Customer Reviews
Excellent book - By: PhilosopherKing, 15 Nov 2008 
When I was a young man, I embarked on a degreein mechanical engineering. This was about 30 years ago. In the first year alone we had to study about eight different subjects.
These included fluid mechanics, drawing & design, solid body mechanics, electricity, mathematics, materials science, physics & thermodymamics.
I had passed three 'A' levelsin chemistry, mathematics & physics while at school.
I remember that this book was easy to follow & helped me to pass my first year mathematics exam with very high marks & little effort. My nephew is now studying civil engineering & I recommended this book to him. He said that it had made all the difference.
This book uses a method of learning called programme learningin which each stage is carefully broken down. One practices a few examplesin order to check one's understanding & then moves on to the next section.
Although the contentin this book is somewhat stronger than 'A' level mathematics it is definitely a book for engineers & scientists who use mathematics as a tool. It hasn't got the rigorous & almost philosophical approach to the subject that one would encounter if studying the subjectin its own right.
The applications are foundin other subjects such as mechanics of machines, solid body mechanics & electricity. Although called engineering mathematics this book really contains the pure mathematics that engineering students need for studying other disciplines rather than applied mathematics. If you like to thinkin terms of pure & applied mathematics then some of the other subjects such as mechanics or electricity actually contain the applied mathematics.
Ever since using this book, I have always tried to find books using a similar approach when required to study other subjects e.g. accounting, computer studies, economics & languages.
It is surprising how few books use this excellent method as I think it would work well with other logical, numerical & scientific subjects such as accounting, economics, grammar, physics & ancient & modern languages. It certainly takes away a lot of the heavy lifting involvedin learning a new subject.
Holds your hand - By: N. Wright, 04 Nov 2008 There are many positive reviews of this book & its earlier additions, for good reason. I've found this a book very useful reference for my MEng Electrical/Electronic Engineering degree.
In my opinion, the best thing about this book is that takes you through every step, beginning with a number line right the way through to the more tricky stuff. Before I started my degree I wasn't confident with maths & shaky on even the basics - now I'm about to finish my Masters degree & I feel like a maths pro! Mostly thanks to this book & its companion.
The only maths book you will ever need - By: R. S. Challacombe, 21 Feb 2008 I have been out of education for 10 years before I started my degree so I was very apprehensive about the maths. This book works wonders especially the DVD you get with it to help problem solve. This is such a well structured book with lots of worked examples.
A must have for Engineering students
Unrivalled; clear, concise and well written. - By: S. Jordan, 10 Aug 2007 This book is superb, I can only fault its size but the depth of coverage warrants such mammoth dimensions. The material covered within is done soin a structured fashion, ensuring the reader can actually grasp the material as appose to just learning the methodology. I have not had to use this book as a standalone revision tool butin conjunction with my maths notes, it is unbeatable. The exercise problems can get a bit tedious & some of the leapsin difficulty are inexplicable but a little extra searching & practice will iron out any reservations. If you are studying any engineering degree I would seriously recommend splashing the cash, you may not use it extensively at first but having it as a resource has been invaluable for me.
Got lost! - By: Joe Delaney, 16 Jul 2007 
This is undoubtedly a good book but it put me to sleep at times as I could not see how all these calculations would be useful to me when I graduated. I assumed an Engineering Math book would have examples from Engineering cases but they were few & far between. I did find some other books that did thisin the library.
This is a good book for learning by heart how to do these things but I think I remember about 20% of it now that the exam is over! I wanted to understand it not learn it by heart. :(
Stroud is massive! It has practically an entire intro to math book at the start which at best is good for a glance because, as an Engineer, my Math is OK. It is a huge big clunking book which broke my back carrying it but was useful none the less.
