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Guide to Essential Math: A Review for Physics, Chemistry and Engineering Students (Complementary Science) |  | Author: Sy M. Blinder
Publisher: Academic Press
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ISBN: 0123742641
Dewey Decimal Number: 510
EAN: 9780123742643
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Publication Date: May 8, 2008
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Product Description
This book reminds students in junior, senior and graduate level courses in physics, chemistry and engineering of the math they may have forgotten (or learned imperfectly) which is needed to succeed in science courses. The focus is on math actually used in physics, chemistry and engineering, and the approach to mathematics begins with 12 examples of increasing complexity, designed to hone the student's ability to think in mathematical terms and to apply quantitative methods to scientific problems. By the author's design, no problems are included in the text, to allow the students to focus on their science course assignments.
- Highly accessible presentation of fundamental mathematical techniques needed in science and engineering courses
- Use of proven pedagogical techniques develolped during the author's 40 years of teaching experience
- illustrations and links to reference material on World-Wide-Web
- Coverage of fairly advanced topics, including vector and matrix algebra, partial differential equations, special functions and complex variables
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 This is a Very Handy Reference September 23, 2009
Milarepa (CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The title pretty much sums up the content of this book. This is a very handy reference to mathematical concepts and formulas that are important for Physics, Chemistry, and Engineering Students. The "Click to Look Inside" tool above shows the table of contents which tells you which mathematical concepts and formulas are covered.
It would important to note that this book is designed to be a quick reference and review for students already familiar with these mathematical principles and formulas; it's not designed to teach new material. This is the sort of book a Physics, Chemistry, and Engineering student would keep handy for the times when they need a quick refresher on how and where to use a particular mathematical formula.
a nice selection September 26, 2009
Palle E T Jorgensen (Iowa City, Iowa United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book represents a nice selection of mathematical topics which are at the same time useful, and pleasing to readers from neighboring fields; even to the public at large. While this includes topics from standard undergraduate courses, the presentation here is especially accessible. All of it within 275 pages.
It offers a friendly presentation of such topics as algebra of the number system, trigonometry and analytic geometry, a calculus crash course, one and several variables, differential equations and the bare essentials of linear algebra. Even a little complex numbers. Reviewed by Palle Jorgensen, Sept 2009.
Wish This Had Been Printed When I Was in College September 25, 2009
Frederick S. Goethel (Central Valley, CA)
I was never a great student in math, and was the type to forget the majority of what I learned shortly after I finished with the course. As a science major in college, I often had to go back a look through textbooks to try to find what it was that I needed at the time. It tended to be a long and difficult process that would have been much easier with this book.
Following college, I worked in an engineering field and, although much of the difficult math was done by computer, there were occasional times when I had to dredge up math from the distant past in order to get the answer to a problem. It was always difficult, and sometimes embarrassing to have to ask co-workers the give me a hand. What I needed was a fairly simple book that showed the various math functions in a quick compact format.
This book is ideal for going back over a particular type of math to refresh the memory on how that particular function was done. It does not go into great detail, but instead gives an overview of the most important pieces of each type of math. While it would be a lousy way to learn math, and would not work well as a textbook, it is ideal for tickling the memory on math problems already learned, but forgotten.
While this book cannot teach you math you have never taken, it can refresh the mind with math already learned and forgotten.. I would recommend it to all science and engineering students who have lost some math skills, as well as professionals who need to brush up.
Well-done Compact Review of Essential Applied Math +++ October 4, 2009
Kevin Kiersky (Olympia, WA USA)
This compact guide to essential math for physical science covers quite standard topics. It does so in a well-done user-friendly compact style which is great for being very organized, rational, sharp and clear. The font-types, expanations, notations and graphics are very well-chosen for a full guide to esential math for physics, chemistry and engineering students. There is good coverage of these topics making for a little reference manual, easier to use than many, due to the compact clarity and good order of topics and equations. The fine style is done without frills such as color graphics, many side-topics and theory or any practice problems. This keeps the size and cost of this little guide down -- while still being well-done and very useful +++
solid review October 18, 2009
I Teach Typing (Stanford, CA USA)
This is a well written book that manages to be conversational without crossing the line and giving too much fluff. As the table of contents shows, the topics run from the core concepts of high-school math out to advanced college level material. Throughout the entire range there is a great mix of application and theoretical math. Common mistakes are pointed out in a few places (but there could be more of this). There are lots of proofs and theorems mentioned but the proofs themselves are absent. This makes the book easy to read but will probably alienate mathematicians (not the intended audience).
Two strong points in the book are its use of diagrams and the vocabulary/definitions. There is on average a graphic every page or two and this really helps make the book flow and will be ideal for returning-to/finding topics later. While their is no glossary the index can be used to find key words and concepts easily and the author has a real talent for explaining key words clearly. His definitions are concise and yet exceptionally easy to understand.
While the book is written as a review for people who were exposed to math and are filling in forgotten details, I think it would be a great supplement for people (even advanced high-school students) who are trying to figure out what is important in their math classes. So, if you are learning or looking to review your math between quarters or before starting grad school this book should be very useful.
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