Fundamental-analysis

This is an excellent book for the undergraduate. Having studied Aircraft Structures at Embry-Riddle under some of the book's contributors, I recognize it as a valuable resource of A/C Structures theory. Excellent examples and logically outlined, I highly recommend it.

This book has the latest information on coding techniques that include turbo codes and low density parity check codes. The Cornell team of Wicker and Kim have done a nice job of putting together the latest developments in the field of coding theory into a manageably-sized book. The book covers the traditional block and convolutional coding techniques as well briefly. The book seems to have focused more on the theoretical side of coding theory with lots of theorems and (fast) proofs. Overall, I found this book very well-written.

this is an excellent books for serious researchers on robot dynamics and control. has a serious treatment of all robot terminology, with an emphasis on vector representation of the robotic system.

I found this book to be excellent for a second book. Just read all your theory from the dry textbook your professors prescribe and then come to this book and learn how to code it using whatever language you prefer. It's excellent for learning how to code the finite element method.

The marriage of signal processing and wavelets has spun off a host of exciting applications of math and algorithms. The use of wavelets outside of math itself is a recent sucess story. As a rule, it was an unexpected combination of ideas,-- as opposed to a single one, that generated the most powerful applications. The present very nice book is aimed at students taking a service course, for example electrical or optical engineers, but it has broader appeal as well. The authors start with basic principles from math, and move on to multicarrier communication systems..., and boundary value probems.

This book represents a world change in Physics as fundamental as the works of Newton and Einstein. The theory is a remarkable extension of the work of Einstein in his later years. Professor Sachs is a master of clear and lucid writing. A true masterpiece !

Gravity and Electromagnetism are now naturally married in a brilliant re-derivation of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. Sachs uncovers a long forgotten paper by Einstein and Mayer that holds the secret. But Einstein missed its fundamental importance. The vector basis used by Einstein in deriving the General Theory is incomplete. Just as Maxwell (and Tait) used the more complete basis of quaternions in deriving Maxwell's equations, Sachs builds a complete theory of General Relativity but using a quaternionic basis. Hamilton and his quaternions are finally vindicated.

The "square root problem" of the fundamental metric defining space-time disappears with the natural factorization of the metric stated in a quaternionic basis. The true nature of spin that has eluded all the vendors of Quantum Mechanics comes simply from the correct application of relativistic covariance. It does NOT depend on the quantum mechanical nature of the description per se.

The additional key insight is that Sachs realises that Einstein needed to eliminate the discrete symmetries of reflections in space and time. Sachs points out that the theory of relativity compares laws of nature in reference frames that are distinguished from each other ONLY in terms of their relative motion - a continuous set of transformations.

Sachs can lay a strong claim to having merged all the known forces in this brilliant work. It is a fairly reasonable hypothesis that the ONLY forces in nature are NOW shown to be Gravity and Electromagnetism. The Strong and Weak forces are simply aspects of Gravity and Electromagnetism at an extremely short range. Sachs demonstrates in a mathematical tour de force that all of nature appears to be contained in his equations from nuclear dimensions all the way through to the properties of astronomical objects. An oscillating Universe cosmology naturally arises instead of the Big Bang discontinuity. All discontinuities fade away into the smooth continuous fabric of Sach's space-time continuum.

I suspect there will be many years before the true nature of this staggering leap of Sachs is recognized. Meanwhile Physics wanders in the wilderness of the string theory and other well meaning but misguided theories that come from academics wandering too far from the shirt-tails of geniuses like Einstein and Newton.

This book is an excellent desk reference and text in the area of health and environmental risk analysis. The appendices are excellent and provide over 25 tables related to the field. Included are tables listing various RCRA and CERCLA hazardous substances. Also in the appendices are tables related to hazardous air pollutants health effects such as subchronic and chronic toxicity, and carcinogenicity. The text covers the latest methods used in hazard identification, consequence analysis, and exposure assessment. Methods to estimate toxicity of chemicals based on structural activity relationships are also covered. I highly recommend the book to anyone working in the field.

Ibn Sina (980-1037), or known as "Avicenna" in the Latin West, is, in my humble opinion, after having just finished reading his "The Metaphysica," the greatest of the Medieval philosophers. I've read Boethius, Erigena, Averroes, Al-Farabi, Anselm, Scotus, Aquinas, Ockham, De Cusa, etc., and none of them have left me with the depth and breadth of knowledge nor concepts that Ibn Sina has. He takes the reader to the summit and depths of Aristotelian and Neoplatonic philosophy. He was an idealist and existentialist synthesized. His notion that essence and existence are exactly the same in God's absolute unity (God's infinite equality making them so) and separate in an individual man (essence being the "necessary idea" and existence being an "accidental idea") is very complex to grasp properly; but once it is grasped, you'll never let it go. Ibn Sina believed God is a being, unlike Proclus who believed God is beyond being. He differs time and again with Proclus as he does with Aristotle. There is a reason why St. Thomas Aquinas quoted Avicenna over 250 times in "The Summa Theologica"; the "The Metaphysica" will make it blatantly obvious why he did. Ibn Sina begins "The Metaphysica" by explaining the numbers of philosophical sciences, then analyses the nature of being, its application to things, and expounds on substance. He delves into the mysterious nature of substratum-matter and form--both incorporeal and corporeal--carrying those very forms from lower intellects to the highest intelligibles, directly uniting them to the Necessary Existent (i.e., God). He expounds on quality, quantity, and accidentality; the condition of universality and particularity; of unity and plurality; of priority and posteriority; of cause and effect; potentiality and actuality; and being as being necessary and being contingent. Those are just a handful of the treasures of wisdom Avicenna reveals to the eye of the speculative intellect. The book has a brief "Introduction". However, there are "Notes to the Text", which provide invaluable information on Aristotelian and Neoplatonic sources, distinctions, similarities, and so much more. At the end there is a long "The Commentary" by Parviz Morewedge, followed by "Notes to the Commentary". The book has a "Glossary" at the very back, which is helpful in understanding Persian terms. Overall Parviz Morewedge did a superlative job with this book. This single volume is essential to any quality philosophy or theology collection. It is just as relevant today as it was before or after St. Thomas Aquinas' time. If it seems a bit pricey for your budget now, you will consider it a bargain after you buy it and finish reading it. You'll come away understanding Aristotelian and Neoplatonic philosophy with a much greater insight, as well as learning a new philosophical system by a master seer. I highly recommend this magnificent volume of esoteric wisdom.

Great book! Not too dry for financial reading, and inflaming to say the least. Robert deFremery spent his lifetime working up to this book, and it was definitely a message worth spreading. I highly recommend that you read this book!

It is a textbook for a course I am taking.
I have read 28 pages. It is not easy to
read at all. It seems that the authors really want to
use as few number of words as possible. So
I have to think about and try to understand each sentence.
If I spend 1 hour on a similar other book, then I have
to spend 1.5 hour on this book for the same
amount of content.

Not suitable for a first course. Excellent for a more advanced course, or self study (with the right background). Covers lots of essential topics in nice, clear way, and contains many 'modern' topics that are difficult to find in any other single reference.

For the right person, well worth the $.

I was attracted to queueing theory from the aspects of
modeling and control of Internet traffic. Looking for a
book length treatment of this fascinating though old subject,
this book appears to be the most recent treatise on this subject. The choice of topics appear to be very balanced, including old as well as very recent developments. The two
very well-known authors have also a very good writing style which makes it a joy to read. I highly recommend this book for
students, researchers in statistics, OR, communication, and curious cs folks.