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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0393925161
Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; 4th edition (December 1, 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780393925166
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393925166
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 0.6 x 9.3 inches

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Customers find the book exceptionally useful for developing an intuitive understanding of what these operators do. They also appreciate the simple, yet effective, figures that explain the concepts. However, some find the text excellent and useful for a certain purpose, while others find it useless for another.

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Customers find the book exceptionally useful for developing an intuitive understanding of what these operators do. They say it provides a wonderful overview of vector calculus, presented in an easy-to-read, sometimes format. They also say it gives a thorough physical background of the theory, and is amazingly easy to understand. Readers also mention that the book is the best for science and engineering students, as it explains concepts clearer and more precise.

"...but as a mechanical engineer I found this book to be amazingly easy to understand and a very helpful review of vector calculus...." Read more

"...I found this book exceptionally useful for developing an intuitive understanding of what these operators do (as the title suggests) and equations..." Read more

"...It is suitable for students because it is written in informal but alluring and almost strict and severe manner, and because it covers all for them..." Read more

"...Without being overly verbose, it explains div, grad, and curl in concepts clearer and maybe even more precise than you would see in some upper level..." Read more

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"...the principles and concepts, the trigonometry, the geometry, in plain language, while perfectly tying it in with the math...." Read more

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Lance C. Hibbeler

Wonderful

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2009

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This is a wonderful overview of vector calculus, presented in a very easy-to-read, sometimes humorous manner. I can't speak for other disciplines, but as a mechanical engineer I found this book to be amazingly easy to understand and a very helpful review of vector calculus. My multivariate calculus professor was an outer space theoretical mathematician who couldn't explain physically what "flux" is, let alone the higher concepts of divergence, gradient, and curl, so working my way through this book made a lot of fundamental concepts click for me.

Schey takes his time explaining all the concepts of vector calculus, in the context of Maxwell's equations, without the formality/rigorousness in "proper" math texts- even the definitions and proofs of the main theorems are explained from a physical standpoint. Indeed, Schey remarks that "rigorous" is just a synonym for "useless". The emphasis is on learning the concepts intuitively and physically, rather than just memorizing formulas. I think this would be a wonderful supplement (for engineers) to a traditional calculus course- but not really that great for learning the material for the first time. I very highly recommend this book as a refresher, especially if you are a graduate student and you are just expected to know everything about vector calculus like the back of your hand.

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Sid R

Excellent intuitive book -- should be read with a more rigorous treatment though

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2011

I took a multivariable calculus course in college and found myself having to revisit the material several years later. I was a theoretical computer science student in graduate school, and am no stranger to mathematical rigor. I found this book exceptionally useful for developing an intuitive understanding of what these operators do (as the title suggests) and equations such as the Laplace and Poisson equation (although I feel like an understanding of complex analysis and the calculus of variations goes a very long way in truly understanding what it means to obey these equations). The development of electro/magnetostatics and the (static) Maxwell's equations on the side is a great added bonus (plus, I believe a lot of these tools were developed for this particular application) - also, it's nice to see real world examples of the concepts.

I don't fully agree with the other reviewers that say this is a good book for engineers - a more rigorous treatment should be mandatory for anyone in science or engineering (note: I'm currently doing electrical engineering graduate work). For people learning the material for the first time - this would a fantastic add-on for a more rigorous treatment from another book. It also makes for an excellent review for people who need to brush up (like I did) on vector calculus. The figures in particular are simple, yet very effective in explaining the concepts. Either way, it's a must have for any applied scientists/engineers/math teacher's shelf.

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D. Huang

Great way to learn your basics!

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2007

I had three years of higher-level calculus between my BS and MS in mechanical engineering, and none of these classes have explained the concepts in this book with such clarity and accessibility. The sample problems at the end of each chapter cement the concepts just learned. For me, they were just challenging enough to test and hone my skills, but not so crazy that I felt like I was stroking some intellectual ego instead of learning practical concepts.

I highly recommend it to people of similar backgrounds as myself--people with already decent math backgrounds, but who need to hone their vector calculus skills to enter the world of physics, electrical engineering, fluid mechanics, continuum mechanics, or anything else along those lines (lines! Hah! Pun!). I feel like this book was written just for me! Are there really that many of us?

One tip on this book--get serious with it, and you will really cement your skills. Do the problems, for real--work them out with pencil and paper; don't just skim them while you watch TV. They are, as I've said, challenging enough to be rewarding, but none are the type that would send you sobbing to your prof in office hours. Suck it up, fix yourself a nice cup of tea, get your dog to sit with you, and go for it! It's well worth the effort.

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Predrag Loncar

Div, Grad, Curl, and All That; An Informal Text on Vector Calculus, Fourth Edition

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2009

This lovely book is an excellent introductory text in vector calculus. It is suitable for students because it is written in informal but alluring and almost strict and severe manner, and because it covers all for them indispensable theory together with its applications. Each chapter is provided with a excellent examples and problems at the end of it. Solutions to almost all of problems are given at the end of the book. Greatest worth of the book is, in my opinion, that it gives a thorough physical background of the theory. I think that mathematicians, physicists and engineers can really benefit from this text by finding a lot of interesting for them inside it, like Maxwell's equations and much more.

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Mable

Take Note: Spherical coordinate naming conventions switch from 3rd to 4th edition.

Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2009

The math world and the physics world are not consistent with one another in their naming conventions for the angles in spherical coordinates (which angle is theta and which is phi). (see the 3rd paragraph on this page [...])

The third edition of this book follows the physics convention, but the fourth edition switches to the math convention. This reduces the helpfulness and ability to use the book as a "quick reference" for a physics class, because one must remember to switch all of the variables any time spherical coordinates are used. This is so annoying that I am probably going to sell my copy of the fourth edition and buy the third edition.

If you are using this book for a reference for a physics class, I would highly recommend purchasing the third edition (or earlier) unless you enjoy being really confused and creating extra, unnecessary work for yourself.

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paolotto88

Ottimo testo sulla geometria differenziale

Reviewed in Italy on June 8, 2021

Non di facile lettura (richiede un solido background matematico), ma chiaro nell'esposizione e ricco di esercizi.

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S.D. Manoli

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on July 8, 2018

A classic

Francisco

Tratado sencillo del análisis vectorial

Reviewed in Spain on April 21, 2013

Lo he comprado por que viene recomendado en un libro que compre en Edimburgo, titulado "A Student's Guide to Maaxweell's Equations, y realmente merece la pena.

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S. Santos Hernandez

Excellent!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 1, 2010

I cant believe this book only has 3 stars at the minute. This book has been around for ages and many people have learnt from it a subject that somehow is prohibitively difficult when learnt from standard textbooks. Come on guys, this is a very cheap book and I would definitely buy this book and any other as good as this if there was any other and if I wanted to learn electromagnetism properly. Particualrly I went through all the exercises and I found them very nice. Some challenging and in the end, it was a very nice experience. Go straight to standard textbooks and I guarantee you wont have half teh fun you can have with this book. They might actually put you off!

By the way, I cant believe you can cover this subject in less pages and learn as much as you can from this book. Of course I can simply write down Maxwell's equations and call it a one page book with all covered but you are lying to yourself if you think you will learn this topic in just a few pages. This book is an introdcution and I find it a through one that has exactly the number of pages and questions required for an undergraduate physicist.

On a more scientific note, you need to be good at integratinga and differentiating both one and several variables fucntions. Then youc an read this quite comfortably. I would also encourage knowing quite a bit about solving and the meaning of differential equations. After all, the wave (differential) equation is Maxwell's greatest achievement here. the author says you dont need to know much, but if you want to understand the end result I encourage learning them. Besides, who as a scientist wouldnt need differential equations?

By the way, have you noticed that many books you read on anything requiring vector calculus recommend this? It must mean something!

17 people found this helpful

げっぷー

授業で習ったが、分からなかったという人にオススメ

Reviewed in Japan on September 11, 2010

ベクトル解析が分からなくなり授業にもついていけなくなり困っているときにこの本に出合いました。題名のとおりほとんどdiv、curl、gradについて書かれています。図が多くて例題の説明がありますので理解しやすいです。この本は章末に問題がたくさん付いており答えのみ最後に列挙されています。
英語が苦手な人にもオススメします。
値段がすこし高いですが良い本だと思います。

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