Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics (4th Edition)

Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics (4th Edition)
by: Irving H. Shames (Author)
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Edition: Subsequent
Publication Date: 1996/8/6
Language: English
Print Length: 2101 pages
ISBN-10: 0133569241
ISBN-13: 9780133569247
Book Description
With its fourth edition, this text moves into its fourth decade of existence. Two main goals have been pursued: to encourage working problems from first principles in order to discourage rote learning of specific methodologies, and to "open-end" the material to later course work in other engineering sciences. The author draws on his long experience teaching sophomore mechanics a course he believes is incredibly important because it demands a new level of commitment from students, because much of what comes later depends on it, and because it so richly involves mathematics, physics, computers, and common sense. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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With its fourth edition, this text moves into its fourth decade of existence. Two main goals have been pursued: to encourage working problems from first principles in order to discourage rote learning of specific methodologies, and to "open-end" the material to later course work in other engineering sciences. The author draws on his long experience teaching sophomore mechanics a course he believes is incredibly important because it demands a new level of commitment from students, because much of what comes later depends on it, and because it so richly involves mathematics, physics, computers, and common sense. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. Read more