020-10-03 12:00:00','2020-10-03 12:00:00','This book is classic Knuth: brilliant, comprehensive, inviting, and playful. Highly, highly recommended. This book is ideal for self-study.<br><br>Material covered includes the basics of discrete math, plus some extras needed for analysis of algorithms. There is an explicit and polemical slant towards a concrete (Knuth calls it \'Eulerian\') approach, but this basically just means the emphasis is on explicit calculation and motivating examples, rather than \'elegant\' formality and abstraction.<br><br>In terms of topics, the book starts with a chapter introducing recurrences, then guides the reader through developing familiarity and calculational skill with sums and sigma notation; floors and ceilings; modular arithmetic and a bit of number theory; binomial coefficients and special functions, finally culminating with generating functions, which provide a general framework for solving recurrences encountered in earlier chapters. There are also a couple of chapters on discrete probability and asymptotics, which round out the stated goal of the book: covering preparatory mathematical material needed for the analysis of algorithms in Knuth\'s Art of Computer Programming.<br><br>As with TAOCP, the problem sets are as enjoyable and carefully constructed as the exposition, and the solutions are included in the back of the book (about 500 pages of exposition, and about 100 pages of solutions). These problems could easily keep an interested person busy for a lifetime. They are each graded using Knuth\'s customary scale, and range from the trivially easy to open research problems.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4696,2315,'Kudryavtsev Ilya','','','','2022-12-19 12:00:00','2022-12-19 12:00:00','One of my lovest books. Great written, great examples, great exercises. Perfect math book. Love it.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4697,2315,'Engineer','','','','2019-05-23 12:00:00','2019-05-23 12:00:00','There are so many font and ligature issues in the kindle version of this book, it is virtually unuseable.  But the print version is great.  Other reviewers take issue with the lack of examples for some of the more advanced topics, and one reviewer attributes other\'s favorable reviews to Knuth \"fan-boy-ism\".  I feel Knuth is (deservedly) a legend because of the topics he chooses and the detail in which he covers them--not because he always has the best way of presenting the information to students.  Even though his books include exercises, I don\'t consider any of Knuth\'s books to be good textbooks and I am glad I never had to take a course where any of his books were used as the main text.  I have been writing scientific applications software for over forty years, and Knuth\'s books have proven to be extremely valuable reference books for me.  Compare the topics covered in Knuth\'s books to other algorithm books like Sedgwick or Cormen, et al. and you will find lots of useful information that is unique to Knuth.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4698,2315,'Robert Moss','','','','2016-01-31 12:00:00','2016-01-31 12:00:00','I love this book.<br><br>It\'s extremely dense, which is great for me because I will keep learning from it for months or years to come.<br><br>If you\'re relatively new to the subject, like me, a lot of this book won\'t be easy to comprehend the first time around, however with determination and online resources for help, you can get through it.<br><br>Even without online resources, if you keep going when you don\'t understand something, and try to work out the examples on paper, you will get far.<br><br>After studying this book for a while, go back to the sections that you missed the first time and they should make more sense.<br><br>Try as many of the exercises as you can, some are very difficult, but others can be accomplished the first time around.<br><br>This book is not for the faint of heart. If you aren\'t using it for a class, it will take a lot of dedication to make it through. That said, it\'s one of the best resources for learning discrete and continuous mathematics that relate to computer science.<br><br>A great precursor to many of the great algorithm books.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4699,2315,'Indranath Mitra','','','','2015-09-15 12:00:00','2015-09-15 12:00:00','This book is an expansion of the Preliminary Mathematics section of Book 1 of TAOCP by Knuth. Unlike TAOCP, the tone is much less dense, very relaxed and actually fun to read. Especially the sometimes tangential and sometimes downright funny graffitis.<br>The book is great for self -study. As with TAOCP, problems are graded. Solutions exist to all problems - except research ones- but trying to solve them yourself will be the best way to use this book.<br>Overall, worth every penny. A classic reference and must have.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4700,2315,'Clare','','','','2018-07-24 12:00:00','2018-07-24 12:00:00','This is one of the sexiest books I have ever received. It made me super pumped for the class even though the class was the bane of my existence and made me question my life decisions daily the sleek design of this book helped.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4701,2315,'Michel Faleiros Martins','','','','2020-02-01 12:00:00','2020-02-01 12:00:00','Although with a lot of many different topics in number theory and combinatorics, this books offers a great introduction in these areas.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4702,2315,'DAF','','','','2015-11-10 12:00:00','2015-11-10 12:00:00','This is fun stuff.  It\'s an interesting take on discrete math.  In fact, it\'s really not discrete math; in includes discrete math but also includes other elements.  I think this is especially good for the CS people, which is actually the intended audience.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4703,2315,'Dariusz','','','','2016-06-11 12:00:00','2016-06-11 12:00:00','This book is the best thing what could happen to me. Last few months I\'m reading it constantly, doing exercises and understanding better whole math.<br>Graham, Patashnik and Knuth have done great job. Thank you guys!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4704,2315,'Kmaxx','','','','2023-06-23 12:00:00','2023-06-23 12:00:00','Good men, good for learning anything about computers.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4706,2315,'José Vinícius de Miranda Cardoso','','','','2015-09-15 12:00:00','2015-09-15 12:00:00','Not that I\'ve seen many discrete math books, nonetheless, this is a very nice intermediate material to this must to know subject.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4707,2315,'David E. Brown','','','','2006-02-20 12:00:00','2006-02-20 12:00:00','This book is great.  It is the funnest math book I have worked with, and I appreciate the intensity of the mathematics -- something that is falling out of the norm in computer science.  The book is also a great source of fantastic combinatorics.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4708,2315,'Francisco R. O.','','','','2011-10-20 12:00:00','2011-10-20 12:00:00','I always felt that there were few topics that I was missing and I needed different books to get the information. This book is perfect for a Computer Scientist!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4709,2315,'suew','','','','2017-01-01 12:00:00','2017-01-01 12:00:00','Arrived quickly and was what my son wanted.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4710,2315,'teclado','','','','2014-12-26 12:00:00','2014-12-26 12:00:00','Development seems not too deep but problems and exercises make it an extremely interesting book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4711,2315,'Customer','','','','2015-09-12 12:00:00','2015-09-12 12:00:00','Anyone interest in understanding how to evaluate algorithms must read this book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4712,2315,'M. Majid Khonji','','','','2013-02-08 12:00:00','2013-02-08 12:00:00','It simply teaches you how to think in a simple way without complex unproven theorems. I really recommend this book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4714,2315,'Joey D','','','','2017-02-25 12:00:00','2017-02-25 12:00:00','Classic. Still useful.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4715,2315,'Leslie Koller','','','','2023-02-20 12:00:00','2023-02-20 12:00:00','This book is imminently readable and helped me very much in Discrete Math I and II in university.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4716,2315,'Smeha','','','','2015-06-08 12:00:00','2015-06-08 12:00:00','Great book for studying math',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4717,2315,'Wayne Folta','','','','2007-06-20 12:00:00','2007-06-20 12:00:00','I have the First Edition and came here to look into the Second Edition. There are several negative reviews and basically those folks have fundamental misunderstandings. So I\'ll add my review.<br><br>First, what kind of book is it? It is not an introductory-level math book with lots and lots of repetition. It is a book on hard math, done in a concise manner by brilliant teachers who assume students are very comfortable with calculus, probability, etc. You really cannot afford to skip around and dabble as if this were an introductory algebra course or something. (I\'m not being elitist. I did not attend Stanford and don\'t consider myself a math genius and am not making this a \"we versus the unwashed masses\" issue, as I have really struggled with the material myself.)<br><br>Second, what is the book about? Several reviewers have theories on where the \"Concrete\" part of the title comes from, but the bottom line is that it\'s a book on the discrete math that you need to know for theoretical computer science. (For example, discrete calculus versus the continuous calculus we all learned in school.) Any Analysis of Algorithms course, for example, will confront you with recurrence equations and lots of discrete math.<br><br>Third, how is the book organized? At first, it appears rather disjoint. The authors have a sort of, \"Hey, look at that flower,\" and \"hey, look under this rock\" kind of approach as you walk down a path but the path itself isn\'t really spelled out. None-the-less, the book does build step-by-step from examples of recurrence equations (Towers of Hanooi, Josephus) in Chapter 1, to Generating Functions in Chapter 7.<br><br>Perhaps they could have made the path more explicit, but I can\'t see how they\'d organize it much differently. They could throw entire chapters into Appendices, but things build on each other in such a way that you\'d simply have to skip around from the main chapters to the Appendix anyhow.<br><br>Fourth, what other books cover this material? I\'m not well-qualified to talk about the entire universe of books, but I must say that the three Analysis of Algorithm books I have for my current class definitely give only the very basics of this material and really only present two possibilities: 1) fiddle around with the equation, possibly using a graphic representation, until you see a pattern and make a guess, then prove it by induction, or 2) if your algorithm is one specific class, plug some numbers into this 3-part formula and if one of the parts applies an answer will pop out for you. Concrete Math is gives you many powerful tools to solve such problems.<br><br>Fifth, what is the flavor of the book? The authors have an informal writing style -- outside of the very formal math and proofs -- and the book has marginal notes that were contributed by the \"beta-tester students\" as the book was being written.<br><br>Some reviewers have criticized the marginal notes, and I simply have to shake my head and be glad I don\'t have to work alongside them. Yes, many of the notes are puns or other humor, but those are a nice break from the heavy math. And many of the notes provide great hints and perspectives from students who are also learning the material. I wish all technical books had such notes, but only a Knuth could get a publisher to go to the trouble.<br><br>So that\'s my review. An excellent book that\'s very intense and covers a hard, very technical topic. It\'s like learning math from algebra to differential equations all over again in a different language, and perhaps the negative reviewers simply never understood this. If you\'re not a programmer who needs to rigorously analyze algorithms, skip the book unless you simply want to learn for the joy of learning.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4718,2315,'A Studious Student','','','','2011-05-17 12:00:00','2011-05-17 12:00:00','This is by far my favorite math book. I was introduced to it in a Putnam preparation course and didn\'t buy it at first (seemed too over the top). I found it in the library and used the school\'s book for some assignments. After a few nights studying out of the book I went off and bought it for myself, (half price, what a steal!) Granted, the book isn\'t for everyone, but if you even a glint of interest in discrete mathematics, you should definitely pick this book up.<br><br>I have not yet worked by way through the whole book (I\'ve only solidly covered a sixth of it, but I\'ve referenced about three quarters of it over the course of owning it). Here\'s what I like the most about the book:<br><br>- Good density / readability trade-off. Some math books are dense to the point that each page should take you an hour or more to fully understand. This isn\'t THAT bad, but it is definitely denser than your first year calculus texts. If you\'re used to breezing through a chapter that covers 2-6 concepts followed by some practice problems, you\'re going to have to get used to slowing down and doing some serious re-reading. I would estimate that getting a good grasp of each chapter takes about 20 to 60 hours of work, depending on how strong you are with the material. This includes time for solving the problems at the end of the chapter. This may sound like a lot, but trust me when I say you will know all the tricks of the trade when you\'re finished.<br><br>- Intuitive approach. I find many texts will spend a lot of time walking through the material in a very linear fashion. In the sense that the organization of the material makes sense once you\'ve absorbed it, but seems random and un-ordered as you learn it. This book is ordered very intuitively the first time you read it, in the sense that the ideas seem to flow where your mind does when you first pick up the material (does this make sense?) Most chapters open with a (refreshingly tough) problem and you are walked through the solution as you learn the techniques you need to solve it. You\'ll pick up some very powerful problem solving techniques as you read this book.<br><br>- Good depth. Instead of telling you how to manipulate certain classes of sums, the authors go deep into the powers at work behind the problems, as well as \"tricks of the trade\". Some of the sum manipulations I\'ve learned in this book I have yet to see elsewhere, and they\'re very handy! For example, a type of \"discrete calculus\" is defined, which will let you find the closed form for the sum of integers (1 through n) to the power of k with remarkable ease (it uses stirling numbers, I\'m sure you can find it on the net.)<br><br>What I don\'t like about it:<br>- Doesn\'t take a very deep plunge into number theory. Covers the basics very well, but wont get you into RSA.<br>- Does not blend in continuous mathematics as well as I\'d hoped.<br><br>In short, this book covers basic topics in discrete math very well. After reading this book you will be extremely comfortable manipulating sums, discrete probabilities, and number theory. It also gives you a surprisingly in-depth look at discrete math you don\'t often encounter in your undergraduate courses, including:<br>- Floor / ceiling functions and manipulating them.<br>- Binomial coefficients (n choose k).<br>- Generating functions.<br>- Special numbers (stirling, fibonacci, harmonic, etc.)<br>- O-notation (this is where the computer science finally kicks in).<br><br>Do read this book if you are:<br>- A math undergraduate.<br>- Someone who enjoyed math but lost touch with it long ago.<br>- Someone raised on continuous mathematics (calculus, high school math, analysis) looking to diversify their thinking.<br>- Into prime numbers, fibonacci numbers, or curious mathematical patterns.<br><br>Don\'t bother with this book if you are:<br>- Dumb.<br>- A math genius.<br>- A computer whiz but don\'t enjoy math (despite the \"foundation for computer science\" line, this is purely a math book).<br>- An engineering student who only cares about the answer, not the process (see the one star guy).<br>- Note: This book doesn\'t use the lemma - proof - example format you may be used to. You\'ve been warned.<br><br>This book is extremely well written, and I guarantee that if you\'re in the \"read this book if\" list you will find this book impossible to get rid of, it will haunt your bookshelf for life.<br><br>Also, concerning the title. There seems to be some confusion as to why it is called \"Concrete Mathematics\" (see one star guy). It isn\'t called that because it presents, everyday, formula-solution math. The reason it\'s called \"Concrete Mathematics\" (and I quote from the preface) is because \"It is a blend of CONtinuous and disCRETE mathematics.\" That\'s by far the silliest book-title formula I\'ve ever encountered, but to each their own I guess.<br><br>And finally, I didn\'t see a table of contents on the order page, so I will summarize the table of contents here, in order the topics are presented:<br>- Recurrence<br>- Sums<br>- Integer Functions (floor, ceiling, modulo)<br>- Number Theory<br>- Binomial Coefficients (n choose k)<br>- Special Numbers (Stirling, Eularian, Bernoulli, Fibonacci, and others)<br>- Generating Functions<br>- Discrete Probability<br>- Asymptotics (O notation)<br><br>There\'s just under 500 pages of good stuff before you hit the answer to exercises. Oh yeah, there\'s also no flimsy \"answer to odd number exercises\" back page. Each problem is solved ENTIRELY, some solutions take over a page. If that\'s not the best way to learn, I don\'t know what is. Enjoy.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4719,2315,'Mary Pat Campbell','','','','2001-07-13 12:00:00','2001-07-13 12:00:00','What is \"concrete\" math, as opposed to other types of math?  The authors explain that the title comes from the blending of CONtinuous and disCRETE math, two branches of math that many seem to like to keep asunder, though each occurs in the foundation of the other.  The topics in the book, such as sums, generating functions, and number theory, are actually standard discrete math topics; however, the treatment in this text shows the inherent continuous (read: calculus) undergirding of the topics.  Without calculus, generating functions would not have come to mind and their tremendous power could not be put to use in figuring out series.<br><br>The smart-aleck marginal notes notwithstanding, this is a serious math book for those who are willing to dot every i and cross every t.  Unlike most math texts (esp. graduate math texts), nothing is omitted along the way.  Notation is explained (=very= important), common pitfalls are pointed out (as opposed to the usual way students come across them -- by getting back bleeding exams), and what is important and what is =not= as important are indicated.<br><br>Still, I cannot leave the marginal notes unremarked; some are serious warnings to the reader.  For example, in the introduction, one note remarks \"I would advise the casual student to stay away from this course.\"  Notes that advise one to skim, and there are a few, should be taken seriously.  All the marginal notes come from the TAs who had to help with the text, and thus have a more nitty-gritty understanding of the difficulties students are likely to face.  Still, there are plenty of puns and bad jokes to amuse the text-reader for hours: \"The empty set is pointless,\" \"But not Imbesselian,\" and \"John .316\" made me chuckle, but you have to find them for yourself.<br><br>To someone who has been through the rigors of math grad school, this book is a delight to read; to those who have not, they must keep in mind that this is a serious text and must be prepared to do some real work.  Very bright high school students have gotten through this text with little difficulty.  I want to note ahead of time - some of the questions in the book are serious research topics.  They don\'t necessarily tell you that when they give you the problem; if you\'ve worked on the problem for a week, you should turn to the answers in the back to check that there really is a solution.<br><br>That said, I would highly recommend this book to math-lovers who want some rigorous math outside of the usual fare.  The formulas in here can actually come in handy \"in real life\", especially if one has to use math a lot.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4720,2315,'Anthony Widjaja To','','','','2005-12-14 12:00:00','2005-12-14 12:00:00','This book is perhaps one of the most beautifully written books I have ever read. All the proofs presented here are elegant. When reading the proofs in this book, you can feel that one sentence logically and smoothly follows from the previous sentence. This is partly because of the elegant and effective notations adopted by the authors. [Note: Donald Knuth, one of the authors, has been one of the biggest proponents of good mathematical notations. See his book titled \"Mathematical Writing\".]<br><br>Other reviewers have provided a summary of this book. So, I will only say that every computer scientist and combinatorialist should read at least chapters 1, 2, 5, 7, and 9. Chapter 5 is very highly recommended. Trust me: once you have mastered these chapters, you will be able to do things your colleagues just can\'t. Even just familiarizing yourself with the notations in this book will help you produce proofs that you probably won\'t be able to otherwise. [Great ideas are of course always important in every proof - but without good notations, you probably won\'t be able to come up with the ideas in the first place.]<br><br>There is pretty much nothing bad about this book that I am aware of. I will just say though that it takes a lot of time and effort to acquire mastery of the material. As for my own story, I started reading chapter 1 and 2 when I just got interested in discrete mathematics. It took me about 1/2 year (part time) to get through this. I came back to this book again when I took a course on \"generatingfunctionology\". I found that chapter 5 and 7 were indispensable. I was also forced to reread chapter 2 again because the lecturer, as most people do, just waived his hands when it comes to manipulating sums and binomial coefficients. However, all the effort that I put in paid off in the end as I could solve problems in the final exam which all my other friends could not.<br><br>In summary, I strongly recommend this book to every computer scientist and combinatorialist. I will finally remark that, if you are serious about learning concrete mathematics, you will probably find that generating functions pop up pretty much everywhere. To understand these beasts, I highly recommend Sedgewick and Flajolet\'s \"Introduction to Analysis of Algorithms\" and \"Analytic Combinatorics\" (not yet published, but next-to-final draft is available at Flajolet\'s web site), and Wilf\'s \"Generatingfunctionology\".',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4721,2315,'JJ','','','','2014-01-13 12:00:00','2014-01-13 12:00:00','I\'ve read a lot of math books: I majored in math in college, got a PhD in CS (in cryptography, specifically) and I love doing math recreationally.  This is simply the best math text I\'ve seen: it\'s got real math in it (quite difficult material in places, in fact), and yet has a lighthearted and fun-spirited approach.  The graffiti can be lame sometimes, but add something to the book.  And the exercises are all thoroughly answered within the text (as Knuth tends to do in all his books).<br><br>I have used some of the techniques in my research, or as stepping stones to more advanced study that then fed into my research.<br><br>I am a CS professor now, and although I would LOVE to use this text in a course, it\'s unfortunately too advanced for our students in a discrete math class.  Still, it\'s a gem on my shelves and a gift to the world.  Highly recommended.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4722,2315,'Peter Krumins','','','','2015-07-09 12:00:00','2015-07-09 12:00:00','Yet another classic. Concrete Mathematics is the second most accessible book by Knuth as one of the co-authors. Concrete Mathematics is a blending of CONtinuous and disCRETE mathematics. This book focuses on practical skills rather than theory. It contains many examples, tricks of trade, and problems with solutions. This book is also fun to read. After reading this book you will be very comfortable manipulating sums, recurrences, discrete probabilities, and number theory.<br><br>I\'ve placed this book #15 in my Top 100 Programming, Computer and Science books list:<br><br>http://www.catonmat.net/blog/top-100-books-part-three/<br><br>.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4723,2315,'Japanese Reviewer','','','','2017-01-05 12:00:00','2017-01-05 12:00:00','I am reading this book for entertainment.<br>This book is for entertainment.<br>Very good book.<br><br>Dr. Knuth, please write a book such as \"Calculus for computer science\".',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4725,2315,'NN','','','','2000-01-30 12:00:00','2000-01-30 12:00:00','This is one of those books you keep forever, purely for its utility: it\'s packed with formulas, techniques, examples. But more than that, the authors lead you through the techniques and explain the concepts behind them, with  the goal of equipping you with the mental tools to attack any mathematical  problem you encounter. And to top it off, it\'s well-written, and the  \"margin notes\" provide some comic relief. The material is very  dense, and it\'s not a book I\'d recommend for casual reading: this is stuff  you only work through if you\'re going to need it. But if you *are* going to  need it, this book will make it a lot more pleasant.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4726,2315,'S.Z.','','','','2013-05-22 12:00:00','2013-05-22 12:00:00','I was lucky enough to find this book for a dollar. It became very quickly one of my 5 favorite math books (out of 100 or so.) I had no idea what one could do with discrete summation. The chapter on discrete calculus (where \"dx\" = 1) is currently making me shake my head in admiration. Generating functions are also covered and threaten to dent my cranium.<br>The math is as beautiful as it is powerful. Even the typeset and the notation is unique and impressive. The cover is perfect. That sigma in concrete perfectly symbolizes the material and style within.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4727,2315,'MMI','','','','2012-04-05 12:00:00','2012-04-05 12:00:00','I read this book as my introduction to computer science and discrete mathematics in my re-education as a physicist to a computer scientist. It was invaluable. I wouldn\'t say a light of heart should adopt this book. It is serious and starts each chapter slowly but rapidly gets into problems in the research domain. I found the topics perfect, and the extensive problems were a fantastic resource. The book easily serves the three roles of the title.<br><br>The writing is meticulous in both precision and style.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4728,2315,'Trevis Rothwell','','','','2011-01-27 12:00:00','2011-01-27 12:00:00','I find this book to be exceptionally readable, both in terms of clarity of the mathematics concepts, and in the fun added by the authors\' well-placed humor.<br><br>My degree is in computer science, and my formal mathematics training ended with multivariable calculus and linear algebra. Self-study of this book for me is challenging but doable. Further, you need not read the entire book to benefit from it. The earlier sections in each chapter are easier to grasp than the later sections, and reading only a few earlier sections and skipping the later will still provide you with a respectable understanding of the key topics. (You can always come back to skipped topics at another time should the need arise.)<br><br>This book also contains a much more understandable description of Big-O notation than I have encountered in most algorithm books.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4729,2315,'Upunder','','','','2012-01-19 12:00:00','2012-01-19 12:00:00','This book isn\'t about mathematical thinking per se, but it\'s one of the books I read early on in my studies that really helped me with my mathematical thinking and notation. It\'s just so dang clear and friendly. I\'ve never really thought discrete math of this sort was important or interesting, but they made the material seem interesting and fun.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4730,2315,'PC','','','','2008-11-12 12:00:00','2008-11-12 12:00:00','How often do you get to have two of the giants of mathematics Graham and Knuth co-author (with Patashnik) a book like this - even suitable for high-school students?<br><br>Don\'t let the binding or whatever fools you, this is a serious math book and serious thinking is required.  The material is broad and interesting.  I think the book can be used as a supplement text to any of the discrete math/algorithm course (or just leisure reading).  It will serve you years to come.  Extra bonus - the marginal notes.  It may be annoying to you or not but I found it funny at times.<br><br>I echo the same feeling as some of the readers here - keep this one always within reach.  This is a future classic!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4731,2315,'Anne Speck','','','','2011-09-20 12:00:00','2011-09-20 12:00:00','I\'m currently in a course which covers about half the material in this book. The text the professor selected is a fine work for people who already know the material to skim. In contrast, Concrete Mathematics talks a beginner through the concepts in a without being pedantic.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4732,2315,'M. Le Brun','','','','2001-05-15 12:00:00','2001-05-15 12:00:00','Lest others find this wonderful book as disappointing as the reviewer from Osan, Korea: note that \"concrete\" in the title is just meant in contrast to \"abstract\".  But both concrete and abstract are adjectives intended only to describe different apporaches to *theoretical* math, as opposed to *applied* math, which addresses examples directly relevant to the real world (and thus is probably of more interest to engineers and their ilk).  This *isn\'t* an applied math text.  The difference between the concrete and abstract styles is that concrete math generally takes a \"bottom up\" tack, arising from specific given \"concrete\" entities, such as certain special functions, sums, sequences etc and tends to involve more derivation and calculation.  In contrast typical abstract math is more \"top down\", proceeding, say, from axioms, perhaps even non-constructively, and tends to involve more reasoning and proving.  If you dig the theoretical stuff, and like the concrete approach, this book is a treasure trove.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4733,2315,'Yury Brodskiy','','','','2008-11-04 12:00:00','2008-11-04 12:00:00','really good book, some times it\'s bit hard to comprehend, but I\'m enjoying the struggle.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4734,2315,'De Paoli Andrea','','','','2001-06-16 12:00:00','2001-06-16 12:00:00','I found this book very stimulating, and whenever I have a chance I go back to some of the harder problems. This book should please the more mathematically oriented programmers as well as anyone with curiosity regarding numerical mathematics. The scholarship is thorough and I find particularly noteworthy the attempt to ascribe soucres correctly and I appreciated the attention to detail (even the font used).',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4736,2315,'Unbroken','','','','2014-05-30 12:00:00','2014-05-30 12:00:00','I originally bought this book as a source of remedial study following the end of my US state school CS undergrad experience (I completed a BS Computer Science in 2013, &gt; 3.5 GPA), and as preparation for V1 &amp; V4 of TAOCP. I use the word remedial here in the sense that I felt that I was missing a critical foundation in the mathematical analysis and derivation of algorithms, even after the course-work of that degree. I\'ve done 3 chapters of it in full, and I will mention a number of things that other reviews haven\'t talked about. Due to the horrendous time commitment of this book, I strongly suspect this is because those reviewers haven\'t actually worked through it, and have instead chosen to skim and allow Knuth fanboyism, along with the desire for mutual association, to cloud their opinions. I\'m revoking a star simply to balance those reviews out, and so that graduates in similar situations have an actual informed critical opinion of this book to find among the reviews.<br><br>Take-Aways (As of Ch 3):<br><br>There are many aspects of summations, integer functions, and proofing that: I never saw covered in my CS degree, are unforgettable, and can be immediately applied to most algorithm research. Those alone make this book worth every penny. Further, the problems posed by this book are more than just repeated mechanics, as I have seen in books like those mentioned below. Each problem is carefully chosen, thorough, and exposes multiple aspects of each topic. They really do weed out many faults that I wasn\'t really exposed to- as a small example: the importance of ensuring validity of n-1 and n-2 hypothesis &amp; base cases during an induction proof.<br><br>The Bad:<br><br>Students educated through a contemporary CS track at most American uni\'s, I believe, (e.g. Rosen Discrete Math, Cormen Algorithms) will find this book both terrifyingly terse and frustratingly paced. In many cases, examples are given without derivation. In many cases, important points are made without obvious connection to previous topics. This is not without a solution however, and getting through this book is often an acquired technique of paper noting things as-you-go, as well as a learned hyper-literacy. The terseness is also a double-edged sword, as sometimes I found it useful as an extra opportunity to practice the taught methods to see if I could come to the same result. Further, the reader should be prepared to go back and review propositional logic &amp; university calculus theorems (atleast FTC, definite vs indefinite integrals). For example, the description of sum by parts in the section on finite calculus  assumes _much_ from the reader, and being able to use university calc. as a point of reference to get through that is helpful.<br><br>A lot of exercises are tersely explained in both problem and solution. Further, many solutions are totally left-field (having little to do with material in the book). This isn\'t necessarily bad, as even taking the wrong path to a solution is very educational. However, at some point the reader has to make a judgment as to how long to commit to a certain problem. Many terse problems &amp; left-field solutions instill the wrong judgment: quitting too early.<br><br>Conclusion:<br><br>Attention to detail &amp; extra work is necessary to overcome the terseness of this particular beast, but it\'s worth it. I recommend this book for developers confronted with algorithm optimization problems, as a well as for a different take on parts of discrete math, and definitely for students coming out of a US state school CS program, the last which this book complements very well. Having worked through some of V1 TAOCP, I would also say that the book is effective in expanding upon its math underpinnings (V1 at-least), and incidentally, does give one confidence to tackle Knuth\'s other works.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4737,2315,'Chad','','','','2013-11-03 12:00:00','2013-11-03 12:00:00','This is a wonderful and desk reference, proving holistic coverage of all the math-oriented themes in CS study and practice.  It is especially helpful if you already have a solid background in math, up to at least College Calculus I.  If you need to write a proof of some algorithm, it has countless examples of proofs to draw inspiration from, and includes many examples of the (genius) author\'s thinking when they work their way to proofs.  I\'m quite glad I own it as Concrete Mathematics is a monumental achievement and quite comprehensive.<br><br>It gets 4 instead of 5 stars because despite having, as advertised, complete coverage of the mathematical topics needed for Computer Science, it is NOT a math book designed to teach you how to *conceptualize* the content it covers.  It is heavy on examples and light on theory, and so is not particularly apt for developing one\'s math schemas.  Let me reiterate this point: \"Concrete Mathematics\" will NOT teach you Pre-Calculus, Discrete Mathematics, or Calculus concepts.  If you don\'t already have a robust mathematical repertoire, this book will not instill a sense of confidence that you\'re  doing things correctly when working on your own.  In the Introduction, it says it was written based on an undergraduate class the authors routinely taught... but what seems missing from this book is the *teaching part* of their lecture series.  One gets the impression reading it that students who took the course must have all been math aces prior to setting foot in the lecture hall, that they needed only to learn how to apply their considerable math talents to the Computer Science problem domain.  I was fine reading and applying the content in this book, but I felt I should warn people looking for math instruction that they will need to supplement this volume with additional \"pure math instruction\" textbooks (Brief Applied Calculus, Discrete Math, etc.).',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4738,2315,'J. Kelly','','','','2015-01-18 12:00:00','2015-01-18 12:00:00','This is a very good collegiate level book, but not so great at explaining concepts to the high school level. I bought it intending to use it for high school discrete math class, but it ended up being a bit too compacted an explanation with a bit of an assumption that most discrete math was already known. Great for what it is, but not so great for being able to teach a high school class.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4739,2315,'A.Mellice','','','','2015-09-16 12:00:00','2015-09-16 12:00:00','now obviously this is Knuth, so lots of information there, im still going through the book but sometimes i feel im lost at certain points which needs me to do some search somewhere else, other than this it\'s good knowledge',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4740,2315,'Christopher M Ford','','','','2015-06-20 12:00:00','2015-06-20 12:00:00','great!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4741,2315,'Tim Greer','','','','2003-05-10 12:00:00','2003-05-10 12:00:00','And, I hope I can get the time to finish it. This is a good prelude to some of the more agressive algorithm books out there, if you take any very advanced programming courses--and gets you mroe ready for some of the Knuth books (now there\'s a challenge).',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4742,2315,'calvinnme','','','','2007-06-25 12:00:00','2007-06-25 12:00:00','This book\'s title can be misleading. I would say it is more of an advanced textbook on the mathematics that is a foundation for computer science than a foundational book on the mathematics of computer science. I think this misreading of the title and thus the book\'s content is what is behind much of the heartache that readers have when trying to tackle it. This book expands on the \"Mathematical Preliminaries\" portion of \"The Art of Computer Programming\" series of books by Knuth, and thus this book has a style much like that series of books. The book is complete and clear, but it is also densely packed with lots of theory and proofs and will require much effort and time to understand well. It is really not meant to be an applied mathematics textbook at all. I show the table of contents next. Note that there are exercises at the conclusion of each chapter with solutions in the back of the book. However, most of the exercises are not so simple that you can just glimpse at the solution and figure out how to get from A to B. I recommend it if you have the time. It can really bring out thoughts and the beauty of mathematics that you may not have considered before.<br><br>1. Recurrent Problems.<br>The Tower of Hanoi.<br>Lines in the Plane.<br>The Josephus Problem.<br>Exercises.<br><br>2. Sums.<br>Notation.<br>Sums and Recurrences.<br>Manipulation of Sums.<br>Multiple Sums.<br>General Methods.<br>Finite and Infinite Calculus.<br>Infinite Sums.<br>Exercises.<br><br>3. Integer Functions.<br>Floors and Ceilings.<br>Floor/Ceiling Applications.<br>Floor/Ceiling Recurrences.<br>\'mod\': The Binary Operation.<br>Floor/Ceiling Sums.<br>Exercises.<br><br>4. Number Theory.<br>Divisibility.<br>Factorial Factors.<br>Relative Primality.<br>\'mod\': The Congruence Relation.<br>Independent Residues.<br>Additional Applications.<br>Phi and Mu.<br>Exercises.<br><br>5. Binomial Coefficients.<br>Basic Identities.<br>Basic Practice.<br>Tricks of the Trade.<br>Generating Functions.<br>Hypergeometric Functions.<br>Hypergeometric Transformations.<br>Partial Hypergeometric Sums.<br>Mechanical Summation.<br>Exercises.<br><br>6. Special Numbers.<br>Stirling Numbers.<br>Eulerian Numbers.<br>Harmonic Numbers.<br>Harmonic Summation.<br>Bernoulli Numbers.<br>Fibonacci Numbers.<br>Continuants.<br>Exercises.<br><br>7. Generating Functions.<br>Domino Theory and Change.<br>Basic Maneuvers.<br>Solving Recurrences.<br>Special Generating Functions.<br>Convolutions.<br>Exponential Generating Functions.<br>Dirichlet Generating Functions.<br>Exercises.<br><br>8. Discrete Probability.<br>Definitions.<br>Mean and Variance.<br>Probability Generating Functions.<br>Flipping Coins.<br>Hashing.<br>Exercises.<br><br>9. Asymptotics.<br>A Hierarchy.<br>O Notation.<br>O Manipulation.<br>Two Asymptotic Tricks.<br>Euler\'s Summation Formula.<br>Final Summations.<br>Exercises.<br><br>A. Answers to Exercises.<br>B. Bibliography.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4743,2315,'N. Bourbaki','','','','2004-09-20 12:00:00','2004-09-20 12:00:00','Why I got this book:<br><br>It\'s a great feeling to know how computers work, when I decided that I want to make a career and a life out of computers, as its truly a passion for me, I delved deeper, discovering the true beauty in the Science part of Computer Science, so I decided to get Donald Knuth\' \"The Art of Computer Programming\" - to describe that seminal, huge work, it\'s like biting more than you can chew while trying to drink from a fire hose, moreover, the technical and mathematical prerequisites for the work are sometimes too demanding, they require a huge amount of experience with discrete mathematics, although I had some lectures and read some books, none came close \"Concrete Mathematics\", it covers, from ground up (though with a dangerously steep learning curve) a lot of discrete mathematics topics, it is by far the most extensive work I\'ve read about Sums and really teaches the algorithmic problem solving thinking skill the authors preach so much about, with small amusing comments written by actual students of this course, a comfortable format, and very good writing skills, you can feel these guys are great professors who enjoy this material and are passionate about teaching it.<br><br>Recommended, though some better, less steep, introductionary text books are probably out there.<br><br>Enjoy.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4744,2315,'William Stevenson','','','','2002-12-13 12:00:00','2002-12-13 12:00:00','I used this book while studying Combinatorics at the University of Warwick, a leading British institution for mathematicians. At the time, the book was a little bit overwhelming - Knuth doesn\'t waste any time in getting to the point of solving problems in the book. Thus, if you\'re the type of person who needs lots of worked examples, I would supplement this with another book, for example, Grimaldi\'s Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics. But this book does belong on the bookshelf - it is a great reference, particularly because it prepares one to read The Art of Computer Programming, also by Knuth. TAOCP is the definitive series on computer science, respected by computer scientists everywhere. I guess the best way to describe Concrete Mathematics is that if you are a graduate student in CS, you should own this book. If you are a mathematically-oriented undergraduate, this book will make you really understand anything that your professors will throw at you. But, if you are not a math-lover, you will want a backup and a really nice professor :)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4745,2315,'Roger Bagula','','','','2009-03-22 12:00:00','2009-03-22 12:00:00','After having had a bad result from other Ronald L. Graham,&nbsp;\n  \nErdos on Graphs : His Legacy of Unsolved Problems\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    , books and articles. I was surprised with this book. I think that Dr. Knuth seems to turn what he touches to gold? I kind of wish I had read this one several years ago when<br>I wasn\'t as familiar with the material.<br>I was amazed to find the recursion for the Eulerian numbers of the second type and a host of very useful identities as well.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4746,2315,'Nate','','','','2000-09-06 12:00:00','2000-09-06 12:00:00','Overall this is a must-have book for anyone in CS.  Besides being a great  read, I\'ve found it usefull on several occasions to solve problems and it\'s  very likely that a CS Prof will reference this book in lecture or homework  problems.<br>However, the books mathematical notation is sometimes unique  and it is not always clear were symbols and their meanings are defined.  For example, in the first chapter S_n (that\'s S sub n) is used in place of  summation notation.  Then, in the exercise solutions S_n is used again but  it is expected that the reader know that this is in reference to the use of  S_n in a chapter example. Because S_n is non-standard notation it would  have saved me much confusion if the authors had explicitly defined S_n.  This seems to happen a lot and I spent a lot of time combing through the  books examples looking for definitions of symbols.<br>Yet, despite these  problems, this book is a classic.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4747,2315,'esseyo','','','','2000-03-31 12:00:00','2000-03-31 12:00:00','I can\'t find another book that covers similiar material at this depth. A great book possibly a future classic but unfortunately the font (\"Euler\" font which was created specifically for this book) is  just awful which makes this book far more difficult to physically read than  neccesary. Characters just sit like a rock instead of helping the eyes  flow from one word to the next. I would give it 5 stars if not for the  distracting swiggly font.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4748,2315,'Kindle Customer','','','','2022-11-28 12:00:00','2022-11-28 12:00:00','The work itself is delicious as every other Mr. Knuth work! And the publishing quality is excellent too. However, it\'s a pity that the copy I got has a bit bent corners...',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4749,2315,'Soheil Dowlatshahi','','','','2016-09-12 12:00:00','2016-09-12 12:00:00','I received the book at a good quality an on time.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4751,2313,'Jean M. Gawron','','','','2023-05-25 12:00:00','2023-05-25 12:00:00','Quite simply, I love this book.  I came to it by way of Roger Penrose\'s  Road to Reality, which says some very flattering things about Needham, and being a fan of Penrose\'s book, I tried out Needham\'s.  If you loved Road to Reality, and learned something from it, there is a good chance you will also love Visual Complex Analysis.  Having said that, they are not the same kind of book.  Penrose has an end in mind, and the book arcs toward it, supplying you at each step with what you need to take the next.  Needham\'s book is a leisurely tour through  a particularly beautiful part of the landscape of math. You are there for the views, to stand lingering at the precipice watching the sun set.  If you an engineering or physics student interested in complex analysis because you need  to get on with your physics and engineering work, this book is not for you.  Complex Differentiation and the Cauchy-Riemann equations are not introduced until Chapter 4.  There is way more time spent on topics like the Riemann sphere and Mobius transformations than any reasonable textbook could afford.  There are extended discussions of individual functions on the complex plane, like the exponential function, the log function, the trigonometric functions.  Why?  Because they are beautiful. Because these are all places where there is an exploision of hidden structure in the complex plane.  Needham has a gift for revisiting elementary topics  and bringing out their beauty.  The discussion (and proof?) of Euler\'s Equation is inspiring.  All this is very untextbooklike.  Also untextbooklike: there are few exercises, and they are not really designed to work the reader through a minimal skill set.  Like the rest of the book, they focus on the areas where the views are good.  Readers turning to complex analysis for practical reasons are better off with Gamelin.  But if you want insight, and a fresh look at old ideas, and the occasional flash of purely geometric intuition, then this book is for you.  Or if you too believe that the complex plane is the doorway to some beautiful mathematics, then this book is especially for you.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4752,2313,'mitchus k.','','','','2023-04-22 12:00:00','2023-04-22 12:00:00','This is a great book for getting visual intuitions for the universe of complex numbers. The 25th anniversary edition has been refreshed with new content and improvements all around. Can heartily recommend',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4753,2459,'Steven Skees','','','','2012-04-11 12:00:00','2012-04-11 12:00:00','As a mathematics student completing my second semester of an undergraduate abstract algebra sequence, my greatest lament is that the abstract algebra courses which I enrolled in used books which weren\'t completely satisfying. For group theory, we used Gallian\'s&nbsp;\n  \nContemporary Abstract Algebra\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    , which isn\'t bad, but has significant room for improvement. For rings and fields, we used Herstein\'s&nbsp;\n  \nTopics in Algebra\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    , which probably wasn\'t bad when it was written 40 years ago, but is far too sparse on details, uses outdated or completely nonstandard notation, and contains six over-bloated (one entire chapter for ALL of group theory) and highly disorganized chapters. It wasn\'t until about midway through the semester on rings and fields that I discovered Pinter\'s text, and upon discovering it, I feel that I have found one of the nicest texts to use as a solid introduction to abstract algebra. Pinter doesn\'t skimp on any of the details, and not only fully explains everything, but is capable of explaining everything in a manner which is actually \"easy\" to understand, and dare I say, even enjoyable to read. But just because he explains it in a way that is \"easy\" to understand doesn\'t mean that the concepts themselves are easy. But with the way Pinter explains it, the concepts seem very natural.<br><br>If I had to choose one thing that I like about Pinter\'s textbook, it would be the exercises which are provided at the end of each chapter. Just about every textbook out there has a highly disorganized hodgepodge of exercises, occasionally organized into categories like \"concepts\" and \"theory\" or marked with an asterisk for being more \"difficult.\" Pinter takes an entirely different approach to the organization of exercises, by grouping related exercises under headings which summarize a group of them. This helps to develop even more theory than just what the book provides, without simply relegating important ideas to randomly numbered exercises which may be lost in a large set. It also helps students use a series of smaller proofs to establish important theorems rather than the approach that some others texts use, where they state a very important and sometimes \"loaded\" theorem and say that the \"proof is left to the reader.\" There are also plenty of more basic conceptual exercises to build up to the theory. While some mathematical purists may snark at conceptual exercises, it is important to realize that understanding exactly what is going on at the most basic level, before delving into proofs, is very crucial. Certainly, theory and proofs are one of the most important things for a student to learn from an abstract algebra course, but how well can a student possibly prove properties of a coset if they can\'t even develop basic properties and examples of cosets? These exercises are also useful in preparation for exams, such as the GRE Mathematics Subject test... a multiple choice test that many undergrads going into grad school take which covers many topics, including abstract algebra.<br><br>In a way, it is a shame that this has transitioned to a Dover text, as many professionals don\'t take Dover texts as seriously as texts from the \"pushy\" publishers cranking out the most up-to-date (or at least updating the cover, renumbering exercises to throw off students, and enhancing books with useless links to websites) books at 10 times the price. But this one is one that should be taken seriously, and even though it is just a reprint of a 20 year old text, it still has plenty of life in it for the time being. At the same time, though, it is nice that such a high quality text is being made available at such a low price, and even if professors aren\'t necessarily going to jump on the bandwagon to use this text in their courses, I think students of abstract algebra, particularly those who may be interested in eventually engaging in research in the area, will find this text to make a great supplement to some of the \"problematic\" texts out there. This text is also great for self-study as well.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4754,2459,'Noonoh','','','','2018-10-17 12:00:00','2018-10-17 12:00:00','I\'m usually wary of reading reviews for math books since some of them say things like, \"These book is fantastic, easy to read and great presentation! I just use it for casual self study. btw I have a PhD in algebraic quantum nano topology or whatever.\"<br><br>My background, to give you context: I did my undergrad in computer science and have competed in programming contests, so I\'m fairly well-versed in discrete math and decent reasoning skills. I took multivariable calculus, linear algebra, and some statistics and discrete math, and one light topology course that I struggled with. However, I never took any of the \"math major\" courses in college such as abstract algebra or real/complex analysis, though I\'ve always wanted to.<br><br>I\'m reading this book now for self-study since I\'ve always wanted to learn these other branches of math. When looking things up online, I occasionally come across terms like groups, rings, fields, homomorphisms, isomorphisms, etc. which I honestly didn\'t know what they meant, but these form the basic concepts of abstract algebra.<br><br>In case you\'re wondering what abstract algebra is all about, I\'ll give a short summary of how he explains it: Abstract algebra is the study of algebraic structures. What\'s an algebraic structure? It\'s a set of elements along with some operation defined on those elements. It\'s a very general notion that encompasses arithmetic, polynomials, matrices, and more. It\'s the study of the general (or abstract) properties of certain types of sets. The first half of the book is devoted to studying groups, which are the simplest sets with some sort of structure to them, then builds on top of them to explore more advanced topics. The book even goes into number theory, like prime factorization and Diophantine equations, and uses abstract algebra to show why certain geometric constructs are impossible with only a ruler and compass.<br><br>This book is most definitely doable for self-study! Here\'s what I found:<br><br>Pros:<br>-Very easy to follow along. He explains concepts very clearly and has the occasional diagram, and he very rarely makes claims without proving them, though sometimes he\'ll refer to a result from an exercise.<br>-Each chapter is surprisingly short, so it gives quite a satisfying feeling to finish a chapter that\'s just a few pages long. This is excluding the exercises, FYI. The base content of each chapter is enough just for the fundamentals and not much more.<br><br>Cons:<br>-The bulk of each chapter is the exercises. There\'s actually a lot for each chapter, so I haven\'t been doing them all, just eyeballing the ones that look interesting and doing those. I highly recommend doing as many as possible, however; I\'m just being lazy.<br>-There aren\'t really any solutions for the exercises except for a handful. I\'ve never struggled on an exercise long enough to have to look it up online. I don\'t know if this implies the problems are mostly easy.<br><br>Seeing as how this is the first abstract algebra book I\'ve read and I\'ve never done a course in it, I can\'t compare it to anything else, but the presentation certainly feels very logical and natural.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4755,2459,'chicken head cut off','','','','2023-03-11 12:00:00','2023-03-11 12:00:00','ive never read a math book like a novel before: very clear very easy to digest this material.<br><br>i will mention that some standard stuff like sylow or modules isnt really in this book (it sticks to a solid core of groups rings fields galois and lin alg) but if youre starting or struggling with abstract algebra this book is extremely lucid. id pair it with another text that goes beyond it like jacobson or dummit and foote or artin etc etc',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4756,2459,'Vincent Poirier','','','','2011-12-17 12:00:00','2011-12-17 12:00:00','I don\'t like reviews that sound like the electoral returns of a communist dictatorship, i.e. no opposition, so when I come across a particularly good book, I sometimes look hard for something negative. I found two things wrong with Pinter\'s book.<br><br>* First, it will not enlighten me to the mysteries of living the good life, nor will it make me rich.<br><br>* Second, the author uses too many exclamation marks.<br><br>Try as I might, I can\'t really find anything else wrong with this excellent and thorough introduction to abstract algebra.<br><br>The book is rigorous; it presents all the important theorems with accompanying proofs and defines its terms clearly. Each short chapter defines terms and proves the basic theorems concerning one topic, after which it ends with exercises gathered together under topical headings. It is vital to read and understand the exercises by the way, and to work out many of them. They contain important ideas and concepts needed to understand later chapters.<br><br>For instance, a series of exercise develop the idea that a permutation is more than a reordering of a finite number of objects. A permutation is a reordering of any number of things, including an infinite or even uncountable number of things. For example the function f(x)=2x+1 is a permutation from R to R because it takes each real number and sends it to a different unique real number (f(1.5)=4) while conversely each real number has a unique inverse under that function (i.e. the inverse of 4 under our function f is 1.5). This makes f a permutation.<br><br>Pinter could perhaps have developed some topics further, for instance it would be nice to have more about the classification of permutations, but he does cover their basics and devotes some space to the major classifications, such as the symmetric groups and the cyclic groups, but without emphasizing the fact that classifying groups is a major area of study in its own right.<br><br>Vincent Poirier, Tokyo',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4757,2459,'Daniel Ribas Tandeitnik','','','','2018-02-18 12:00:00','2018-02-18 12:00:00','I\'m really enjoying studing for the first time Abstract Algebra with this book. I like how the chapters are quite small, to the point and, in the same time, rigorous and really easy to understand. The author explains really well all the concepts! Don\'t be fooled by the 4-6 pages chapters, the content is explained really well. But be warned: take you time and do the exercices in the end of the chapter, all of them. A review down below complains that he didn\'t like that a part of the content of the chapter is \'hidden\' in the exercices, but I\'m quite digging it! All the tools that you need are really well explained in the chapter, so when you do the exercices you feel like you\'re exploring the subject and making discoveries on your own, so you have this really nice feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment! And the way the exercices are layed down is great to: they are well leveled in terms of a difficult curve and there is plenty of help, insights and hints by the author alongside them. So you don\'t feel like the author just gave some exercices and a \"good luck, see you in the next chapter\", you feel his presence there and his orientation throughout them.<br><br>I\'m really impressed by the way this book was build and recommend to anyone who wants to learn Abstract Algebra for the first time. But remember, do the exercices, more than half the book is there (and like I explained, it\'s not a bad thing).',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4758,2459,'Hal Prince','','','','2015-03-23 12:00:00','2015-03-23 12:00:00','I am technical, and I like math, but I am not a math whiz.  I need books that go at a nice relaxed pace, and which give me plenty of opportunities to work interesting problems.<br><br>This book fits those requirements perfectly.  The explanations are simple and concrete.  Pinter excels at breaking down complicated concepts into very small, practically painless steps.  The exercises are a critical part of this scheme.  A lot of important material is developed there, so I am trying to work them all.  Very few answers are in the back of the book, but the problems are not very hard.<br><br>In my case I am using this as a textbook in a course.  I stay two chapters ahead of the professor, so I am sort of going through the book without a guide.  The lack of a guide is no problem; in fact, the book serves as a guide to the professor, rather than the usual vice versa.<br><br>This is not a perfect book.  The index is pretty crummy, and the many sections of exercises are not labeled in a way that lets you see what subjects are being developed. The book doesn\'t work well if you are trying to look something up.  Also, it omits some material covered by other introductory books (which I see as an advantage, but others might not).<br><br>This book is really optimized for teaching, and it\'s very good at that.  Combine this with the incredible price, and you have a fabulous deal.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4760,2459,'Jon Slaughter','','','','2020-12-29 12:00:00','2020-12-29 12:00:00','This is a great book. The format is a bit odd(chapters are short) and one could wish for more but one of the better books on group theory as it generally provides philosophical motivations rather than just throwing definitions at you without any background. Probably would make a great introduction as long as one had the proper foundations. Definitely worth the money but it might not be the best to learn from due to the lack of in depth instruction but if one already has some idea of what is going on then it will be effective. It is about my 4th book on group theory and If found that it added some new insights and solidifications that I did not get from the previous books but it is not as rigorous as a typical graduate level textbook. It\'s worth having.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4761,2459,'Rachel','','','','2011-11-08 12:00:00','2011-11-08 12:00:00','I made the slightly foolhardy/masochistic decision to take a graduate course in algebra as an undergrad without having had the required undergrad course in algebra or much other exposure to the subject. The text for the class was Lang\'s Algebra, so I was soon looking for something that I could actually follow. This book is absolutely amazing. It reads like a book written by a mathematician for a student, rather than a book written by a mathematician for a professor or, worse, by a publisher for a university. That alone makes it precious. But the exposition is also so careful and well-organized that it feels like your brain was designed to learn this stuff. Professor Pinter doesn\'t waste your time or take potentially confusing shortcuts. Just trust him; start reading at the beginning and do the exercises. The way that he builds your knowledge removes almost all frustrations. The truth just unfolds before you as you work through. It\'s magical. I made it halfway through the book in 2 days and had a blast. Finishing the rest took a couple of weeks, and the story was inspiring. After telling the undergrad algebra class about the book, several of them reported similar experiences.<br><br>I only wish that he would write books about everything that I want to learn. :^)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4762,2459,'Drew','','','','2016-03-04 12:00:00','2016-03-04 12:00:00','I own quite a few books published by Dover (about two dozen) and this is easily my favorite. Pinter covers all the basics of group, ring, and field theory and reads like a novel. Like a novel, the book is partitioned into fairly short, single topic chapters that actually facilitate sitting down and reading it as if it were a piece of literature. Each chapter is concluded with exercises and selected solutions are available in the back of the book, something that you don\'t always find in Dover books. A downside to the readability is that this book doesn\'t make the best reference, but for anyone learning abstract algebra for the first time, Pinter provides an excellent introduction.<br><br>Unrelated to the content is the print quality. Many Dover math books appear to be scanned reprints and, as such, are a little lacking in print quality. This is not one of those books; the text is as clear as you would expect from any other textbook.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4764,2459,'Joseph','','','','2021-03-06 12:00:00','2021-03-06 12:00:00','Pinter\'s exposition of each chapter\'s contents is very strong. Many important theorems and ideas that are usually covered within the text of other algebra books are left as end of chapter exercises, making this book ideal for students and not as a comprehensive reference. Many topics covered in other algebra books do not appear at all, so it may be necessary for some to revisit algebra with a different book sometime later in their careers.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4765,2459,'Bai','','','','2016-09-18 12:00:00','2016-09-18 12:00:00','After struggling with classics in the field like Dummit &amp; Foote and Rotman\'s books on the topic, Pinter\'s book was welcome relief. Previously, I\'ve always found the writing in these other books to be too dense and I would quickly lose motivation to study them. However, the exposition in Pinter\'s book is very clear; he starts with basic properties of groups and subgroups, and gradually ramps up to cover the big theorems of group theory and a bit of galois theory. The main text covers the most important ideas, with an emphasis on building your intuition before diving into a formal proof. Then, at the end of the chapter there is an abundance of exercises that delve into more specific applications and consequences, you can feel free to pick and choose at your discretion. This is by far my favorite book for self studying modern algebra.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4766,2459,'ESL','','','','2019-09-18 12:00:00','2019-09-18 12:00:00','If you are interested in abstract algebra read this.  Excellent book that gives knowledge and contextualizes its importance.  (For example, when you learn what homomorphisms are you understand precisely why they are beautiful and powerful.)<br><br>Also, just enough writing by the author to humanize the artistic-intellectual pursuit of pure maths.<br><br>Absolutely lovely.  And excellent self-contained or as a stepping stone to further texts. (Aluffi’s intro grad text: Algebra Chapter 0, for example)<br><br>The lack of solutions is unfortunate. (As being able to check work is always very valuable.). And there may be too many trivial questions -  but just answer as you see fit.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4767,2459,'Vesa Nelson','','','','2020-10-12 12:00:00','2020-10-12 12:00:00','My previous criticism was meant for the Kindle version. I find the hard copy invaluable. My coursework in abstract algebra was taken four decades ago and the book we used was larger and much longer. Often I wasn\'t sure why we were studying certain mathematical structures (they were abstract in another sense). Here the examples and the exercises along with the author\'s comments make exceptionally clear why the structures are important. Carrying the book around is not more troublesome than a Kindle.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4768,2459,'Rob Vincent','','','','2020-10-02 12:00:00','2020-10-02 12:00:00','I took a course in abstract algebra in graduate school a long time ago and I loved it.  I remember getting a high working out proofs for groups and wrapping my head around mind-bending abstractions (some of you know that feeling).<br><br>This book is a great introduction to abstract algebra.  I wish I would have had it in grad school to help me understand lectures and more complicated texts.  Thank you Professor Pinter.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4769,2459,'justanordinarymathstudent','','','','2011-10-09 12:00:00','2011-10-09 12:00:00','I\'m taking an Intro to Abstract Algebra class and we\'re using Dummit and Foote as the main text, I purchased Pinter\'s as a supplementary text to resort to when Dummit and Foote gets obscure. Although, Dummit and Foote is a good book with great exercises, the presentation of the materials makes it hard for beginner reader to grasp the concepts the first time reading through. For example, the third section on Quotient groups required me to flip back and forth countless of times before the concepts start to solidify. The section on Quotient groups and cosets in Pinter\'s, on the other hand, consists of separate chapters on partitions and equivalence relations, counting cosets, quotient groups. Personally, I found this presentation very lucid, especially the materials on partitions and equivalence relations, which laid a firm foundation to understanding quotient groups, are presented with diagrams.<br><br>Bottom line: this book is an indispensable for anyone trying to master abstract algebra! plus it\'s very cheap, so get your hands on it.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4770,2459,'sp','','','','2010-02-22 12:00:00','2010-02-22 12:00:00','This is an excellent book on abstract algebra that makes the transition into this difficult area<br>as painless as possible. As a engineer who was forced to learn group theory, I read through at least 50 books<br>on this subject (another good choice is<br>Groups and Their Graphs by Grossman)<br> and Pinter\'s treatment was the most user friendly treatment I came across.<br><br>I have no doubt that most physicists and applied scientists would<br>also love the style of this book. However, ivory tower mathematics types might put their nose up at the<br>way Pinter develops the material.<br>Specifically, this book goes to great lengths to show the scaffolding behind the ideas and proofs. Concrete<br>examples and toy problems are given without apology.<br> As a result, the<br>mathematics  is brought alive and not depicted as cold and detached theorem proving. This book actually<br>is a perfect response to the snobby elitism exuded by many<br>advanced math texts.  Overall, this book is a model of good mathematics texbook writing.  My highest recommendation.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4772,2459,'ff2244','','','','2011-08-12 12:00:00','2011-08-12 12:00:00','Poor mathematical writing gives rise to the notion that there needs to be one introductory text for mathematically average students, another for strong students, and yet another for the weak. This book is a rare counterexample. The author covers the basics of abstract algebra in a thorough, clear fashion, taking unusual care in communicating the context and motivation behind each new idea. This book may not be as technically exhaustive as other purported introductory texts, but equips the reader with such a firm grounding in the flavor of each idea that a inquisitive reader will find themselves well prepared to tackle a more advanced treatment elsewhere, (or even answer their own questions themselves!).<br><br>Abstract algebra is too important and beautiful a subject to risk an unmotivated introduction to it. Students of any ability will be well served by reading this book first, and moving onto to a more advanced text of their choice if desired.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4773,2459,'Matt N','','','','2017-09-30 12:00:00','2017-09-30 12:00:00','Another great Dover book of mathematics. While rigorous enough to be a textbook, the examples couldn\'t be more down to earth and easy to read. If you\'re new to this kind of math and proofs in general, it can be overwhelming so maybe take one chapter at a time. His introduction is excellent and it\'s interesting to realize that the algebra we learn in elementary school is just one out of about 200 algebras that mathematicians have analyzed. In it\'s broadest sense, an \"algebra\" is a set of rules applied to a set of numbers; the author handles the abstraction very well.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4774,2459,'Maria K','','','','2011-03-21 12:00:00','2011-03-21 12:00:00','Pinter does a very nice job of motivating the reader with his lucid, discussion-like writing style. He presents concepts well, supplying examples to help the reader see how concepts are used. His proofs are concise but not too simple; they provide a good reference when working through the end-of-chapter exercises. Pinter\'s introduction is a fun lesson in math history. The chapters are short and supported with numerous exercises. Chapters take on small chunks of information and do not inundate the reader in a sea of abstract concepts. The book does not provide solutions for every exercise. Sometimes solutions are hints rather than explicit answers but this aspect is nice for self-study because it forces the reader to really consider what he/she is trying to solve/prove. Overall, Pinter\'s book is a great way to wet one\'s feet in abstract algebra at a great price!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4775,2459,'Rui Hu','','','','2015-02-15 12:00:00','2015-02-15 12:00:00','Very nice book on the subject. Not sure if experts will like it, but as an outsider who only learned group theory for physics purposes and has been asking for long how the stuff from that course can be related to Galois theory about polynomial roots, I find this connection very well elucidated in this book. Reading this book is just like reading a novel, greatly owing to the fact that the style is very much not like the standard \"theorem-proof-theorem-proof\". Instead, motivations and examples always precede the introduction of an important theorem and its proof.<br><br>In particular, I really find enlightening the author\'s discussion on the use of axiomatic approach in abstract algebra and the insightful explanation of homomorphism.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4776,2459,'Tony','','','','2013-12-07 12:00:00','2013-12-07 12:00:00','As a physics major, I find this book to be incredibly helpful. The formalism of abstract algebra is all but necessary in the modern treatment of theoretical physics (whether we are dealing with the classical or quantum mechanical pictures). In order to truly appreciate the elegance of physical theory, one must first become comfortable with the underlying mathematical language.<br><br>Although this book is less rigorous in its approach than others I\'ve read, the author\'s style helps to provide a context and motivation for the study of modern algebra that can be missing in higher level texts. After reading through this text and working through the problems sets contained within, I feel confident that I can now delve into more difficult texts.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4777,2459,'Matt Piekenbrock','','','','2019-09-13 12:00:00','2019-09-13 12:00:00','Great book, makes complex concepts very digestible.<br><br>I really enjoyed how he would start with some historical anecdotes to remove the \'abstract\' part of the algebra. He does a very good job of motivating the subject, explaining concepts concisely, and not just stating things like \"it should be obvious that [non-obvious complex implication]\"',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4778,2459,'AM','','','','2010-08-19 12:00:00','2010-08-19 12:00:00','I fully agree with the comments of the previous reviewers. This introductory book on abstract algebra is simply superb.<br>The author uses a discursive language, pretty unusual for a book of this type but extremely effective. While going through this book, you have the impression not of reading a textbook but of \"listening\" to the author talking to you.<br>I am not a professional mathematician, and therefore I don\'t feel entitled to judge about its mathematical rigor but I have read and studied similar textbooks on the subject (like Fraleigh and Gallian) and the clarity of this book surpasses them all.<br>The author provides lots of exercises and some worked out solutions.<br>Definitively this is my strongest recommendation for a book on this subject.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4779,2459,'Daniel MMM','','','','2015-06-03 12:00:00','2015-06-03 12:00:00','I am not a mathematician and I am very unfamiliar with these concepts of abstract algebra. You could say I am a beginner here. That being said, the book is very clear, I understand all the steps, exercises are great, not-too-hard-not-too-boring, the author really writes well and it makes you feel like you have a tutor with you helping you move forward. Chapters are very short, easy to follow and topics are well explained. If you are a beginner willing to learn more about this \"modern\" algebra, you will benefit a lot from this great book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4780,2459,'Tok','','','','2012-10-15 12:00:00','2012-10-15 12:00:00','This book is not written for a hardcore mathematician, but for a person familiar with mathematics.  Its a fun read going over some of the history of algebra and leading into some of the major theorems of modern algebra in simple terms.  I highly recommend this book.  Useful especially for person interested in groups and the nature of groups.<br><br>For something more complex, I would try&nbsp;\n  \nAbstract Algebra, 3rd Edition\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    &nbsp;Or the rotman book.&nbsp;\n  \nA First Course in Abstract Algebra (3rd Edition)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4781,2459,'Tanis Coralee Leonhardi','','','','2020-01-08 12:00:00','2020-01-08 12:00:00','A great book for reading thru on your own and getting your essentials down. An inherently interesting subject presented in a cogent way. Highly recommend for those who love abstract mathematics.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4782,2459,'un homme','','','','2012-07-09 12:00:00','2012-07-09 12:00:00','I had two types of exposure to group theory before I read this book. The first was in a physics context, and the exposure I received from that direction proved too vague and undisciplined to yield any real understanding. Conversely, from the purely mathematical, formal perspective I found group theory so dry it blew away in the wind before I could sink my teeth into it. This book bridged the gap for me and helped illuminate the gestalt of group theory and application. Highly recommended!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4783,2459,'Tim Josling','','','','2013-07-29 12:00:00','2013-07-29 12:00:00','The author has gone to great lengths to produce a book that takes the student a fair way into abstract algebra without too much pain. Great explanations that give you an intuitive understanding why things are true, and well chosen exercises that take you further. Always he tells you why you are doing something.<br><br>I think most people embarking on learning abstract algebra could benefit from this book, which gives you a good overview, with proofs, but without excessive formalism and terseness.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4784,2459,'LostInTokyo','','','','2018-11-27 12:00:00','2018-11-27 12:00:00','Best book for first time students of Abstract Algebra.  The chapters are concise, focusing on a single topic and the exercises expand on ideas covered.  I will be looking for other math texts by Pinter.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4786,2459,'math_guy51','','','','2016-05-25 12:00:00','2016-05-25 12:00:00','Excellent book to review Abstract Algebra. Author does the best job I have seen of guiding, clarifying, organizing and prioritizing fundamental  Abstract Algebra material. Other books which are more advanced and thorough require much greater effort to assimilate. The book provides an optimal vehicle to welcome the mathematically uninitiated reader into the magical world of Abstract Algebra.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4787,2459,'LP','','','','2015-11-19 12:00:00','2015-11-19 12:00:00','Read this book before taking a graduate algebra or real analysis course (or reading text books for fun if you are weird like me). The author does a great job of explaining the meaning behind the topics vs the typical lemma/theorem/proof(REPEAT) method of other books. I was struggling through a graduate algebra book until I read this. Now it makes much more sense.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4788,2459,'EEA','','','','2015-10-18 12:00:00','2015-10-18 12:00:00','This book makes abstract algebra concepts much easier to understand. The writing is clear and it grasps you from the first chapter. Pinter uses discursive language which is highly effective. As someone who has had difficulty grasping concept such as these, I found this book to present the everything in a way that was easy to understand. I highly recommend this book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4789,2459,'broke_symlink','','','','2011-07-23 12:00:00','2011-07-23 12:00:00','As someone who came to this book knowing absolutely no algebra at all, this book was great. The chapters are nice and short, but contain plenty of exercises, for which there are selected answers in the back. It covers a lot of material, and will prepare you take on a more advanced book like dummit and foote. It is also cheap. All in all this is the book you want if you are looking to self study algebra.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4790,2459,'NovaGhost42','','','','2010-10-13 12:00:00','2010-10-13 12:00:00','I am in a abstract algebra class and am using this book along side my text.  Unlike my text the book explains the ideas behind the mathematics involved and gives relevant examples of what it is talking about.  It does not follow my book exactly in order, but it does have a section on all the topics in the book.  I would suggest using this book along (or instead of) side of any text on abstract algebra.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4791,2459,'Alondra J. Ramirez','','','','2021-07-04 12:00:00','2021-07-04 12:00:00','Great.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4792,2459,'BOZ','','','','2019-10-29 12:00:00','2019-10-29 12:00:00','I read this in high school--it was/is a great intro to Abstract Algebra and personally I still find it preferable to Fraleigh and Dummit.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4793,2459,'MarkusQ','','','','2015-04-15 12:00:00','2015-04-15 12:00:00','The chapters are short and to the point, easy to follow but nothing particularly exciting.  But when you get to the wonderfully crafted exercises at the end of each chapter, the fun really starts.  The exercises take the chapter\'s concepts, put them through their paces, combine them with insights from previous chapters, and dance them about in delightful ways.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4794,2459,'CW','','','','2012-04-22 12:00:00','2012-04-22 12:00:00','This book elaborates the subject such well and it is very reader friendly. The logic of the book is very clear and the author does not omit any step of showing you the proof of important theorems, which is the aspect that a lot of other books are lack of. It suits well when you have a bad teacher in abstract algebra class and is suitable for self study.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4795,2459,'Steven Bastien','','','','2016-07-09 12:00:00','2016-07-09 12:00:00','Exceptional book! Enjoyable to read. A rigorous presentation that reads more like an interesting essay that a  math text, yet it is a thorough summary of the subject. This is an ideal textbook for engineers and scientists to learn the foundations of the math we use.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4796,2459,'engineer','','','','2013-02-10 12:00:00','2013-02-10 12:00:00','I would pair this with Elements of Abstract Algebra by Gilbert, which has additional problems and differ explanations. If you can only buy one...get this one.<br><br>This book is a perfect example of why Dover is such an important publisher. It is clear, passionate, and thorough. On my second reading, I found it remarkably readable. It is among my favorite math books.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4797,2459,'Andrew Kittross','','','','2016-09-24 12:00:00','2016-09-24 12:00:00','Great for intuitive, verbal learners.  The author does a great job of writing the book as a conversation, which is the way many of us learn naturally.  Terrific job motivating the material at every step.  Crystal clear, yet concise explanations.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4798,2459,'Francisco Aramburo','','','','2017-07-19 12:00:00','2017-07-19 12:00:00','A simplistic mode of writing which allows you to understand better the concepts, well organized with short chapters, extremely good exercises, and finally, the introduction was extremely enjoyable! I really learned a lot from this book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4799,2459,'Thomas E. Sandidge','','','','2014-07-23 12:00:00','2014-07-23 12:00:00','When the classic Herstein was too condensed, this book helped considerably.  Not quite to the level of a self-study book but close.  Actually, I\'m not sure how one would go about teaching oneself abstract algebra without having more than average preparation in discrete mathematics with a VERY heavy emphasis in proofs.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4800,2459,'Matthew','','','','2016-05-15 12:00:00','2016-05-15 12:00:00','This is a good read for a mathematics book.  It is well presented, not too verbose, and doesn\'t have the train wreck of not math symbols (symbol abuse) from different branches of mathematics to define everything.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4801,2459,'Johnathan Napier','','','','2018-12-27 12:00:00','2018-12-27 12:00:00','The author breaks down concepts systematically and is well organized. Good use of examples.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4802,2459,'Freethinker','','','','2015-04-20 12:00:00','2015-04-20 12:00:00','Very good introduction to abstract algebra. A must read for math and physics majors. The explanations are clear. Examples are good. Nice exercise sets. Covers most of the material needed for higher level math and science. Recommend also his book \"Set Theory\".',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4803,2459,'Herbert Powell','','','','2017-12-23 12:00:00','2017-12-23 12:00:00','This is quite a good book for a first introduction to abstract algebra. The only other algebra book I’ve read in any detail is Fraleigh’s, and Pinter’s is written at a slightly lower level, both in the style of presentation and the mathematical content.  The first 30 or so chapters are great and what could have been a major problem with the book—the relatively limited material covered in the chapters themselves—is made up for in the exercise sets, which add greatly to the theoretical material covered in the book. Don’t worry if you don’t think you’re up to proving them yourself; they’re broken down into manageable chunks, sometimes even excessively so that some might call it hand holding. Just about anything covered in a typical first course is included one way or another in this book, and with help available anytime online now, relegating material to the exercises isn’t especially troublesome. There are the usual typos and very minor errors that make their way into just about every math book (one such minor error made the cover!) but nothing too serious. Until...<br><br>I was prepared to give it five stars until I got to the later chapters on Galois theory, which seem rushed and a bit sloppy compared to the rest of the book. I did some detective work and checked this edition against the first and I know what happened. In the first edition there were some minor errors in some of the material, for example for one theorem to work he needs to assume that two field extensions are contained in a common extension but he never does, so the theorem he states implies that all splitting fields are equal instead of just isomorphic. Worse, he states a fundamentally incorrect theorem—there’s even an obvious error in the proof—and it looks like he implicitly relies on it a few chapters later. He tries to fix these in the second edition but patching up proofs and inserting some sentences here and there in the chapters instead of redoing them entirely is hard; the result is a hybrid of the old incorrect presentation and the corrected one (to be clear, it\'s now all correct, it just could be cleaned up a bit). This is confusing and results in one theorem that is still technically incorrect (but at least easily and obviously fixable) and a confusing proof about polynomials solvable by radicals having solvable Galois groups. I’ll provide the details and some more errata in a comment for anyone interested, which should be everyone planning to go through the entire book.<br><br>So the first 30 chapters are fantastic and the final 3 are not fantastic, but still good. In fact, I\'m slightly editing my previous review that probably made the final chapters sound worse than they are.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4804,2459,'F. Hymus','','','','2017-03-18 12:00:00','2017-03-18 12:00:00','As good as it gets for the exposition of Modern Algebra for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students who might not have faced the subject of field extensions, solvability and Galois Groups in earlier Algebra classes.  The introduction does an especially good job of explaining \"why\" abstract algebra is a good thing for rigorous study, and ably presents many disparate examples as applications of the general results.  The one of digital encoding theory and presenting the whys and hows of Hamming-like codes is especially good, something lacking in almost every Computer Science teaching text I know of.<br><br>As the book approaches the final chapters of Field Extensions and Galois Theory, the writing style gets a little \"chatty.\" But still is one of the most accessible expositions of what can be a very abstruse and arcane subject.<br><br>I can only agree with the reviewer below about \"hiding\" key general concepts in the exercises.  It is not even clear after working the exercises that some can be general ideas that could have found their way into the mainstream exposition.  Also the same gripe, for heaven sake, put at least hints or sometimes full solutions in the back of the book.  A math book that does this brilliantly, separating \"hints\" from \"full solutions\" even, is The Linear Algebra Problem Book by Paul Halmos.  Yes, they take up about half of the book, but are integral to Halmos\' teaching style.  I sometimes feel that the reason to omit comprehensive hints/solutions is not to the benefit of the student, but for the convenience of professors who are too lazy to find their own \"test\" and \"exam\" material apart from this book.  For these reasons, only four out of five stars.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4805,2459,'Chris C.','','','','2013-09-02 12:00:00','2013-09-02 12:00:00','I am a math teacher (teaching lower-level math at a university) who is reviewing abstract algebra after 20 years of not thinking much about it. I have amassed quite a number of abstract algebra books over the past few months and have been jumping around between them as I work through this stuff. I have decided to review several of them. So here\'s what I think of this one:<br><br>I suppose this is about as good as it gets for what\'s available. It\'s one of my favorites so far. I think the text and meat of the book is quite well done. Pinter explains the concepts very well, although more worked out examples would be even better.<br><br>However, I\'m not at all a fan of the form he used for the exercises, thus the deducted star. I really don\'t like the way Pinter sort of buries half the material within the exercises. As well as he explains things, he should have just put all the important concepts and material in the chapter presentations. Yes, that would have reduced the brevity of the chapters, but it would have been much clearer and more convenient. Also, there just aren\'t enough problems of all difficulty levels. What\'s there is fine, but there needs to be way more of them.<br><br>Also, as I\'ve griped elsewhere, for Pete\'s sakes, put the solutions in the back of the book already! It\'s not supposed to be some kind of secret. The idea is, student thinks about problem, student does problem, student checks answer immediately, student either moves on after gaining command, or repeats as many times as needed until he/she has it. Let\'s bag the games and ivory tower elitism. A math course is not some kind of competition. It\'s a place to learn mathematics. Secrecy is not an efficient mode of learning. Neither is wandering through a lost forest. Okay... enough! Off the soapbox.<br><br>Anyway, decent book. Worth having, especially considering the price.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4806,2459,'CG','','','','2014-03-08 12:00:00','2014-03-08 12:00:00','This book has it all for Abstract Algebra and is a good reference book if you have already taken at least a semester of basic Abstract Algebra or are looking for just a quick review. It is not useful for learning the subject though as the level of detail is low or just lacking a bit in many of the chapters. Proofs, solutions to equations, topics, problems, or notations seems to appear out of nowhere without any detailed explanation or background introduction.  It has lots of practice problems but with barely the basic step by step information about how to solve them and sometimes not even that. Next, the font is so tiny (about 6 pt) that I wouldn\'t recommend it for people who need reading glasses like me. I had to use a book magnifier to read it. I found a few mistakes that do not detract much from the whole but at least are less than in the free online version. This is a good book for a quick and dirty reference if you are a math teacher/professor who already know Abstract Algebra very well but forgot some details and want a refresher, or you are looking for ideas to write lesson plans, tests and such.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4807,2459,'T. C. Flanagan','','','','2011-08-11 12:00:00','2011-08-11 12:00:00','This book provides an outstanding first taste of abstract algebra. It is clearly and engagingly written, making it a pleasure to read. It does not offer the sort of rigor and thoroughness that most mathematicians would demand, but it is not, after all, claiming to be an upper-level graduate text. It leaves readers wanting more, in the good sense: it\'s like an appetizer, stimulating the appetite, not like fast-food, which fails to really fill one up and providing only \"empty calories.\"<br><br>Even if you\'ve already studied abstract algebra and know the subject fairly well, the book may help to provide some degree of context. In particular, many of the exercises at the ends of the chapters are highly applied, giving a sense of WHY one would study it.<br><br>In summary, for those who need a detailed knowledge of abstract algebra, this book is no substitute for books like that by Dummit and Foote, but---especially given that it is inexpensive---it makes a great supplement or introduction, building a framework into which to fit the details, and for those studying the subject just for fun, I see no reason to turn elsewhere.<br><br>Some of the history of abstract algebra in the first chapter is slightly off, but it\'s not a history book, so that\'s not really a big deal.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4808,2459,'Josh Yount','','','','2018-08-15 12:00:00','2018-08-15 12:00:00','This book is excellent for any student taking an introductory Abstract Algebra course. Topics/contents are very well presented, and the book is chock full of proofs that one can actually follow even in the absence of an instructor. The book is well organized, building on foundational principles and constantly using an orderly, logical flow to introduce whatever comes next. My only beef is this: the book seems to be written for those who really want to know the material, and as such one would expect the problem sets to be checkable (or at least to be provided with hints, etc.); however, no such answers/hints are to be found except in very few select problems and problem sets. Overall, however, this book is fantastic!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4809,2459,'Thomas Barron','','','','2014-12-09 12:00:00','2014-12-09 12:00:00','As another reviewer elegantly said, Pinter reads like a storybook rather than a formal text. As a first algebra textbook (e.g. a second or third year undergraduate taking group/ring theory for the first time), this is really great, it gives a somewhat romanticized view of the field. Fun to read the first time. However, I\'m withholding my 5th star because of its complete lack of \"replay value\" - if you want to go back and just look at the theorem in plain wording, well you are out of luck, because every chapter is full of lots of background fluff (as a consequence of its storybook style writing).',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4810,2459,'Bill Johnson','','','','2011-12-31 12:00:00','2011-12-31 12:00:00','I am self-educating my self, late in life,  in higher math and had hit a wall with grasping the subtleties of group theory.  This book was right on the money about what I need, which is much more than a surface introduction, yet still written for those who need fundamentals explained in plain English.  Much to my delight Pinter turned out to be a \"real human being\" who apparently wrote the book out of a genuine interest in getting a working familiarity with the upper reaches of algebra (especially group theory) over to others.<br><br>Each chapter concludes with exercises that re-enforce that ground just covered, which is very useful for those of us whose understanding is easily forgotten.<br><br>Lucky me.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4811,2459,'Engineer','','','','2016-08-24 12:00:00','2016-08-24 12:00:00','In all honesty, I bought this book just to refresh my memory on group theory and to have some fun working the problems in the book. (I know I\'m a math geek.)  It\'s not like a typical text book.  It\'s easy to read and to follow.  I would recommend.  The only downside is that there aren\'t a lot of examples to follow or to go back and work through before tackling the exercises.  Other than that I love tis book',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4812,2459,'RKL','','','','2015-12-20 12:00:00','2015-12-20 12:00:00','For a non-math person, this is one of the easiest to read texts on modern algebra. However, I cannot find an errata for it.  Like any text, there will be errors. (I am writing this review just 3 pages from the end, but was stuck on the proof of theorem 4 in chapter 33 because it was incorrect.... Fortunately, other proofs available on the web show the error... Wish I didn\'t waste so much time scratching my head just as I was nearing the end!)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4813,2459,'Phillip Moulay','','','','2016-09-11 12:00:00','2016-09-11 12:00:00','The only reason I didn\'t give a 5 is because the majority of exercises proposed don\'t have a solution documented in the book. You get good at something by doing it. Therefore, a correction should be provided for every exercise. It was my second book covering abstract algebra. The first book I had explained better the concepts of groups but once you get the basics, this book is the one to master. This book is a little gem.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4814,2459,'Kristaulf','','','','2013-05-09 12:00:00','2013-05-09 12:00:00','I\'m only a basic entry level math student currently so a lot of these ideas are REALLY over the top abstract. But in the long story, this is really what math is all about. So if you\'re looking for a book to change the way you think of data sets, some number theory, groups, etc. this is a good book to start with. I use it more as a reference to think about abstract solutions than anything else.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4815,2459,'Badger_50','','','','2017-10-20 12:00:00','2017-10-20 12:00:00','I like how Charles C. Pinter approaches the abstract algebra topics; other texts convolute concepts and they make it difficult to tie them together.  However, I wish that there were more solved problem examples.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4816,2459,'Makk','','','','2012-09-09 12:00:00','2012-09-09 12:00:00','This book does  not  provide  enough  examples to  beginners. Also  this  book  does  not  cover Galois  Theory  in  detail but  the  exercises  are  well ordered .',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4817,2459,'César','','','','2019-05-12 12:00:00','2019-05-12 12:00:00','Excellent',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4818,2459,'Ron','','','','2018-05-08 12:00:00','2018-05-08 12:00:00','Good text, well worth the price',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4819,2459,'Maria','','','','2015-01-19 12:00:00','2015-01-19 12:00:00','Daughter thought book was great supplement to class. Wants this book to keep for remainder of college as a math major. More helpful than text at understanding content.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4820,2459,'Steven R. Severance','','','','2015-04-08 12:00:00','2015-04-08 12:00:00','wow! a readable book on modern algebra. Terrific. this is probably still for math people but it is a very well explained book with tons of exercises.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4821,2459,'En El','','','','2015-08-12 12:00:00','2015-08-12 12:00:00','Not a very good book to learn from, but gives a great overview. You\'d want this supplemented with a lecture if you\'re learning it yourself.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4822,2459,'Jim','','','','2017-04-12 12:00:00','2017-04-12 12:00:00','thanks',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4823,2459,'J. Aslam','','','','2015-01-06 12:00:00','2015-01-06 12:00:00','A Very easy to understand book.<br>Certainly very good price for this great book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4824,2459,'Maxine Roehrig','','','','2014-12-13 12:00:00','2014-12-13 12:00:00','An improvement that I\'d find helpful would be more solved problems.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4825,2459,'Quofi Ansah','','','','2020-01-15 12:00:00','2020-01-15 12:00:00','I highly recommend this book for new students who wish to learn abstract algebra the right. It is logical and simple to understand',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4826,2459,'Hank Cutter','','','','2013-09-15 12:00:00','2013-09-15 12:00:00','A nice easy read as an introduction to Algebra.  Really helped my bolster my fundamental knowledge of pure math, I would recommend this book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4827,2459,'Soy yo','','','','2022-07-29 12:00:00','2022-07-29 12:00:00','Excelente libro, tiene una estructura más similar a la de una conversación o una clase, lo que lo hace amigable, pero no se olvida de darnos demostraciones y ejercicios que dejan ver el poder del álgebra abstracta. Pero, para quienes estamos acostumbrados a los libros del tipo teorema - demostracion - ejemplo al principio puede ser extraño seguir la lectura de este libro',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4828,2459,'Payton Clark-Martin','','','','2022-10-19 12:00:00','2022-10-19 12:00:00','I have been using this to self teach myself abstract algebra, and the book works quite well for me.<br><br>The book only expects some high-school level algebra experience and being comfortable with proofs.<br><br>It guides the reader through many different topics, and does with many exercises of varying difficulty.<br><br>The problems are never focused on computation, only maybe the first exercises in a set will involve any, and this is just to get you comfortable with what you\'ll need for the more complex questions.<br><br>Overall, this is a extremely good book for someone looking to learn the topic, I do recommend this for anyone interested in learning higher math.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4829,2459,'victor rafael','','','','2018-06-08 12:00:00','2018-06-08 12:00:00','Recomendo o livro para aqueles que estão no nível de graduação e estão se deparando com álgebra pela primeira vez, os conceitos são muito bem motivados e os exercícios estendem a teoria do corpo principal do livro, alguns resultados bem importantes são dados como uma longa cadeia de exercícios simples e eu acho essa característica muito motivadora para o aluno, pois faz com que o estudante sinta um pouco o que é fazer Matemática. O motivo de eu estar avaliando com 4 estrelas é que o último capítulo sobre teoria de Galois deixa a desejar, o capítulo 33 é extremamente confuso e as demonstrações não são tão convincentes (Teorema 1 e Teorema 4). Então, para aqueles que pretendem ler o livro por completo, fiquem alerta de que a qualidade cai no último capítulo e que provavelmente será necessário outras fontes sobre o assunto para entender a teoria em sua plenitude.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4831,2459,'Christian Friedl','','','','2017-08-01 12:00:00','2017-08-01 12:00:00','Ich würde diesem Buch 5 Sterne geben, weil es mir wirklich sehr hilft, Mathematik besser zu verstehen.<br><br>Punkteabzug aus formalen Gründen: teilweise schlecht eingescannter Text, nicht zoombare Seiten, nicht kompatibel mit meinem Kindle (was noch dazu beim Kauf nicht erkennbar war und sich erst nachher erwiesen hat - sehr frustrierend).',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4832,2459,'Laura E. Marquez','','','','2017-12-13 12:00:00','2017-12-13 12:00:00','Es un buen libro para estudiar algunos temas de álgebra moderna (abstracta) o lineal, sin embargo, no tiene mucha explicación, por lo que se debe tener otro libro para complementarlo y poder resolver los ejercicios. Eso sí, los ejercicios son muy interesantes y hay algunos que tienen un efoque aplicativo, sobre todo en cómputo. Vale la pena.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4834,2243,'M C','','','','2016-03-24 12:00:00','2016-03-24 12:00:00','This book is indeed a concise introduction to a bunch of important topics in mathematics. As a post-grad that studied computer science and is now studying in a mathematics-based department, I needed to catch up on even the most basic of notation that I did not require to get me through my undergraduate. This book moves at a nice pace, flows naturally but most importantly, doesn\'t skip the explanation of notation and formulation of proofs.<br>Sometimes when you haven\'t studied maths, the hardest part of approaching a new topic is the lack of understanding of some of the basic notation used to represent the concepts and ideas. Thankfully, this book discusses them as they appear and continues to encourage you to ask questions about the topics, rather than just bury you with proofs. The chapters are pretty self-contained also, and the author suggests some good groupings of chapters for teaching/self-learning of certain subjects. Definitely recommended for self-study or an introductory course on (discrete) mathematics.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4835,2243,'mjo763','','','','2016-03-03 12:00:00','2016-03-03 12:00:00','My BA in math dates from 1978 and I have four grandsons who are collectively beginning to study algebra, entering university, or launching into demanding studies and work. Thinking about what I might do for the boys I realised I couldn\'t remember, for example, how to integrate by partial fractions. This book has been invaluable in dusting off old skills and bringing to mind old knowledge. Heartily recommended.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4836,2243,'MS','','','','2015-12-14 12:00:00','2015-12-14 12:00:00','My son is the mathematician and he thinks it\'s a great book.  Might as well be written in Martian speak for all I understand in it!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4837,2243,'jack','','','','2018-12-03 12:00:00','2018-12-03 12:00:00','Amazing to learn from and goes into great detail!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4838,2243,'Y.','','','','2018-01-19 12:00:00','2018-01-19 12:00:00','How non-mathematicians should start. Love it',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4839,2243,'Lydia W','','','','2017-12-06 12:00:00','2017-12-06 12:00:00','Great book',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4840,2442,'Jake LaPorte','','','','2019-11-18 12:00:00','2019-11-18 12:00:00','This book has all of the classical undergraduate problems explained well and accessible to any student. The book covers a lot of material that can be used as a resource in many other classes.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4842,2442,'dee','','','','2015-09-11 12:00:00','2015-09-11 12:00:00','great introductory book to mathematical modeling',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4843,2442,'Lex Talionis','','','','2016-02-07 12:00:00','2016-02-07 12:00:00','I fail to understand the poor reviews of this EXCELLENT introductory text on mathematical modelling.  Practitioners of mathematics are known for their masochistic love of proofs and rigor, and when covering more advanced concepts, authors of mathematics textbooks make the mistake of assuming that their audience is versed in high-level mathematics (because who else would they be reading an advanced mathematics textbook, right?).  However, I research for a living, and my job requires that I master many areas of knowledge quickly and efficiently despite the fact that my quantitative skills are not the best.  Therefore, I have mastered the ability to find references that sufficiently cover advanced concepts in a seemingly oxymoronic basic and accessible manner.  Such books are rare, but this is precisely what the author has done in this instance.  Having reviewed many, MANY books on Mathematical modelling, the subject matter simply does not get any easier or clearer than this.  In my opinion, if the reader cannot grasp the concepts laid forth so plainly in this AMAZING textbook, then they probably should not be pursuing a major that requires any mathematical modelling at all.  Kudos to the author.  I hope to see more good work like this in the future.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4844,2442,'Mark Sussman','','','','2022-01-10 12:00:00','2022-01-10 12:00:00','An accessible and complete book for undergraduate modeling course, lots of homework problems',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4845,2303,'Jake LaPorte','','','','2019-11-18 12:00:00','2019-11-18 12:00:00','This book has all of the classical undergraduate problems explained well and accessible to any student. The book covers a lot of material that can be used as a resource in many other classes.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4847,2303,'dee','','','','2015-09-11 12:00:00','2015-09-11 12:00:00','great introductory book to mathematical modeling',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4848,2303,'Lex Talionis','','','','2016-02-07 12:00:00','2016-02-07 12:00:00','I fail to understand the poor reviews of this EXCELLENT introductory text on mathematical modelling.  Practitioners of mathematics are known for their masochistic love of proofs and rigor, and when covering more advanced concepts, authors of mathematics textbooks make the mistake of assuming that their audience is versed in high-level mathematics (because who else would they be reading an advanced mathematics textbook, right?).  However, I research for a living, and my job requires that I master many areas of knowledge quickly and efficiently despite the fact that my quantitative skills are not the best.  Therefore, I have mastered the ability to find references that sufficiently cover advanced concepts in a seemingly oxymoronic basic and accessible manner.  Such books are rare, but this is precisely what the author has done in this instance.  Having reviewed many, MANY books on Mathematical modelling, the subject matter simply does not get any easier or clearer than this.  In my opinion, if the reader cannot grasp the concepts laid forth so plainly in this AMAZING textbook, then they probably should not be pursuing a major that requires any mathematical modelling at all.  Kudos to the author.  I hope to see more good work like this in the future.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4849,2303,'Mark Sussman','','','','2022-01-10 12:00:00','2022-01-10 12:00:00','An accessible and complete book for undergraduate modeling course, lots of homework problems',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(8127,3056,'WooCommerce','woocommerce@bookiino.com','','','2023-09-03 09:20:42','2023-09-03 09:20:42','PayPal transaction ID: 1NU24907RF9428808',0,'1','WooCommerce','order_note',0,0),(8128,3056,'WooCommerce','woocommerce@bookiino.com','','','2023-09-03 09:20:44','2023-09-03 09:20:44','Order status changed from Pending payment to Completed.',0,'1','WooCommerce','order_note',0,0),(8129,3057,'WooCommerce','woocommerce@bookiino.com','','','2023-09-03 16:14:28','2023-09-03 16:14:28','PayPal transaction ID: 6L814144LC768051W',0,'1','WooCommerce','order_note',0,0),(8130,3057,'WooCommerce','woocommerce@bookiino.com','','','2023-09-03 16:14:31','2023-09-03 16:14:31','Order status changed from Pending payment to Completed.',0,'1','WooCommerce','order_note',0,0),(8131,3058,'WooCommerce','woocommerce@bookiino.com','','','2023-09-05 03:39:01','2023-09-05 03:39:01','PayPal transaction ID: 1GD61303BK7404724',0,'1','WooCommerce','order_note',0,0),(8132,3058,'WooCommerce','woocommerce@bookiino.com','','','2023-09-05 03:39:03','2023-09-05 03:39:03','Order status changed from Pending payment to Completed.',0,'1','WooCommerce','order_note',0,0),(8133,3059,'WooCommerce','woocommerce@bookiino.com','','','2023-09-05 23:47:22','2023-09-05 23:47:22','PayPal transaction ID: 2AH10740L1356851K',0,'1','WooCommerce','order_note',0,0),(8134,3059,'WooCommerce','woocommerce@bookiino.com','','','2023-09-05 23:47:24','2023-09-05 23:47:24','Order status changed from Pending payment to Completed.',0,'1','WooCommerce','order_note',0,0),(8135,3060,'WooCommerce','woocommerce@bookiino.com','','','2023-09-06 06:35:07','2023-09-06 06:35:07','PayPal transaction ID: 4R007769MY511380E',0,'1','WooCommerce','order_note',0,0),(4851,2305,'Judy Cuddihee','','','','2012-07-28 12:00:00','2012-07-28 12:00:00','This fascinating, delightful and informative book is perfect for all those times and places when you\'ve only got a few minutes to read.  Perfectly sized tidbits of information, quotes, and questions served to both teach and tantalize.  \"A Passion for Mathematics\" is completely capable of UNdoing 15 years of classes convincing you that math is dull and formulaic.  If you (want to) like math, history, or stories about just plain weird people...get this book!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4852,2305,'STATECOM','','','','2017-04-07 12:00:00','2017-04-07 12:00:00','my son won\'t put this down',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4853,2305,'justtried','','','','2015-12-03 12:00:00','2015-12-03 12:00:00','Very good math book for kids who is interest in math.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4854,2305,'Beth Hart','','','','2010-05-21 12:00:00','2010-05-21 12:00:00','Keep your math students excited!  This book offers fascinating facts and great puzzles - super for end-of-year awards, and fun in the classroom.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4855,2305,'Craig G','','','','2010-07-30 12:00:00','2010-07-30 12:00:00','Loved the stories behind the mathematician\'s lives. Very easy to read for anyone interested in math.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4856,2305,'Veet Vivarto','','','','2007-08-01 12:00:00','2007-08-01 12:00:00','The book\'s title is \"A Passion for Mathematics: Numbers, Puzzles, Madness, Religion, and the Quest for Reality\" is very accurate.<br>This is not a text book where you must to read page n-1 in order to understand page n. It is more like the Guinness Book of Records which you can open on any page and find something fascinating.<br>I found this book in our local library, but already after a couple of days I knew that I wanted this book. This was the only book I took with me on my recent trip overseas, and now it lying around in the kitchen and as I look into it at my leisure I find most fascinating anecdotes and problems.<br>Right from the onset the book captured me with the story of Ramanujan, a barefooted South Indian young man writing to a famous English mathematician. The mathematician (Hardy) first looked at it and threw the letter in the garbage, but then later took it out of, read it again and realized that the author must be a rare genius. Ramanujan was invited to England where he continue stunning his contemporaries with most unusual original discoveries. No mathematicians could follow Ramanujan\'s reasoning, but could see that his formulas were correct. Ramanujan himself explained that he received his formulas from an Indian Goddess while he was sleeping!<br><br>If you have a few mathematical programs such as Excel, Graph, Mathematica, or GSP, you can check out many of the problems, play with them, change them around or produces some pretty pictures like for example the \"Schmidhuber Circles\" on page 206.<br><br>The book does not require any deep knowledge of mathematics. This book can be equally enjoyed by highschool kids and university graduates.<br><br>Please don\'t believe me, check it out: The chances are that you will love it.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4857,2305,'Ross Ellis','','','','2005-11-23 12:00:00','2005-11-23 12:00:00','Clifford A. Pickover, \"A Passion for Mathematics,\" many figures, an answer section, a section of mathematical artwork.<br><br>The book is a real treat. Chapter 2, titled \"Cool Numbers\" (pgs 45-110) is particularly encyclopedic.  In this chapter, the reader learns about fascinating numbers and strange number sequences. Topic covered: transcendental numbers, octonions, surreal numbers, obstinate numbers, cyclic numbers, Vibonacci numbers perfect numbers, automorphic numbers, prime numbers, Wilson primes, palindromic primes, Fibonacci primes, Sophie Germain primes, Baxter-Hickerson primes, star-congruent primes, narcissistic numbers, amenable numbers, amicable numbers, p-adic numbers, large palindromes, factorions, hyperfactorials, primorials, palindions and hyperpalindions, exotic-looking formulas for pi, the Golay-Rudin-Shapiro sequence, Mill\'s constant, wonderful Pochhammer notation, famous and curious math constants (like Liouville\'s constant, the Copeland-Erdös constant, Brun\'s constant, Champernowne\'s number, Euler\'s gamma, Chaitin\'s constant, the Landau-Ramanujan constant, the golden ratio, Apéry\'s constant, and mathematical constants almost too strange to contemplate.)<br><br>Other topics:  Jesus and mathematics. Why is the number 13 considered unlucky? Who discovered pi? What are \"nimbers\"? What would happen if everyone\'s body weight were quantized and came in multiples of pi pounds?<br><br>Something for all readers.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4858,2305,'Frank Laker','','','','2005-07-10 12:00:00','2005-07-10 12:00:00','A fascinating collection of mathematical curiosities and profound thoughts.  I found that the presentation of 100s of bite-sized topics, quotations, puzzles, and facts to be particularly enjoyable because this feature made the book both fun to read and mind-expanding.  I liked some of the discussions on mathematics and reality and humorous puzzles.  Because of the diversity of topics, this should satisfy young minds as well as seasoned mathophiles.  Very educational, because each new math concept is defined.<br><br>Do humans invent mathematics or discover mathematics? What is reality? Why does the universe seem to operate according to mathematical laws? What is the most forgettable license plate? Which brilliant mathematicians were mass murderers? What romantic comedy has the most complicated mathematics ever portrayed in a movie? Which mathematicians claimed that their mathematical breakthroughs came directly from God?<br><br>Here is the Table of Contents:<br><br>Introduction<br><br> A. Mathematical Marvels from Beyond the Edge<br><br> B. The Ramanujan Code<br><br> C. Blood Dreams and God\'s Mathematicians<br><br> D. The Mathematical Smorgasbord<br><br> E. Explanation of Symbols<br><br> F. Cultivating Perpetual Mystery<br><br>Chapter 1. Numbers, History, Society, and People<br><br>Chapter 2. Cool Numbers<br><br>Chapter 3. Algebra, Percentages, Weird Puzzles, Marvelous Mathematical Manipulation<br><br>Chapter 4. Geometry, Games, and Beyond<br><br>Chapter 5. Probability: Take your Chances<br><br>Chapter 6. Big Numbers and Infinity<br><br>Chapter 7. Mathematics and Beauty (includes some great mathematical art)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4859,2305,'Teja K.','','','','2005-08-15 12:00:00','2005-08-15 12:00:00','A truly passionate and exciting book, focusing on a wide variety of<br><br>math concepts. In this book, Cliff Pickover gives you everything your<br><br>math teachers somehow forgot to reveal to you -- exotic and beautiful<br><br>insights and math curiosities you can hardly imagine. The book is<br><br>lively, with an inviting visual format. Here you\'ll read about unusual,<br><br>outstanding mathematicians, about Jesus and multiplication, Fibonacci<br><br>snakes, the number 10 and the Jews, rare sums, mathematics and romance,<br><br>mathematics of toilet paper, how to create kissing circles, about the<br><br>mystery of infinity, mathematics and beauty, and more...<br><br>Cliff Pickover reveals hidden mysteries of the mathematical world,<br><br>expands your mind and shows you how mathematics can make your everyday<br><br>life exciting and colorful. He does this in a fun, relaxing, playful,<br><br>and extremely pleasing way. After reading \"A Passion for Mathematics,\"<br><br>you\'ll keep it close to your bedside, discuss it with your friends, and<br><br>what\'s most important -- you\'ll never be scared of mathematics<br><br>anymore.<br><br>And finally you\'ll get the answer to the question that bothered you for<br><br>years: why on Earth do we have to learn mathematics?<br><br>An amazing math book, which brings a smile on your face and enriches<br><br>your life.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4860,2305,'Owen O. Shea','','','','2006-05-30 12:00:00','2006-05-30 12:00:00','Clifford A. Pickover\'s book A Passion for Mathematics is a marvellous collection of curious math facts that is sure to please lovers of Recreational Mathematics everywhere.<br><br>Pickover\'s book is filled with math curiosities that will enchant all those with a genuine interest in and love of recreational mathematics.<br><br>Pickover\'s book contains many mathematical gems. Within its covers there are many beautiful and interesting formulas involving the famous math constant, Pi. On page 78 of the book Pickover gives a truly beautiful and wonderful equation involving the two famous transcendentals, Pi and e. This equation illustrates the beauty and harmony that is to be found throughout mathematics.<br><br>The book is crammed with extremely interesting number facts. Many delightful puzzles are also packed between its covers.<br><br> I particularly liked Pickover\'s discussion of Sam Loyd\'s mixed teas puzzle, which illustrates just how good a mathematician Sam Loyd was.<br><br> This book will find a very welcome place on my bookshelf. Pickover\'s book will also be welcomed by all those who like to read about or collect curious mathematical facts and oddities.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4861,2305,'P. Wood','','','','2011-08-04 12:00:00','2011-08-04 12:00:00','I just wanted to say that this book is great, from beginning to end.  Definitely earned all five stars in my estimation.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4862,2305,'Al Stewart','','','','2005-07-12 12:00:00','2005-07-12 12:00:00','I enjoyed this book quite a bit and found material I had never encountered before in any book.  In particular, these novel topics included: Schmidhuber circles (created by some very simple rules), the world\'s most forgettable license plate, calculating prodigy Rudiger Gamm, and several fascinating snippets on tic-tac-toe.<br><br>Pickover has a particularly interesting set of sections that introduce the reader to numbers like Conway\'s nimbers, octonions,  surreal numbers, and related. There\'s also quite a collection of mathematical constants to ponder: Apery\'s,  Brun\'s,  Chaitin,  Champernowne,  coincidental,  Copeland-Erdös,  Euler\'s gamma, Euler-Mascheroni, fine structure, golden ratio, infinite power tower,  Landau-Ramanujan, Liouville, Mandelbrot,  Mill\'s,  pi, and Thue.<br><br>Finally, the book is littered with great-looking formulas from Ramanujan.  Just how could Ramanujan have discovered these gems?<br><br>I liked some if the odd prime number contests and challenges, especially the \"Triangle of the Gods,\" where Pickover had asked colleagues to find the first prime number in this interesting growing triangle:<br><br>1<br><br>12<br><br>123<br><br>1234<br><br>12345<br><br>123456<br><br>1234567<br><br>12345678<br><br>123456789<br><br>1234567890<br><br>12345678901<br><br>123456789012<br><br>1234567890123<br><br>etc...',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4863,2305,'R. Powell','','','','2007-06-09 12:00:00','2007-06-09 12:00:00','I have read hundreds of recreational math books over the years, and this recent addition has become my all time favorite -- a veritable smorgasbord of mathematical puzzles, factoids, amusing anecdotes about famous mathematicians, and insights into all nature of things. There is something for everyone, and the material is presented in a concise and entertaining way. As one example, you will learn the origin and orginator of most of the symbols we use -- e, pi, +, -, the factorial sign (!), etc.  The book also shows a large number of delightful formulas by the Indian math protegy Ramanujan that are rare to see collected in a book for the general reader. Even the type font and layout makes for an easy read. Strongly recommended and a great gift for anyone with an interest in math.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4864,2305,'ustomers17546edhi75','','','','2005-08-20 12:00:00','2005-08-20 12:00:00','Another Pickover triumph!  In one of the most original mathematical journeys ever written, Cliff Pickover covers topics from Ramanujan and phi to Göbel and fractals.  The book is set up in such a way that one can pick any starting place one would like, on any page.  Astounding!  I didn\'t think I would like the format when I first started, but by the end I was loving it.  If you love mathematics, you MUST have this book.  If you want your high school students (or maybe even some junior high school studnets) to become interested in mathematics, you must get them this book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4865,2305,'Robin Bestler','','','','2005-11-13 12:00:00','2005-11-13 12:00:00','This book has something for all ages.  I shared it with high school kids interested in mathematics, and they couldn\'t put the book down.  Then I showed it to mathematical researchers, and they loved sections too.  The book is composed of many short snippets to increase the reader\'s curiosity about mathematics.  The book is also loaded with puzzles.  I particularly liked \"The Stained Glass Squares of Constantine.\"  Everyone I show it to seems to give a different answer.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4866,2305,'Charles A. Gaydos','','','','2005-08-06 12:00:00','2005-08-06 12:00:00','I find many books on recreational mathematics disappointing because I\'m already familiar with most of the material that they cover, but most of the material in this book was new to me.  Dr. Pickover\'s entertaining style is also a plus.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4868,2305,'A. V. Benos','','','','2016-11-18 12:00:00','2016-11-18 12:00:00','A treasure of rmath lovers ! Not so easy to read (needs back and forth shuffling through the different quizzes, puzzles,etc.) but how full it is with fascinating things !',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4869,2305,'Peter Van Eetvelt','','','','2015-09-29 12:00:00','2015-09-29 12:00:00','EXCELLENT',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4870,2452,'jeremy.jae@cell.matrix.cn','','','','2003-09-06 12:00:00','2003-09-06 12:00:00','I originally came accross this beautiful text in 98 at a bookstore when it was first released.  I purchased another copy recently when I could not locate my original.  A Primer of Infinitesimal Analysis has become one of my prided favourites in a collection of books extending from all fields of mathematics; probability, measure theory, polytope theory, and quantum physics, cosmology, astronomy to ontology, phenomenology, molecular genetics and the neurosciences.  Although I have never studied infinitesimal calculus from the older publications in relation to differentials and Classical logistics ie. Introduction to Infinitesimal Calculus - G.W. Caunt.  Such analysis is unneccesary for an understanding of the most revolutionary discoveries made in the field that will become the norm for all future progress.  Dr. Bell\'s primer is a textual jewel that not only re-founds Leibniz Principle of Continuity on a rigorous ground but extends the very categorical basis of the instantaneous rate of change that is the foundational core of the differential calculus.  Bell shows us that by a revision of the Law of Exluded Middlle ie. as a function of discontinuous numbers (either 0 or not 0) cannot rationally exist in a real system Rn that is derived as a smooth world S (a smooth rather than rigid real line R system), provides continuous equations for physics and philosophical axioms.  Leibniz, co-founder of the differential calculus and Classical infinitesimals, delineated the Principle of Continuity expresessing that all processes that are rational and real, and therefor numbers, should allways be continuous in nature and hence never rigid or disharmonic. Leibniz also states allongside the Principle of Continuity; the Principle of Reason, which the modern Heidegger states is the grounding \"Principle of all Principles\", for existentials and ontological points.<br>Bell\'s original concept of the Smooth World is really a kind of exponential set for all real Euclidean spaces from which the very  reasoning of mathematical truth value can be deduced to simple algebra.  The primer makes it clear and concise how to utillize the axiomatic method of smooth analysis that I see far-reaching potential for more rational, truthfull; philosophy, logic, and physics of all forms.  By simply excluding the Law of Excluded Middlle from the calculus and doing much more pure calculus and logic, numbers themselves have a much more continuous and fluid nature as non-rigidity elements for fields and surfaces.  Bell\'s usage of the intuistionistic logic and his own smooth worlds model has found applications recently to economic thought such as those discovered by K. Prasad.<br>A Primer of Infinitesimal Analysis can be regarded as the manifesto for the future of foundational calculus that is a new synthesis of logical mathematical modeling.  This work may not precisely be regarded primarily as infinitesimal calculus or analysis in the earlier developed models (with regards to discontinuous and differentiated numerical basis\'.) Rather Bells propositions through smooth worlds over the real analytic basis provide an interpretation for that basis that has the applicative result of something called a microvector for things might I suggest: affine quantum computing and quantum unification of the light-cone metric into quantum gravity within fractal measureable smooth sets.  The physicist Weyl was an adherent to infinitesimal concepts in his affine models of the projective metric, and this primer is the spark of things to come.<br>All math and science enthusiasts including philosophers and logicians should have a copy of this book at hand; it is a fun and intuitive book to read cover to cover and it is also a manifest treasure of knowledge you can apply to time, consciousness, and interpret how things may really work in nature.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4871,2452,'Colin McLarty','','','','2000-03-27 12:00:00','2000-03-27 12:00:00','A recently developed approach to calculus lets Bell go very quickly from the basic definitions up to several interesting applications in geometry and mechanics. This version of calculus bypasses a lot of technical details  to focus on the geometric meaning. If you have had analytic geometry then  in principle you could read this book. It would be better if you have had  some exposure to calculus but you do not need to remember much of it, and  this book can quickly take you farther.<br>Readers who want to get to the  applications can skim through much of the first chapter, on historical and  philosophic motivations for the approach.<br>But a word for specialists:  the book is also valuable as an exploration of this approach, called  \"synthetic differential geometry\". This was created to make  calculus more accessible but most people writing about it have focussed on  theoretical investigations, as it involves a number of very new ideas. By  writing on the introductory level, with rather advanced geometric  applications, Bell has brought out novel aspects of the approach. Logicians  and mathematicians interested in this foundation for geometry, or in  elementary topos theory, should see what he has done.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4872,2452,'Freethinker','','','','2015-01-01 12:00:00','2015-01-01 12:00:00','Extremely interesting read! Definitely not for beginners. This is smooth infinitesimal analysis involving nilpotent non-invertible infinitesimals. These are non-zero infinitesimals whose \"squares\" are zero that are used in synthetic differential geometry. These are very unlike the infinitesimals used in Keisler\'s and Henle\'s books. Historically they are more like Nieuwentijdt\'s infinitesimals than Leibnitz infinitesimals. Highly recommended for those with some mathematical logic and set theory background,',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4873,2452,'David Karapetyan','','','','2009-05-17 12:00:00','2009-05-17 12:00:00','A bit philosophically heavy at times and initially the loss of the law of the excluded middle is a little disconcerting but one gets used to the new logic quickly enough.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4874,2452,'aethr','','','','2006-07-21 12:00:00','2006-07-21 12:00:00','Or maybe just a very good introduction to a variation on infinitesimal analysis.  As someone who disliked limits the first time I came across them, and having watched students I was teaching stumble (way too early in the semester) when limits are introduced, I wish more mathematicians would become aware of this approach.  Combining this book with \"Calculus Made Easy\", where nilpotent infinitesimals are used intuitively, might make for an excellent, limit-free introduction to calculus.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4875,2452,'Sam','','','','2005-01-25 12:00:00','2005-01-25 12:00:00','What lurks behind the approach taken in this<br><br>important and finely-rendered book is not widely<br><br>appreciated. Why so slow everyone? Are we in<br><br>a Dark Age? Nature abhors the perfect discontinuity.<br><br>Natura non facit saltus! Smoothness rules, okay?',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4876,2452,'Yong Xu','','','','2021-12-22 12:00:00','2021-12-22 12:00:00','This book is in very good condition.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4877,2452,'Prof Dr Thomas Sonar','','','','2006-03-19 12:00:00','2006-03-19 12:00:00','into one of the possible interpretations of nonstandard analysis. Here, the starting point is the \"smooth world\", a space where all functions are smooth. If this reminds you on Leibniz you will not be astonished to see in proof that in such worlds infinitesimal quantities are possible! In particular, nilpotent infinitesimals are introduced and calculus is shown to work very well with them. In a way this book recovers the notions of \"linelets\" and \"timelets\" of Barrow. However, if you really want to understand what is going on in the foundational underground, you have to go deep into model theory. The book ends by just giving a glimpse into this field.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4878,2289,'SpeedReader','','','','2022-10-03 12:00:00','2022-10-03 12:00:00','Maxwell\'s equations are some of the most important things that you will learn if you are taking physics and/or working on an electrical engineering degree. They basically describe the concepts of electricity and magnetism, which apply to things like the power to our homes to semiconductor chips that are in every single device we own. Unfortunately, a lot of the textbooks (both physics and EM engineering textbooks) give them a bit of short shrift, giving a basic explanation and maybe deriving one or two of them, but do not give a good explanation of why they are useful and, thus, what they represent can be lost on students.<br><br>This is a small book (about 130 pages) that covers all four equations, one per chapter. That breaks down what each equation represents, what the variables in the equation mean, and provides both the integral form of the equations and the differential form. I think the best way to use this guide is to supplement your textbook material so that when you get to the point in the textbook where one of the equations is discussed, use this to flesh out the theory behind the equations that your textbook may not cover (or cover in as much detail).  To be clear, this is not something like \"Maxwell\'s Equations for Dummies\" or something like that, which assumes you have little to no background going in. You do need to have some understanding of calculus (if you have taken multivariable calculus, that will definitely help because there is a lot of discussion of surface integrals and vectors), and know some of the physics concepts you will learn before getting to the electricity and magnetism topics (which is covered in the second semester of physics). So, if you are taking calculus-based physics and/or have to take an electricity and magnetism class (electric and magnetic fields) as a part of an engineering program, this will be very useful. It is probably overkill for those who just have to take algebra-based physics because it will go way beyond what you will be exposed to in class or expected to learn.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4880,2289,'Calc','','','','2013-09-09 12:00:00','2013-09-09 12:00:00','This is a must-have book for your Electric fields and Magnetic fields (E&amp;M) class.  You need this book!  Get it!  Stop reading this, and get it!  If you\'re still reading this, here\'s some more aspects that will make you want this book.  If you\'ve already gone through an E&amp;M class, but you want better understanding or just a review for whatever reason, get this book!  If you\'ve never taken an E&amp;M class, but you have taken at least calc 1 and know about vectors, and you want to learn about E&amp;M, get this book!  It is BY FAR the best resource for getting started in E&amp;M.  It walks you through all of Maxwell\'s equations so expertly you\'ll have a sound foundation from which to build to even harder problems.  I guarantee this book is the best investment you\'ll make.  It\'s like reading an illustrated  transcript of a lecture from a professor who makes no mistakes, is exceptionally clear on his explanations, and who will guide you several times through the \"boring\" stuff to make sure you understand it from the context of each of Maxwell\'s equations.  It\'s a short, small book, too.  So, it won\'t be heavy to carry or take up too much space.  It pulls together all of the relevant topics to understanding each of Maxwell\'s equations, fully, that you\'d have to thumb through many, many pages of a giant textbook to see.  It will open your eyes to the true meaning of each of Maxwell\'s equations and how to use them.  So, stop thinking about it, and GET THIS BOOK, NOW!!!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4881,2289,'Jesse Rorabaugh','','','','2011-03-20 12:00:00','2011-03-20 12:00:00','I recently got a job where having more than a passing familiarity with electromagnetic theory is in my best interest. I was a physics major many years ago but had forgotten everything I ever knew about the subject. I started out by watching the Walter Lewin videos from MIT and working every odd electromagnetics problem in the Freshman electromagnetism text book, Serway (something like 200 problems). At this point I thought I really knew my stuff. So I moved on to a more advanced undergraduate text book hoping to once again work through the entire book then maybe move on to a graduate level text.<br><br>That hit me like a brick wall. The jump in difficulty between freshman physics and advanced undergraduate physics is huge. After working a couple problems which neither seemed practical nor well written I gave up.<br><br>Now, a few months later I bought this book. It really is an amazing book to bridge that gap. It is just so much better written and is really made for someone to teach themselves the subject. Many books are assuming a professor to fill in the blanks. This is particularly bad when the books don\'t give answers to problems. It is absolutely impossible to learn a subject without feedback. Problems without solutions are worthless. Unfortunately the answers for this book are not in the book, but the website is good enough that it makes up for it.<br><br>By the end of every chapter I have had a much better understanding of the subject. I haven\'t got back to the more advanced textbooks though, so it remains to be seen if I need more to bring me up to where I need to be. If nothing else I know a lot more than when I bought the book though.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4882,2289,'Frank Tailor','','','','2013-08-24 12:00:00','2013-08-24 12:00:00','One thing about the book is the kindness that author shows towards the students and teaches them step by step knowing that we may have a very low knowledge in subject. Another issue that makes me very upset is lack of any example and also how to measure and with what device in even a mental scenario. That doesn\'t exists and if I don\'t have even one practical question then I have more questions than answers. For practical , I have bought a plasma globe and tried to see if the value on the globe is correct by the equation but neither I know the volt/ meter of the center of the globe nor my voltmeter shows a constant volt on the surface. It reads 41 volt in AC then -2 volt in DC?! Taking in consideration the E value, permittivity constant is available on google of Pyrex glass but I am not sure if what I get is correct. How do we know if this formula is correct when we can\'t even calculate it!? We just have to have \" faith\" that others have done so , so accept it! That is more like religion not science.<br>Reminds me of a wise guy who was once asked by a king to count the number of stars and get gold if correct, wise guy said \" it is equal to the number of the hair of my donkey! If you don\'t believe it please go count it for your self!\".',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4883,2289,'Frank T. Traceski','','','','2015-03-29 12:00:00','2015-03-29 12:00:00','I purchased this book on Maxwell\'s Equations for a peculiar reason.  I have a t-shirt that lists the four Maxwell Equations that God purportedly used to create light.  I wanted to be able to answer any technical questions I might get while wearing it.  Humor aside, this book is truly 5-star.  Both the integral and differential forms of Gauss\'s Laws of electricity and magnetism, Faraday\'s Law, and the Ampere-Maxwell Law are provided.  The book is organized into separate sections for each equation.  Within each section are detailed explanations of each variable, constant and mathematical operation.  There are representative problems with solutions for calculating electric and magnetic fields for practical scientific or engineering application.  There are also problems for you to test your understanding.  If you want to have a fundamental understanding of electromagnetism this book is a great resource.  It goes well beyond what you will find in introductory physics textbooks.  After reading this book, I believe I am fully prepared to answer any technical question about Maxwell\'s Equations I might get wearing my t-shirt, even if I have to refer back to the book for reference.  Excellent book for both undergraduate and graduate students and professional scientists and engineers.  Also for those who just what to understand what\'s in the air around them.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4884,2289,'Bob Zuidema','','','','2015-09-05 12:00:00','2015-09-05 12:00:00','This book is a magnificent synopsis of Maxwell\'s equations!!!<br><br>The 4 equations are not derived but simply stated both in words and also written out mathematically.  (The assumption is that the student knows vector calculus.)  The author then explains what each of the 4 equations is saying and analyzes each item in the equations.  After doing this in a simple and direct way, examples are given of their use.<br><br>As stated in the book there is a website that gives all the answers to the practice problems along with complete solutions showing how the answers are derived.<br><br>It doesn\'t seem right to \"complain\" about anything in this book but I wish the author had shown gradient, divergence, and curl in all three coordinate systems (cartesian, cylindrical, and spherical) on the inside cover so a person wouldn\'t have to page thru the book to find it.  Also, the Divergence Theorem and Stokes\' Theorem.  One other thing is that I wish the author had given some practice problems at the end of Chapter 5 (the chapter relating Maxwell\'s equations to the Wave Equation) and the Appendix (which dealt with Maxwell\'s equations in matter).<br><br>I wish all physics books had an author with the heart of a teacher like Daniel Fleisch.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4885,2289,'Bob','','','','2021-09-13 12:00:00','2021-09-13 12:00:00','Since my engineering undergraduate years in the mid-1970\'s, I have seen many books and textbooks that have attempted to describe Maxwell\'s equations: this is the best. This is also true of \"A Student\'s Guide to Waves\" and \"A Student\'s Guide to the Schrödinger Equation\" by the same author, which I also have. The time and effort saved by the engineering or physics student is worth many times the purchase price of these books. I recommend starting with \"Waves\", which provides the clearest explanation of vectors, phasors, and the Euler identity that you are likely to come across.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4886,2289,'rkveale','','','','2014-01-31 12:00:00','2014-01-31 12:00:00','This book is just what I needed although it may or may not be helpful for others. For me, I am trying to re-learn the physics I learned some decades ago.  The author\'s clear explanations and viewing the forest instead of the trees was just what I needed. I wish there there more books like this. This book is a good starter for studies in electromagnetism.  After this book you can progress to one of the other recommended texts given in the back of the book. This book assumes that you are prepared with basic calculus and some knowledge of vector calculus is helpful even though even this is explained as well.  The problems are not too hard which was OK with me as I just wanted the problems to solidify the teaching concepts which they did. The solutions are on the web site.  One area where I was not successful is downloading the podcasts through iTunes.  It would only download one podcast in the module and not all of them. It could have been my error but I didn\'t solve that issue. Based on this book I will go ahead and order Daniel Fleisch\'s book on Vectors and Tensors with high expectations.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4887,2289,'calvinnme','','','','2009-05-10 12:00:00','2009-05-10 12:00:00','This is an outstanding short little book on Maxwell\'s equations and what they mean, both qualitatively and quantitatively. It is a good book to go through if you have just finished a course on EM, or you can use it as a supplement as you go through such a course. The explanations are clear and to the point and the examples and problem sets are excellent. To me the definitive self-study textbook on the subject is&nbsp;\n  \nEngineering Electromagnetics\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    &nbsp;by Nathan Ida. It explains everything, including the math, from the beginning. If you have an incomprehensible text and an incomprehensible professor, both these books will see you through.<br><br>Also, note the MIT lectures of Professor Walter Lewin on electricity and magnetism in his Physics 8.02 class as posted on youtube. This student guide is so clear and coincides so well with what Prof. Lewin is teaching it almost seems like it was written by him.<br><br>At any rate I can\'t recommend these three resources: Dr. Lewin, this student guide, and the big text by Nathan Ida strongly enough. Even if you think you\'re an engineer who just wants to code or design FPGA\'s the rest of your professional life, do realize that electricity does come back to these basics and you should understand it.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4888,2289,'AnalogJoe','','','','2013-05-25 12:00:00','2013-05-25 12:00:00','The combination of a great book, plus the free online audio blogs, solved excercises and extra material, give this book a 360º approach which is incredible. This is the best book Ive found for the Maxwell equations and applied vector calculus, I also got div, grad curl and all that by h.m.schey, forget about that book, get this one instead! The author made a great job trying to explain a very hard topic.<br><br>Edit:I wrote the review when I was an EE undergraduate student, now Im applying to different universities for a graduate degree in EE and this book served me as a very quick and concise review of the Maxwell equations, I could appreciate its value before, but now, reading it again after 3 years I actually believe this book is completely brilliant, and the problems proposed on the book are the standard EM problems which apparently most universities use.<br><br>I know the author already has a book on electromagnetism, but I\'ve read that book and that book is actually co-authored and not really good, he should definitely write his own book with the same style he used on this book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4890,2289,'Michael Brown','','','','2020-08-07 12:00:00','2020-08-07 12:00:00','Excellent resource for undergrads about to take or already enrolled into E&amp;M.  The book is well thought out and written in a logical fashion.  It is not hard to understand and there are no trick problems.  They do a great job of explaining the concepts of divergence and curl and this really helps to give you a true sense of the physics that Maxwell’s equations are describing.  This would save a student going into E&amp;M a lot of headache.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4891,2289,'Ben Hsu','','','','2018-05-29 12:00:00','2018-05-29 12:00:00','When I was an undergrad, I saw the t shirts saying \"and God said....\" Followed by the four Maxwell equations. I have always wanted to understand them, but never got around to taking the classes<br><br>This book was just what I needed. It explains the four equations, along with very clearly what all the \"funny symbols\" mean. The examples are very clear and instructive, and the book does not demand much more than first or second year level of understanding in science and math-- you need to know what surface integrals, line integrals, and partial derivatives and vectors are; and you need to know things like \"electricity causes magnetism\". The rest the book will reach you',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4892,2289,'X42','','','','2009-02-11 12:00:00','2009-02-11 12:00:00','This has to be the best overview of Maxwell\'s equations that I have ever come across. It assumes almost nothing. Given an equation say one of the closed integrals - you get little explanations and pointers to every part of the equation. You are left in want of nothing. The author provides the baby steps to understanding.<br><br>There are a few MINOR areas that could have given just that little bit more of an information nudge. For example the symbol of an equals sign, but with 3 horizontal lines - means \"defined as\". Don\'t assume everyone knows this. Minor points but it can interrupt the flow of knowledge absorption.<br><br>Overall - would have to be the best entry level book yet.<br><br>BTW - I bought Grad Divs Curls and all that at the same tine as this book.<br>This is a good companion but be warned: The book is a problems/solutions work book. Very good for learning but dull/boring compared to this guide book.<br><br>Books of this calibre are a delight to read.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4893,2289,'Cary Champlin','','','','2010-04-10 12:00:00','2010-04-10 12:00:00','In the preface, Daniel Fleisch reminds the reader that Physics World (Aug 2004) selected Maxwell\'s equations as \"the most important equations of all time\". Looking at our use of electronic technology, it is easy to appreciate that recognition.<br><br>So, what makes this study guide for Maxwell\'s equations the one to own?<br><br>The equations are the focus. Application and ease of understanding are the objectives. Each of the four equations are broken down into their individual symbols and explained. One equation per chapter. This study guide is concise yet descriptive. Maxwell in less than 144 pages. That\'s it.<br><br>Dr. Fleisch provides a helpful support website for his book with hints and full solutions for each of the exercises.<br><br>This is a first-class study guide for learning Maxwell\'s equations. It would be highly useful as a supplemental study guide for an engineering college course. That is why this study guide was my gift recently to a young undergrad electrical engineer. Of course, I then bought myself a copy for my engineering bookcase ...',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4894,2289,'kt','','','','2011-04-21 12:00:00','2011-04-21 12:00:00','This short book is great if you want enhance your understanding of Maxwell\'s equations in a short amount of time. I love how the equations are broken down symbol by symbol and explained so nicely. This book helped me develop an intuitive understanding for divergence, curl, and gradient. It is nice how the book is short enough to go through in less than a week because then you don\'t time to forget anything! This book would be an excellent accompaniment to a junior/senior undergraduate course in E&amp;M or as a review before graduate school (this is what I bought it for). I wish I had gotten this book as an undergrad. I also wish that there were more books like this on other physics topics. The explanations and examples are very clear.<br><br>The only thing which may be considered a negative is that all of the equations are done in vacuum, and then the last chapter very briefly describes putting everything into matter. This part is a bit \"handwavy\".',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4896,2289,'Shamrock','','','','2011-02-11 12:00:00','2011-02-11 12:00:00','If you ever found yourself digging through a college textbook looking for something that you forgot or wanted to get an idea just right in your understanding, then you will love this book for its laser-like focus on several equations that are critical to the history of physics. There are many here who come from technical backgrounds who have already reviewed this wonderful short book. I can add nothing to that technical perspective. What I can add is that if you started your working life with physics in high school, and math through calculus, maybe differential equations in college, you are more than ready for this book. It will make you happy to realize that someone has plucked this important contribution by James Clerk Maxwell out of the maze of information in a modern physics book at the library. It is a bit more than a cheat sheet and a whole lot less than Halliday, Resnick and Walker Fundamentals of Physics.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4897,2289,'Joe Yoest','','','','2018-11-18 12:00:00','2018-11-18 12:00:00','I teach Math and was looking for a book that presented EM with good physical intuition that I could recommend to my Calc 3 students (to answer the ubiquitous question \'why are we learning this stuff?\') - this is that book!  I\'ve read through \'Div, Grad, Curl and all That\', which presents similar material, but from a more pure math standpoint.  This book makes a great counterpart to that one - it focuses more on the physics side of things and shows how vector calc is actually used.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4898,2289,'Lars S.','','','','2017-12-18 12:00:00','2017-12-18 12:00:00','This book explains Maxwell\'s Equations in a very clear and easy to understanding way. When I worked as a teacher at the universty, I used other books but the students thought they were very difficult to understand. If I only had known about Daniel Fleisch\'s book, I would have started with that book and continued with for example David K. Cheng\'s book: Field and Wave Electromagnetics (I do not know if there is some newer and better book now than Cheng`s book.)<br><br>So this little book is apleasure for me to recommend!<br><br>Best regards<br><br>Lars S.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4899,2289,'acube','','','','2011-01-06 12:00:00','2011-01-06 12:00:00','Want a moderate knowledge on Maxwell\'s equation? Then this is the book for you. The first time I got my hand on this book, I barely have a mere know-how on Maxwell\'s equations. Now, I think I can A\'s some test on the subject. The author\'s \"teaching style\" is great. Every equations are broken down into pieces and every single piece is explained in great detail using \"human language\". Example problems are solved comprehensively. The book web site is a plus. There, you\'ll find step by step solutions for each test problems which are given after the end of each chapter (except chap 5). I highly recommend doing all the problems. It\'ll vastly increase your understanding on the subject. However, to read this book, you must have at least a good knowledge on elementary calculus (especially integration). If you know vector calculus then you\'ll be flying through this book like reading a magazine.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4900,2289,'Eleanor Callister','','','','2014-01-11 12:00:00','2014-01-11 12:00:00','I read through Cheng\'s book on Electromagnetism from cover to cover and learned a lot.<br>Cheng\'s book covers the same things as this book but this book is a lot more clear and explains what Maxwell\'s equations mean in everyday language.<br>I wish there were more engineering books written in this style.<br>After slogging through three books on computer simulation of electronic circuits, I wonder why someone doesn\'t write a book like this on that subject.<br>Why is it that authors feel like they have to go through all the theory before telling you what you want to know?<br>I actually had to eventually use the three different books on computer simulation of electronic circuits and work through about eight different multitransistor circuits by hand to really understand this stuff.<br>Now I understand  computer simulation of electronic circuits .',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4901,2289,'Chris Peercy','','','','2015-03-20 12:00:00','2015-03-20 12:00:00','As a student who struggled a bit with understanding Maxwells\'s Equations in physics class, this book greatly increased my understanding of the topic. You should have a knowledge of calculus (iterated integrals and partial derivatives at least) to get the most out of the book, however if you don\'t have that knowledge, you may find it to still be an insightful read. For those of us who may be a bit foggy on our vector calculus, the author does an outstanding job of explaining it to you (provided you understand iterated integrals and partial derivatives). Overall a fantastic read for someone who wants a greater understanding of Maxwell\'s Equations. I highly recommend this for any engineering or physics student! An absolute MUST have.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4902,2289,'DB','','','','2009-01-07 12:00:00','2009-01-07 12:00:00','It seemed a high price for a small paper back, but I\'ve found it to be very much worth the cost. Whether you\'re a student new to the subject or a professional looking for a quick review, this is an excellent text. Short, too the point and clearly written, it is exactly as advertised.<br><br>The only way to learn this subject is to solve problems with some good feedback. In spite of this, it is rare to find a book that offers a good number of solved problems. Part of what makes this book a good deal and an excellent source is the accompanying web site that posts solutions to the problems, complete with hints. It is easy to try the problems and check for hints or complete solutions. The problems are well chosen for completing your knowledge and the solutions are clearly written.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4903,2289,'Eduardo Costoya Arrigoni','','','','2018-07-30 12:00:00','2018-07-30 12:00:00','At College in my country (Chile) electrical engineering students nickname Electromagnetism as \"Electroterrorism\"  and Maxwell Equations as the prime executioner.  Over 50% of the students must take the course 2 or 3 times to pass. If they had  professor Fleisch book, I\'m sure less than 10% would fail . Professor Fleisch  has the ability  to think as a student  and guide him or her with simple analogies from  simple concepts to the most difficult equations.<br>Eng. Eduardo Costoya',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4904,2289,'D. Grimshaw','','','','2010-02-05 12:00:00','2010-02-05 12:00:00','Ordered this book for a couple of reasons:  first, we have a son who loves Physics and will be pursuing the study of it in university so thought this book would be a perfect b-day gift &amp; ref book in school (it was &amp; will be); and second, I heard the author, Daniel Fleisch on CBC Radio-2 (Stuart McLean) when he won an \'Arthur Award\' and I just loved the story and wanted to be a part of it, somehow... so I bought the book (I know nothing about Physics, but Mr Fleisch was so pleasant, interesting and  deserving... I thought that at least I could offer the anecdote along with the book as gifts to my son. The book arrived in good time and as described, complete with all pages. My son appreciates it so we are all satisfied customers.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4905,2289,'Bryant Martin','','','','2020-06-29 12:00:00','2020-06-29 12:00:00','This was an incredibly informative book to explain the fundamentals of electromagnetism.  I recently received my bachelor\'s degree in physics and have never had Maxwell\'s Equations explain so simply and so thoroughly to me.  Highly recommend this book for anyone who has a bit of mathematics training to get you started.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4906,2289,'Andrew','','','','2020-11-30 12:00:00','2020-11-30 12:00:00','If you\'re looking for one of the simplest explanations of Maxwell\'s equations, I highly recommend this book. The author breaks the material down into the most basic elements for people who may need to brush up on their calculus.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4907,2289,'Korrigan','','','','2008-10-17 12:00:00','2008-10-17 12:00:00','If you have any need or interest in Maxwell\'s equations you have to get this book. The explanations are easy to understand, the graphics are good, and there\'s just enough equations to get the point across.<br><br>I\'ve already read it twice. By the end of the year I\'ll have read it again two more times probably.<br><br>It\'s so well presented and sensible that a person could imagine memorizing and fully understanding Maxwell\'s equations. Hey, makes you popular at parties. All you have to due is bone up on Greens theorem, and such, refresh your divergence and curl memory and this book becomes an easy read. It\'s a refreshing change over the normal textbook.<br><br>It\'s nice to cut through all the pesky details like...... modern technology, and just focus on the fundamentals.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4908,2289,'I am falling in love with my life','','','','2015-11-03 12:00:00','2015-11-03 12:00:00','A Student\'s Guide to Maxwell\'s Equations by D. Fleisch- focuses attention on the four Maxwell\'s equations in 130 pages. This book consists of five chapters, and the first four chapters deal with four Maxwell\'s equations, respectively. The final chapter is about inducing electric and magnetic wave equations from Maxwell\'s equations. In my opinion, the most appropriate audience of the book is undergraduate students who are studying or studied the freshmen-level of physics and calculus. To understand the book, readers should know, in advance, the Coulomb\'s law, electric field, capacitor, what a current is, etc. (Although they are explained, if you have not encountered them before, you may have difficulty in understanding the book).<br><br>The Maxwell\'s equations are expressed in the language of vector calculus such as the vector fields, the divergence of a vector field, the curl of a vector field, the line integral of a vector field on a curve, and the surface integral of a vector field on a surface. So, a firm understanding of vector calculus is very helpful to understand Maxwell\'s equations. The virtue of the book is that it puts all its efforts into understanding the language of vector calculus in detail. Although there had been a great need for such books, only few were available. In the way of doing it, the author shows the physical meaning of divergence, curl, integrals of vector fields, not just giving mathematical explanations. That was also very helpful to me. I titled my book review as \"Learning vector calculus via Maxwell\'s equations\" in the hope that people who learned vector calculus but failed to have a unified picture would benefit from the book.<br><br>In mathematics curriculum, even in physics, some professors spend much time in giving detailed proofs of theorems of vector calculus, for example, the Green\'s theorem, the divergence theorem, and the Stokes\' theorem. But I think that this is not a wise choice. Like the book, it would be better that professors explain vector calculus using physical meaning, show how to apply them to concrete examples, and leave their proof to students. For students, it is sufficient to know that there are mathematical proofs for them.<br><br>In the book, the differential version of Maxwell\'s equations appear. The Maxwell\'s equations that we generally know are in fact the integral version. Freshmen-level physics textbooks don\'t deal with the differential version. In the final chapter, it is shown that the two versions are equivalent by using the divergence theorem and the Stokes\' theorem. Here, the readers should not think that there are mathematical proofs for them in the book. Proofs are unavailable there. To show that the two versions of Maxwell\'s equations are equivalent, it uses two equivalent definitions of the divergence (and the curl) without proof. But that\'s the point that we have to prove mathematically, that is, we have to show that the different-looking definitions are actually equivalent. But as I said, I think that we don\'t need to know the detailed proof for that. Just have a glance at the proof in a mathematical textbook. In the case of vector calculus, having a whole picture and easy understanding is more important than following a detailed proof. I pointed that, since we must know for sure what the logical structure is in a book even though we don\'t need the proofs right away.<br><br>Here are some detailed points.<br><br>1. Suppose that there are some electric charges in space. Consider an imaginary sphere that does not contain any of the charges. By Gauss\'s law for electric fields, the flux of the electric field of the charges through the sphere is zero. Some teachers say that Gauss\'s law holds \"because\" any field line coming in must come out. But as we see in the definition of the flux of a field through a surface, we must consider the angles at which the field lines and the surface meet. So such an argument is wrong. It is the Gauss\'s law that makes the argument hold, and Gauss\'s law is an experimental fact or a physical principle that we should accept. I realized this while reading the book.<br><br>Such kind of inaccuracy can also happen when people say about Gauss\'s law for magnetic fields. Some teachers might say that Gauss\'s law for magnetic fields holds because the magnetic charge always occur in pairs and so any field line coming out a surface must come in. By the same reason, this argument is wrong and we should accept Gauss\'s law for magnetic fields as an experimental fact.<br><br>2. Most electromagnetic theory textbooks, including the book, say that the four Maxwell\'s equations explain all electromagnetic phenomena. In my opinion, some precaution is needed. To say that, we should know what electric and magnetic fields are. And to know them, we should know what electric and magnetic forces are, in other words, how to measure them in a laboratory. I think that this point should be explained in more detail when authors say that Maxwell\'s equations explains all.<br><br>3. The book is excellent as a supplement, not as a main textbook, I think. Considering the amount of 130 pages, this is not a bad point.<br><br>4. The book is sloppy in some places. For example, in explaining the meaning of the integral of a vector field on a curve, the book says that a finite sum of some quantities is equal to what we want. But the finite sum cannot be equal to it! Only the limit of a sequence of finite sums is what we want.<br><br>5. The Appendix seems to be just a summary rather than something from which we can learn.<br><br>6. In the book, two Faraday\'s laws are introduced. One is the generally known, and the other is an alternative form. They are equivalent to each other. But the difference of the two in the physical sense is not so clear in the book. At least, not explained in an easy way. I had to make my own effort to understand it. In my opinion, the key to understand it lies in the question of what is the source of a current in a circuit with a battery. Does a current flow because the battery forms an electric field in the circuit or because the battery does work for that by EMF (electromotive force)? This confuses me. If you actually consider the charge distribution in a circuit, you will find the electric field cannot be confined in the wire. Then is it by the EMF? But EMF is also ultimately due to an electric force (ultimately, there are only four forces in Nature, gravitational, electromagnetic, weak and strong nuclear forces), so in the case also, we have to say that the battery forms an electric field in the circuit, and the electric field is the source of a current. I hope it comes clear to me someday.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4909,2289,'Edward Wechner','','','','2012-08-28 12:00:00','2012-08-28 12:00:00','The content of the book is quite good but the presentation of symbols, equations and the graphics are of a very low standard.<br>Figure 1.3a is missing, 1.3b is not identified.<br>Graphic symbols inside the text are not separated from the text with any space, consequently they appear only as a dirty smudge between the words, totally illegible. It is extraordinary frustrating, the purpose of writing a book is to read it, to make it illegible is just pathetic.<br>The operators of the differential equations in (5.3) are totally illegible, I had to search for other references to find out what it supposed to look like.<br>The intent of the book is good, that is what I want as a reference, but I am totally frustrated by the extremely poor presentation.<br>A seperate page with a list of all notations used in the book would also be very helpful.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4910,2289,'William S. Kehrer','','','','2008-08-18 12:00:00','2008-08-18 12:00:00','The first class in Electricity and Magnetism is often difficult for undergraduates.  The  course material brings together diverse concepts in Physics and Mathematics in a way that can challenge some students.  This book is a useful primer for undergraduates.  The book focuses on the mechanics of applying the four equations attributed to Maxwell.  There is little or no discussion of the engineering or physics involved in applying these equations.  The author presents each equation in a separate chapter and shows the different forms, e.g. integral, differential, in which they are written.  The step by step identification of each and every term and operation can get boring but it provides a good explanation for the new student.  It is a quick read and can be a useful reference during a class.  The problems at the end of each chapter are good ones and I particularly liked the approach of providing solutions to all problems on a website.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4911,2289,'Larry Houch','','','','2021-06-30 12:00:00','2021-06-30 12:00:00','Intriguing and promising, but the website mentioned in the text is a dead link.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4912,2289,'Tommy from brooklyn','','','','2011-07-07 12:00:00','2011-07-07 12:00:00','When I got the book I was shocked at how thin it was. For the price as a student guide, I expected a tome not a large magazine.  I didn\'t look at the amount of pages in the product discription.  But as I read through it, I found it to be a very helpful book.  It shows the physical insight needed to understand how the theory was formulated as a vector field.(Maxwell\'s original equations were algerbraic with twenty unknowns, the current differential form was created by a self taught engineer, Oliver Heaviside)  A nice little complement to any course in EM theory.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4913,2289,'mech_engr','','','','2012-09-19 12:00:00','2012-09-19 12:00:00','Excellent overview of the equations. Just enough math, with explanation of the physical meeting. I am an engineer by training and have used vector calculus for a while; but this book explained the physical meaning behind the curl and divergence which gave a much better perspective. The combination of the Maxwell equations into the wave equation and the discovery of the electromagnetic nature of light is one of the watershed moments of hisory of physics. And that was explained nicely in the book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4914,2289,'Mike A. Marr, Sr.','','','','2009-09-21 12:00:00','2009-09-21 12:00:00','Finally, a physics book that does not apologize for having math in it. In a simple manner, the author takes each equation apart and explains every squiggle, dot, and delta and how they relate to each other. With only a high school diploma I was able to understand what was happening in the application of these basic equations. Thank you for taking the time to explain them rather than telling me that I am just too dumb to understand.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4915,2289,'Gene Sheppard','','','','2019-10-13 12:00:00','2019-10-13 12:00:00','Read if-and-only-if you know DiffE.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4916,2289,'Alfred M. Powell','','','','2019-07-13 12:00:00','2019-07-13 12:00:00','Book as advertised and arrived within estimated time.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4917,2289,'Leili','','','','2011-09-04 12:00:00','2011-09-04 12:00:00','Concise and easy to understand, this is a good supplement for an E&amp;M class.  It is also a good reference if you have already had E&amp;M but need review or clarification.  It can be a good introduction to Maxwell\'s equations and Gauss\'s Law, but it may not seem so clear to someone with no background in E&amp;M.  Recommended as a supplement.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4919,2289,'Gerardo','','','','2014-06-23 12:00:00','2014-06-23 12:00:00','Good book but it\'s like tiny, i\'d like it to be a little bigger, with more information about everything (personal opinion), but in the other hand it\'s just what is supposed to be (a guide)',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4920,2289,'Arul','','','','2013-04-09 12:00:00','2013-04-09 12:00:00','This book has very good explanation on the basics required to understand the maxwell equation. It covers basics on vector fields, dot products, Flux, Gauss equation and so on, which makes it easy to appreciate Maxwell\'s final equations.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4921,2289,'S. Patterson','','','','2018-02-23 12:00:00','2018-02-23 12:00:00','Satisfied',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4922,2289,'Alan Algustyniak','','','','2013-11-07 12:00:00','2013-11-07 12:00:00','After you have studied the equations in your textbook, read this to get an in-depth understanding of them. Well worth the money.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4924,2289,'John E Richardson','','','','2014-08-04 12:00:00','2014-08-04 12:00:00','Succint treatment of the basic concepts.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4925,2289,'Eleazar Zuniga','','','','2014-08-15 12:00:00','2014-08-15 12:00:00','excellent book for students',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4926,2289,'peter mick','','','','2014-07-20 12:00:00','2014-07-20 12:00:00','excellent',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4927,2289,'Edward Blomdahl','','','','2009-04-29 12:00:00','2009-04-29 12:00:00','If you want a solid, basic understanding of Maxwell\'s equations, this book will help.  The author breaks down the material equation by equation and presents both the integral and differential forms.  There are exercises in each chapter, and the answers are on the web with other material.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4928,2289,'Jeffrey E. Belue','','','','2008-10-30 12:00:00','2008-10-30 12:00:00','For me this book is a great review.  I took advantage of both the pod casts and problem solutions.  I prefer this authors notations to many of the other EM texts I have read.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4929,2289,'Dr. T.','','','','2020-03-18 12:00:00','2020-03-18 12:00:00','Daniel Fleisch ist Professor Emeritus für Physik der Universität Wittenberg, sein Hauptinteresse gilt dem Elektromagnetismus und der Plasmaphysik der oberen Erdatmosphäre. Er ist Autor des  Student‘s Guides to Maxwell\'s Equations, dem ersten Buch in dieser Serie des Cambridge University Verlags, das 2008 erstmalig erschien und nunmehr bereits in 21. Auflage vorliegt. Es folgten weiter Bände zu Themen Vektoren und Tensoren, Wellen und Mathematik der Astronomie, und neuerdings auch zu Schrödinger Gleichung.<br><br>Die partiellen Differentialgleichungen einer Feldtheorie stellen nicht nur Einsteiger vor einige Herausforderungen, das gilt nicht nur für die Methoden zur Lösung dieser Gleichungen, sondern auch bei der Interpretation der dahinterliegenden Physik.<br><br>Dem Geist der Buchserie folgend, soll das Büchlein ein Supplement zu den zahlreichen Lehrbüchern zum Elektromagnetismus sein – eine Ergänzung,  die den Fokus auf konzeptionelle Fragen legt. Der Autor erörtert jede der vier Maxwellschen Gleichungen zunächst in integraler Form, deren physikalischer Gehalt lässt sich direkt in natürlicher Sprache formulieren. Dabei werden sämtlich in den Formel vorkommenden Symbole gründlich unter die Lupe genommen, en passant wird auch auf Basis Vektoroperation, wie Skalar- und Vektorprodukt, eingegangen. Die Erläuterungen werden anhand einfacher durchgerechneter Beispiele weiter vertieft.<br><br>Der Übergang zu den differentiellen Gleichungen, erfolgt allerdings unnötig eigenwillig – der Autor ‘definiert‘ Divergenz und Rotation eines Vektorfeldes als Limes eines entsprechenden Integralausdrucks, nur um kurz danach den zugehörigen Differentialoperator zu präsentieren, ohne Versuch einer Herleitung oder eines Hinweises. Das ist besonders schade, da Autor in einem späteren Kapitel über Wellen sehr wohl die Integralsätze von Gauß und Stokes verwendet. In diesem Zusammenhang wäre auch eine Aufgabe abgebracht gewesen, in der diese Integralsätze für die einfachen Fälle eines quaderförmigen bzw. rechteckigen Gebiets mit Hilfe des Fundamentalsatzes der Analysis hergeleitet werden sollten.<br><br>In dem bereits erwähnten abschließenden Kapitel werden Wellengleichungen für elektrische und magnetische Felder im Vakuum abgeleitet. Dazu werden Vektoroperator Identitäten benutzt – ein Hinweis, wie man diese Relationen, etwa unter Verwendung der Epsilon Symboltechnik, verifizieren kann, fehlen.<br><br>Ein Anhang geht noch kurz auf die Maxwellschen Gleichungen in Materie ein, darin skizziert der Autor Lorentz Idee Materie in Bezug auf ihren Einfluss auf elektromagnetische Felder durch ihre Polarisierbarkeit zu beschreiben. Dadurch konnte Lotentz die Gleichung in Materie auf die viel einfacheren Maxwellschen Gleichungen im Vakuum zurückführen.<br><br>Die detailliert durchgeführten Herleitungen und Rechnungen und sein klarer Stil, machen das schmale Buch zu einem ausgezeichneten Begleiter beim Selbststudium. Dieses Anliegen wird noch durch die in jedem der vier Hauptkapitel enthaltenen Übungsaufgaben unterstrichen. Die Einführung konzentriert sich auf das Wesentliche, nur das zum Verständnis der Maxwellschen Gleichungen unmittelbar notwendige wird erörtert – das ist beim Umfang des Buches auch gar nicht anders möglich. Weiterführende Themen, wie Fundamentallösungen, skalare und Vektor- Potentiale, sowie relativistische Aspekte bleiben ausführlicheren Texten vorbehalten. Eine Website des Verlags stellt zudem weitere Ressourcen zur Verfügung, darunter Hinweise zu den Aufgaben und deren vollständige Lösungen, sowie Audiokommentare des Autors zu den einzelnen Kapiteln.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4930,2289,'Lamance','','','','2014-10-05 12:00:00','2014-10-05 12:00:00','A detailed explanation of maxwell\'s equations. The book basically describes the meaning of each of maxwells equations and then derives the wave equation to prove that light is an electromagnetic wave. The book does not derive these laws or come up with detailed explanations of how the laws came about, however, it does a really good job explaining the meaning of the mathematical laws in a way that you can actually relate to including explanation of concepts surrounding maxwell\'s equations. I recommend this book to anyone who did not clearly understand maxwell\'s equations and to students taking the Electromagnetics module to accompany their lecture material.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4931,2289,'Paul Skritek','','','','2016-02-04 12:00:00','2016-02-04 12:00:00','Für die \"gefürchteten\" Maxwell-Gleichungen (in der heutigen Form von Oliver Heaviside; in den ursprünglichen Darstellungen vielleicht noch diffiziler) ist Erklärungs-Literatur häufig nützlich. Das Buch ist sicher ein gutes aus dem großem einschlägigen \"Erklärungs\"-Angebot, setzt aber Universitätsniveau des Lesers voraus. Für einen \"Crash-Kurs\" vielleicht schon etwas umfangreich, auch findet man auf YouTube schon viele unterschiedliche Kurse zu dem Thema, welche den grundsätzlichen Vorteil der zusätzlichen verbalen Erklärung und Lebendigkeit des schrittweisen Entstehens besitzen.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4932,2289,'MeteorMan','','','','2014-05-26 12:00:00','2014-05-26 12:00:00','Compared to many books in this area a student will find this one easier to follow.  While not sufficient for an upper level course (at least by itself) it is a very useful first book, and inexpensively priced.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4933,2289,'AndyF','','','','2011-03-19 12:00:00','2011-03-19 12:00:00','Excellent book, well laid out and with good supplementary material on a backup website.<br>Dan Fleisch is to be congratulated on providing a learning source that delivers what it says it will deliver.<br>Decision to keep book small, to reduce cost also to be applauded.<br>If you need to know about Maxwell\'s Equations then this is definitely for you.<br><br>I got a lot out of it. Thanks Dan.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4934,2289,'Mutin','','','','2016-12-31 12:00:00','2016-12-31 12:00:00','　電磁気学のもっともおいしいところを抜き出して本にしてしまったという感じですかねぇ。<br>　ガウスの法則から始めて、マクスウエルの方程式、そしてお決まりの波動方程式から電磁波、光速という流れになっています。特筆すべきは、明快かつシンプルな説明であること。ガウスの法則の式の意味を一つ一つ解説していて、ここから始めてもほとんど違和感なく理解できるようになっています。<br>　日本語の訳本が出ています。「マクスウェル方程式 電磁気学がわかる4つの法則」(岩波書店)　<br>　訳者は非常に頑張ったと思いますが、日本語の特質でしょうか、スピード感がないです。ページ数も日本語訳は30ページほど多いです。<br><br>　理学の方であれば、この本は良いと思いますが、工学の場合はちょっと問題ありかなと思います。通常の教科書ですと、ガウスの法則が出てくる前に、コンデンサ、抵抗、コイルといった電気素子の原理を扱っている各法則が出てくるのですが、この部分がほぼ省かれています。工学、特に電気電子分野の電磁気学においては、これらの説明は電気回路と対をなす重要な部分ですので、学習用としてはこの本はお勧めできかねます。でも、この明快な説明は、電気系学生にとって、電気素子から離れて興味を失いがちな部分を理解するのに、好適かもしれません。',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4935,2289,'Chris','','','','2013-02-14 12:00:00','2013-02-14 12:00:00','A good supplemental book for physics students as it provides a different explination to most university text books.  Use the supporting website and download the audio for free.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4936,2289,'B. Israel','','','','2014-04-23 12:00:00','2014-04-23 12:00:00','at last a good explanation in clear language. just what i needed better than langrangians guide more of this sort is welcom',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4938,2289,'framugio','','','','2013-02-20 12:00:00','2013-02-20 12:00:00','Lavoro come ingegnere elettronico, e ad un certo numero di anni dalla laurea, e senza ulteriori richiami i concetti relativi alle equazioni di Maxwell erano svaniti nella nebbia del tempo....Ma la compatibilità\' elettromagnetica e\' piombata nel mio lavoro con forza....e allora ho cercato dei testi che mi aiutassero a fare una rispolverata delle basi.....Chiaro e divulgativo, dalla lettura semplice ma rigorosa.<br>un acquisto da consigliare!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4939,2289,'Bernoulli','','','','2013-01-30 12:00:00','2013-01-30 12:00:00','This book was required for my EML4313 Intermediate Engineering Analysis class. We started in CH 11. I soon realized that the first 10 chapters were a wonderful, concise review on all of the math proceeding this level (calc 1 - diff eq and linear algebra). It is clear and concise with short sections and great examples. I wish more books could be written like this. I have found a few vague definitions, but that is the only thing I can think of to improve this book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4940,2241,'cj','','','','2013-09-06 12:00:00','2013-09-06 12:00:00','This is a good, comprehensive, accessible survey text. It covers a lot of diverse material from differential equations to probability. The real world examples are interesting and relevant. I\'m an Electrical Engineering major and none of the other math texts that I have used have done as good of a job of relating math to my degree field.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4941,2241,'Michael','','','','2014-06-01 12:00:00','2014-06-01 12:00:00','When I was in school I disliked this book. Looking back, I realize I just had the wrong approach to it. Now that I\'ve taken my studies into my own hands, I\'m no longer bound by the textbook choice of my professors. Consequently, I\'ve looked through a lot of different books (though certainly not all) to find one I liked the best. I was both surprised and delighted to settle on Kreyszig\'s book. What I like about Kreyszig\'s teaching style is that he doesn\'t (typically) leave anything out. He\'s very good at providing the motivation for things, so you have some idea of how you might arrive to the mathematical developments on your own. His writing style is moderately informal, which I enjoy for how it gives further insight into how the material can be understood. And he typically moves along at a pretty good pace—at least, one that I\'m personally comfortable with. But if I try to understand everything on my first read through a section, I wind up confused and dazed. I have to be willing to leave some ideas unsettled and trust that he\'ll address them later—and as far as I\'ve seen, that trust has not been in vain.<br><br>My earlier problem with the book was that I would get to a place where I didn\'t understand it, where I got lost, and I just stopped reading any further or spent a tremendous amount of energy trying to figure out what I couldn\'t understand. Well, that\'s not the way to read Kreyszig\'s book, and so I hope this review can save some people that trouble. You just have to allow him to develop the idea completely and not stop for questions until you get to the end of the section—then re-read or skim through the section\'s problems to see if that might help clear things up.<br><br>I also really like the exercises and problems he has in this book, which is rare for me because I hated doing problems when I was in school and felt like I was wasting my time. Kreyszig has a good way of asking you to consider why he might be asking you to do a problem, and to get you to see extensions and interconnections of ideas. So I never feel like I\'m wasting my time with his problems; I feel that there are valuable gems to be found in them.<br><br>All in all, out of all (of the limited set) of textbooks that I\'ve looked at, I think I trust and enjoy Kreyszig\'s the most for my personal education, because it seems just about everything is there if you\'re willing to consider all the material he presents. He\'s good at showing you where you came from and where you might be going with the material in the future, and develops ideas in an informal enough manner that it feels more like sitting in a professor\'s office for a genuine and candid discussion of the subject, rather than sitting in a boring and disjoint lecture. His book doesn\'t seem to suffer in the way that some textbooks do by making the reader think there\'s only one way to develop an idea. (As an aside, I sometimes prefer Apostol\'s Calculus for how he discusses and develops ideas honestly and candidly, but at the end of the day I keep going back to Kreyszig for my primary reading.)<br><br>I would encourage anyone who dislikes this book to take a step back and reconsider, as I have.<br><br>Regarding the Kindle edition,<br><br>I actually really like the Kindle edition of this book. Unlike a lot of Kindle books, it\'s presented in a textbook format where a page is a page—the text isn\'t free-floating and doesn\'t suffer from continually being rearranged spatially at the whims of a text engine. This helps me a lot in studying because I can maintain a spatial awareness of where some material is, much like an actual textbook. I\'ve found this to be nearly invaluable for complex subjects. I have a regular sized iPad and it works nice for this, but I can imagine that it would be a little more difficult to read on an iPad mini or any tablet of similar size.<br><br>It\'s also a very beautifully done textbook, in my opinion.<br><br>I hope this helps!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4942,2241,'Bernoulli','','','','2013-01-30 12:00:00','2013-01-30 12:00:00','This book was required for my EML4313 Intermediate Engineering Analysis class. We started in CH 11. I soon realized that the first 10 chapters were a wonderful, concise review on all of the math proceeding this level (calc 1 - diff eq and linear algebra). It is clear and concise with short sections and great examples. I wish more books could be written like this. I have found a few vague definitions, but that is the only thing I can think of to improve this book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4944,2241,'Robyn','','','','2017-11-15 12:00:00','2017-11-15 12:00:00','I have this and an older edition of the book and they both explain concepts very well and in a logical order. It was recommended to me by a couple math professors.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4945,2241,'Jack Buffington','','','','2014-12-09 12:00:00','2014-12-09 12:00:00','I bought this for a class that I am taking.  The examples in the book are clear and I haven\'t found any mistakes so far.  I have rarely had to go online for additional info when studying from this book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4946,2241,'rodrigo hernandez','','','','2013-02-26 12:00:00','2013-02-26 12:00:00','this book is tough and straight to the point<br>good that its so direct but thats also its bad side<br>chapter 1 is not explained in as much detail as i would like<br>but as an engineer you can figure it out',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4947,2241,'Mark Brewer','','','','2015-09-02 12:00:00','2015-09-02 12:00:00','The package arrived on the first available date listed. Though tracking information would have eased the buyer\'s mind on the location of the package. Other than that the package was not damaged, and I\'m satisfied.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4948,2241,'Jesus Heriberto Corona de la Fuente','','','','2016-04-28 12:00:00','2016-04-28 12:00:00','Having the option of downloading the book in an findle fire or an IOS gadget makes it a great option for always be up to date in your study with this great book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4949,2241,'Peizhao Li','','','','2019-09-15 12:00:00','2019-09-15 12:00:00','good',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4950,2241,'Mary V.','','','','2013-09-09 12:00:00','2013-09-09 12:00:00','I LOVE MY BOOK!  FAST SERVICE!  THANK YOU!  IT IS BEAUTIFUL!  THE ONLY THING I DIDN\'T LIKE WERE THE TAXES!  THANKS ANYWAY!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4951,2241,'Chase Dub','','','','2015-06-28 12:00:00','2015-06-28 12:00:00','Looks great, exactly what I needed. Larger than I imagined, my work is cut out for me.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4952,2241,'CL','','','','2011-09-14 12:00:00','2011-09-14 12:00:00','It\'s just released when I bought it. Couldn\'t find any second hand. very pricey but quite handy. It\'s a required book for a course. A very hard course.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4953,2241,'Alan M. Hanley','','','','2015-07-29 12:00:00','2015-07-29 12:00:00','Price was the best I found after looking all over the place',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4954,2241,'AA','','','','2017-10-03 12:00:00','2017-10-03 12:00:00','Good quality book',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4955,2241,'Steve','','','','2013-02-19 12:00:00','2013-02-19 12:00:00','Just what i needed for class. This is what I was looking for and the teacher required . thanks .',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4956,2241,'Howard L. Pearce','','','','2017-03-15 12:00:00','2017-03-15 12:00:00','Always my favorite textbook.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4957,2241,'Joseph S. Johnson','','','','2016-12-09 12:00:00','2016-12-09 12:00:00','As advertised arrived within expect by dates',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4958,2241,'Gypsy','','','','2016-07-12 12:00:00','2016-07-12 12:00:00','Great for my school class.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4959,2241,'RyanCai','','','','2014-08-29 12:00:00','2014-08-29 12:00:00','Good quality even for a used one!',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4960,2241,'Karam Nashwan','','','','2014-12-27 12:00:00','2014-12-27 12:00:00','Great book',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4961,2241,'Shivprasad Dinkar','','','','2020-06-16 12:00:00','2020-06-16 12:00:00','Advanced Engineering Mathematics was the standard text book that was used in India by all the top engineering institutes.  I used it and so did my brother in the late 1970s/ early 1980s.  It doesn\'t teach you about math concepts.  It has practical engineering applications/ examples to show the reader as to how to apply these math concepts in real life engineering problems.  Very few engineering math books do this to show the practical application of math concepts.  That is what makes this book a top notch read.  Otherwise, math is just a few algebriac steps which defeats the very purpose of studying engineering math.  But this book is different.  I recommended this book to both my sons.  My first son enjoyed it a lot.  My second son is enjoying it.  He likes the direct approach without being verbose.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4962,2241,'Khoo Sui Yang','','','','2014-06-13 12:00:00','2014-06-13 12:00:00','This is, by far one of the best Engineering maths book I encountered. To teach, I have looked through many mathematic books written for engineers. Most are explaining by starting with example and then from example, conclude with a theory, and in mathematics, this is not rigorous. An example is only a special case of, and it may not apply for all, also it builds under certain assumptions.<br><br>Kreyszig book actually explains from a good theoretical view point, although it\'s still a bit easy and a bit \'not so rigorous\' compared to classic ODE books like ODEs by E. L. Ince or ODEs by Philip Hartman, but like other maths books for engineers, after the theoretical explanations, he did give examples, and some even linked with real world problems.<br><br>I think engineering maths should be taught like this. From theoretical to apply, but not a short cut that sort of \'proving\' the theory from examples and then conclude that the theorem is right. I love this book as my prescribed text and I believe this is the way to go with eng. maths. without sacrificing the standard although students might find hard at the beginning reading and get used to the book.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4963,2241,'Armin','','','','2014-09-02 12:00:00','2014-09-02 12:00:00','Useful book . easy to read the instruction',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),(4964,2241,'Mr. Robert','','','','2021-09-08 12:00:00','2021-09-08 12:00:00','Ok so far. Kreyszig know his stuff.',0,'1','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)','review',0,0),