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Title: Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus, Fourth Edition
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Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
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| Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus, Fourth Edition by W. W. Norton Very helpful | | The book provides a very good and concise review of vector calculus. Also helpful is the context of electricity and magnetism making it a good companion book the advanced E&M class at my school [as it is recommended for]. Also good for learning Vector Calculus on its own. | | Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus, Fourth Edition by W. W. Norton a must have for physics students | | "div, grad, curl and all that" is the quintessential book of vector calculus. No other description I can think of would do it justice. | | Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus, Fourth Edition by W. W. Norton Probably Giving Good Technical Books a Bad Rep | Book claims it's for engineers and scientists. Don't see it.
Both scientists and engineers require an understanding of vector calculus that has a strong physics component. The author states that an understanding of electrostatics is not really necessary for this book's treatment, yet he expicitly relies on the language of electrostatics throughout the text.
To me, that sounds like an academic talking to an audience of mathematicians, none of whom have or care much about experience in actually using vector calculus to solve and/or describe physical problems/situations. Or else, he and his audience are in some serious denial.
For scientists and engineers, in my mind, electrostatics requires examples and problems that have a basis in potential energy and other concepts of conservation. Energy = Q*V is nowhere to be found and other conservation concepts are given short shrift.
Mathematicians might be able to get away with being clueless in such matters, but those who I consider real scientists and engineers can't. | | Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus, Fourth Edition by W. W. Norton Horrible book to use for non-math majors | | My school uses this book to teach a math class that is mandatory to all freshman (regardless of major). Bad book to use. Not only does it not have enough problems, the examples it gives are mostly for special cases. And the reading is hard to follow. | | Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus, Fourth Edition by W. W. Norton Vector Calculus Opener | | Div, Grad, Curl is an excellent book on several levels. Its clear, concise and the exercises are well thought out. The context of the book is in electrostatics which is a bonus because it motivates you to learn Maxwells equations which were the supreme equations which led to quantum physics and blackbox theory. The math is calculus based and logical and follows a typical notational style. At the end of the book, you should be able to do equations in vector format in different basis. | | Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus, Fourth Edition by W. W. Norton Book Description | | Since the publication of the First Edition over thirty years ago, Div, Grad, Curl, and All That has been widely renowned for its clear and concise coverage of vector calculus, helping science and engineering students gain a thorough understanding of gradient, curl, and Laplacian operators without required knowledge of advanced mathematics. The Fourth Edition has been carefully revised and now includes updated notations and seven new example exercises. |
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