- Paperback: 112 pages
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; Stg edition (30 Nov 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0471590835
- ISBN-13: 978-0471590835
- Product Dimensions: 28 x 21.5 x 0.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,698,319 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book is also available through the Introductory Engineering Custom Publishing System. If you are interested in creating a course-pack that includes chapters from this book, you can get further information by calling 212-850-6272 or sending email inquiries to engineer jwiley.com. Offers a refreshing approach to mechanics through a careful, step-by-step development of basic concepts. Exceptional, full-color art gives clarity and realism to the illustrations. Greater emphasis on free body diagrams provides a strong foundation. Covers moments of inertia and internal distribution extensively. Introduces distributed loads early for use in all subsequent rigid body equilibrium chapters, offering greater flexibility in the types of loads that can be applied to rigid bodies.
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12 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Excellent, Thourough Statics Text
18 Jun 2000
Format:Hardcover
The greatest feature of this book is the generous use of examples throughout. For every type of problem, there is some close example that you can refer to.
Even though I didn't particularly enjoy the class for which this text was assigned, I think that the book itself is a great resource, and should be recognized as so.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Worse than his lectures
30 Sep 2009
Format:Hardcover
This book is just bad. Like calculus, statics is one of the most crucial courses for an engineering student and if you don't truly learn the material, the road ahead will be tough. This book will not help you. There are three aspects to this book: informational material (5%), example problems (45%), end of section problems (50%). It can feel like some of the sections with informational material, can fit on an index card.
The author has taken the approach of "Learning by doing" and as such, there are loads of example problems. Some sections talk about a given principle for less than half a page and then have 6+ pages of example problems. This would be an excellent thing, however the explanations on the applicaton of the principles in an example is curt and almost always a re-hash of the already very brief paragraphs in the "informational" section. This leads you to spend most of your time just trying to follow the logic (which isn't explained) in the example problem at which point your statics class becomes more of a self-taught experience.
The author has taken the approach of "Learning by doing" and as such, there are loads of example problems. Some sections talk about a given principle for less than half a page and then have 6+ pages of example problems. This would be an excellent thing, however the explanations on the applicaton of the principles in an example is curt and almost always a re-hash of the already very brief paragraphs in the "informational" section. This leads you to spend most of your time just trying to follow the logic (which isn't explained) in the example problem at which point your statics class becomes more of a self-taught experience.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Brand New Book Still in the Wrapping
21 Nov 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book, if I'm not mistaken, is currently in its 11th edition, and my prof. still uses the second edition. I never expected to get such a good book. The price was phenomenal, especially for a college kid going to private school. I expected something that had pages with bent corners (drives my engineer mind CRAZY) and highlighter all over the pages. But no, I picked it up from receiving in a bubble wrap-lined manilla envelope, and it was still in the original vacuum-sealed plastic wrap! I opened it up, and it still had that new book smell, the binding crackled when I opened it, and not a mark was on it! The binding still hasn't worn in 8 weeks later. Great book, great price, exactly as it said. Shipped the next day. Arrived within 3-5 days.
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