Although this series of books is intended to supplement a class textbook, this one is pretty good in helping you learn vectors by itself. It explains all the terminology and gives you quick examples.

For the problems here, there are some solved problems, which walk you through the process of finding the answer. The supplementary problems, to help you test your knowledge, have the answers there. This used to bother me because I wanted to see if I could get the answer. Here, the author is just trying to help you master the process. You can always cover up the answer.

Topics in this volume include tensor analysis, curvilinear coordinates, vector integration and differentiation, integral theorems, and dot and cross product. All are helpful and easy to understand.

Best book on Vector Analysis. No match for it. Must buy.

The one published in 1959 deserves to be one of the finest books written about vectors .The way it deals with the subject prepare the reader smoothly in mastering the basics of vector analysis, its for the engineer, physicist and mathematician.

By the way the full name of the book is "Vector Analysis and an Introduction to Tensor Analysis"

This book is nicely written for anyone who is trying to self-learn ODE in a fast, nice and comfortable way.
The best book on the subject.

Saying "good-bye" to my wonderfully and beautifully illustrated Calculus(Ron Larson)textbook and having to say "hello" to this plain and terribly boring-looking black and white book (absolutely no other colors, refering to the paperback copy), initially I found the text to be very dry and I thought it was going to be a good sleep aid. But after some weeks of studying I fall in love with it.
For each kind of d.e. it supplies more methods than some other books on the same subject. It introduces theorems that I do not see in other books, for example, the convolution theorem. The author at times, depite his plain and dry disguise, tells you how a math idea was formulated and tries to guess how the discoverer was thinking when originally working on the problems. If you read closely you will find the author can be witty too. It also has good exercises expecially in the B and C section. There are a lot of wonderfully catogerized applied problems.
This may be an old fashion book, but I have found a lot of value in it. I wish the publisher will make a new edition of the book with dressed up colors and better paper (The cover of the paperback 3rd edition is too thin and too weak to be a good cover).

This was the required text when I took differential equations back in the early 80s. As a sophomore engineering student, I found the book to be easy to read and easy to learn from. It is especially nice that the book has very few errors/typos in it. I have gone back to this book many times in the intervening years (in graduate school and beyond) and I continue to go back to it as an excellent reference. In fact, the copy that I purchased back in 1982 is starting to come apart and I was happy to see that it is still available.

I am currently an engineering professor and I teach an applied mathematics course to senior level honors students. I find that I frequently go back to Spiegel's book for examples and explanations that I can present to my class when I am covering differential equations. This is still one of the best introductory texts on differential equations that I have come across.

A lovely succinct account from four towers in a tradition of economics that is widely represented in the financial markets. Roger Garrison - himself a leading light in modern times - leads off with a brief overview. The nice thing is that Garrison manages to get it all across without resorting to waffle - another Austrian tradition.

In fact, in my view, Garrison is the star of this review since his ability to keep it simple is a tremendous asset. Anyone familiar with the dark mutterings of academics in Austrian academic journals will know exactly what I'm talking about.

Aside from Garrison, the pieces by Rothbard and Harberler are the best since they tackle the central issue of Trade Cycle theory - that any system run by central bankers is inherently unstable since their tinkering with interest rates leads directly to the business cycle. Much better to have a competitive banking system without a central bank and a curency tied to gold. That way credit expansions will never be explosive. Of course, what they don't tell you is that their proposals are inherently deflationary and force deficit countries to do all adjustment when they experience balance of payments problems.

Rothbard's piece sets out the mechanics of the Trade Cycle especially well and everyone should be able to understand what he's getting at without too much difficulty. It's no more difficult than the average economics course on an MBA programme. That's hardly difficult, is it?

Readers wishing to understand the micro-economics of the Austrian school should also check out some of the recent publications of one Israel Kirzner.

At last! An anthology from one of the most important schools of libertarian economics in a portable form! This book can be easily incorporated into a course on economics or banking.
And yet, "The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle" is a narrowly useful tool. It's like a tire gauge, that means everything when there's a problem with the tire, but tells nothing about gas or oil levels. I see few times when the average production supervisor, Sunday-school teacher or working mom would have occasion to read it.
In the introduction, Roger Garrison spells out the differences between the Austrian School and other movements in free-market economics. The Austrian School emphasizes the role of time in decision making. To think of an example, Joe wants to buy a car now that the interest rates are low. But if the interest rates are high, he'll put his money in the bank and wait a year until he replaces the family car.
Ludwig von Mises' essay, which lends its name to the book, reveals the international character of the Austrian School. The essay was translated out of the French, points back to the British Currency School, and alludes to the contribution of Knut Wicksell from Sweden. This theory was, nevertheless, developed by Austrians, beginning with Carl Menger. References to the University of Chicago and to the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, bring the movement to a home in America.
The key point is that a boom produced and prolonged by easy bank money with government support will sooner or later contract into a bust when the easy money turns hard. Just ask any farmer who bought machinery on credit years ago, when inflation was rampant.
Gottfried Haberler demonstrates that economics is, in fact, difficult to reduce to mathematics. He points to how money is needed at different times as a product moves out of the ground through its production phases to the end user.
In contrast, Murray Rothbard tells us with sparkling satire why we no longer have "panics" and "depressions." He also gives insight on how a change in time preference changes interest rates; interest rates fall if enough buyers become savers.
Friedrich Hayek points to an insidious effect of inflation. Not is it more fun to be a debtor on a fixed-rate loan when inflation is high, but taxable profits are much higher than the profits are worth in reality. Easy money gives rise to inflation.
Roger Garrison finally draws a couple of price/quantity graphs in his summary, savings/investment graphs to be specific. Money created by the government has the same short-term effect as a genuine increase in savings, but genuine savings are lower because savers are coolly greeted by lower interest rates for their hard-earned money. The bust after the boom is a real let-down.
With my MBA from Campbell, this material is clearer and livelier to me than it would be to the man on the street.

I ordered this book as a part of a course I am designing for myself on economics. It is a good introduction to the Austrian school but provides information that even those familiar with the subject will find useful. Rothbard addresses many fallacies regarding the free market and provides a clear explanation of the Austrian theory of the trade cycle and other theories, relating them to history and comparing them with classical and Keynesian theories. This is a helpful comparison, as it reveals some inherent flaws in the latter and outlines the eventual results of the acceptance of those theories. This book does not give an in-depth analysis of its subject, but provides a cohesive picture and points for further examination. It is also a helpful text for understanding capitalist theory and the history of the Austrian school.

(This review refers to Volume One only.) Asimov has collected eight stories in this anthology that were influential in his own writing. Asimov read most of these stories when he was about 12 years old, being fortunate enough to devour most of them from pulp magazines that were sold in his father's candy store. As might be expected with any anthology, some stories are better than others, and some have held up better through the years than others. Yet these pieces are not included for comparison to current stories, but to show what Asimov read as a young person and how the works influenced him. Asimov's mini-autobiography alone is worth the price of the book. After each story, Asimov tells how an idea or a concept from a story led to the formation of one of his own works. A very interesting idea. "The Jameson Satellite" is a forerunner of "I, Robot," and "Submicroscopic" is a small step from "Fantastic Voyage." As mentioned by another reviewer, the reader will have to deal with several prejudices from the time these stories were written (especially racial), but overall this book is a great insight into what makes Asimov Asimov.

This collection of early, pulp-style scifi works is a great joy. Asimov's introduction to the stories is exceedingly interesting and helpful. The stories sometimes show flaws or problems in their writing and in their attitudes (while several stories are forward-looking, most show the racism and misogyny common to that time), most of the stories are entertaining and all of them are interesting from a historical perspective. Check it out if you can get your hands on it, it's a great find. I really got a kick out of several pieces, which run the gamut from more reasonable 'conquered man, driven underground, strikes back at his evil alien oppressors' to the completely ludicrous story about the planets of our solar system hatching into giant space chickens. (That last story is meant to be taken seriously, by the way.) A veritable laundry-list of great, long out-of-print authors and some wonderful writing from the early days of popular science fiction.

This book contains the good old stories from the 1930's. There is nothing great here, but it is till worth reading. You can see the evolution of the Science Fiction field by reading the stories in this book.

Meet Murray Whelan, gofer and fixer for the newly appointed Minister of Water and Arts. He has no ideas about arts, but then politics is politics, and how difficult can it be? He finds out without delay, when young artist Marcus Taylor is found floating in the moat in front of the National Gallery. Time for damage control. But then things become increasingly weird. The overpriced picture of a shadowy, and also dead, artist named Victor Szabo. Hold it! Is the picture a fake? Who painted the duplicate? How about all those suave self-made millionaires and their sudden interest in art? Mayhem erupts as everybody tries to cover up their nefarious schemes. And Murray in the thick of it, of course.

The book is presented as a mystery. But that part does not come off too well with all the fun intervening. Rather, it is a send-up comedy about Australian politics and the doers behind the scenes. If you really want to laugh for a few hours, then read this book.

Funny, involving, entertaining.Great characters in an Ausralian world of politics and corruption that rings true. Recommended. Also read "Stiff" and "Nice Try" with Murray Whelan.

This book was excellent. It had a story line and was interesting and funny all at once! Whelan's analogies are excellent.

This is a book giving you much fun to read and make it very easy to learn and understand Qigong and the essens of the Traditional Chinese Medicine. You will get health, wellbeing and joyfull living. Go for it! (I am 31 Years old).

It is clear structured. We lern how to understand the differences between the west medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. I tried many teachers, but a teacher like this book, makes me understand what I have lerned before, this is the first time I have found the right teacher. I am very happy reading this book. Thank you so much Mr. Qingshan Liu! I will lern your school

Some basic movements of qigong are explaned in a very efficient manner, so that even a beginner can start practizising and experiment the benefit of qigong.

I found this book to be very well written with an style that was casual and easy to read. The information is through when needed yet doesn't overwhelm. It has been the best on the subject of CFIDS I have read.

Most doctors give us medication that doesn't help. This book offers real ways we can help ourselves!

Before you read any farther, scroll up and look to the left column.
Click on the link that says "table of contents", read it,
and then come back here. Done? Good. That in itself should be
enough to get you to buy this book. All of Dr. Murray's books are as
thoroughly organized. You have explanations, common symptoms, and then
a whole array of dietary options and explanations of how any number of
nutritional supplements can help your condition....Michael Murray is a
standard in the alternative medicine field because of the research he
does and cites and because the supplements he recommends have found a
valid place in today's society.

Ginger Barnes is an engaging sleuth, no question. In her early thirties, married, with two children and a dog, she does the routine juggling act perfected by so many women of today. Her husband is the head master of a struggling boy's school in a suburb of Philadelphia, where Ginger grew up, and still has family not too far away.

This is the sixth of the series, and it didn't quite match the others for quality in my opinion. One of her high-school classmates is just about to make it big - BIG! - in Hollywood, and has come home for their class reunion. Many of their classmates still live in the area, and several of the women meet for lunch and even a sleep-over, just like old times.

But, it isn't really just like those old times, for which most of them are grateful. Unfortunately, there were secrets then, just as there are secrets now, and the fear that some of these previously unknown facts will become public knowledge leads to murder.

For some reason, this book doesn't have the usual sizzle and snap with which the author usually embues her work. Plot and characters are fine, everything works, but still, this book just doesn't quite work. It's all at sixes and sevens! Maybe it's because of the addition of Frank Giergielewicz, the policeman assigned to the case.

He's one terrific guy--or he would be, in some other story. Having become acquainted with Ginger's husband Rip, and their family in the previous books, Frank made me nervous. There is a strong sexual attraction between Ginger and Frank, which really unnerved me, especially in the wonderfully-written car chase scene (remember the movie classic - Bullitt?)

Ah, well, life goes on, I suppose. I hope it goes on for Ginger and Rip. Let Frank find his own woman.

Reviewing one's own murder could be a challenge, but I wanted to give it a try! when I "won" the St. Martin's Press "Buys This Book & We'll Kill You", I had NO idea what to expect. What I got was a memorable two years' worth of e-mail & a delightful face-to-face meeting with a multi-talented author. I also made a new & wonderful friend.

Not to sound prejudiced, but I think Donna struck just the right note in an excellent story of "you can't go home again". When "Jan Fairchild" -- movie star extrordinaire -- does go home to the Main Line [PA], she ends up dead on page four. The story makes a clever& very smooth transition to the recall method in order to tell the story of "who done it" and why. Ginger Barnes, the lead character, continues to be a believeable, warm person with a wry wit and a gift for mystery solving. As a person who lived in the Philadelphia area for three of my adolescent years, I really enjoyed the local color described so well by Donna, especially during a memorable chase scene which leads to the book's conclusion. Donna's characters are very real, warts and all, and she admirably lets the reader get to know them in this very interesting series. Although Philadelphians will especially enjoy this book enormously, every city has an equivalent to "The Main Line", so geography shouldn't keep readers in other regions of the country from reading and fully enjoying this well-written and fast-paced series of mysteries. Who's the next vic, Donna? I volunteer to come back and be a continued victim. Now THAT's a new slant on mystery writing!

Are you planning on attending your high school reunion? You may change your mind after reading Ms. Murray's latest. A reunion of childhood friends goes wrong when the classmate who hit it big in show biz is found dead following a reunion sleep over. Gin Barnes, with the help of her family & friends, takes steps to find the killer. Gin manages to keep her family going while traking down clues. Lots of fun and action. A wonderful read.

I bought this book after reading the awesome reviews here. But it has disappointed me. Did not find anything new. Info is all too basic and you can find this by visiting couple of good web sites like WebMD.

I recommend "Multiple Sclerosis - The questions you have and the Answeres you need" instead of this. It has very exhaustive info of all different areas that a person interested in MS should know about.

I am still undergoing the trauma of being diagnosed. I am in the situation I am sure many of those with MS all go through, some doctors positive I have MS, some not so sure, going through all the testing for it and have some come back positive and some come back negative (for now at least). It's a very frustrating position to be in, not just for the person directly involved, but for the family to be in.

As I spent 4 years in med school for Neuroscience, you would think I would know everything, but not so. The area is so large now, that they just barely touch on MS, and then more on the advanced stages and dementia possibilities in it (don't jump to conclusions...I am not positive MS causes dementia, just they speculate with no absolute proof). So when this possibility hit me within the last year of agonizing pins-and-needles sensations first in feet and then going up to my hands, I was desperate for information.

This is a pretty good book. The authors know what they are talking about. They don't talk 'down' to the readers, they try to meet their needs for specific information on specific problems, give answers or places to go for answers. One thing I needed was to be able to show my husband some of this information that coincided with what I was telling him. MS is not a very visible disease at it's onset unless it is acute. It's hard to show your family you are in pain when there is nothing to see. Now when I start falling in front of them for no reason...then they start paying attention.

Sometimes people have to go to books and Internet to get answers because their blasted physicians aren't forthcoming and too often they are so busy shuttling patients in and out that door in order to make money, they forget the patient as an individual. One thing to stress, this book doesn't have all the answers, and everyone who undergoes MS has different symptomologies so they cannot possibly cover everything. But this book is a good place to start.

Karen Sadler,
Science Education,
University of Pittsburgh

With my wife's recent diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), I found myself scrambling around, looking for resources. This book is an excellent resource, one that is well worth consulting first! This second edition was published in 2002, and written by three prominent physicians specializing in MS, which means that it is up-to-date and in-depth.

There are nine chapters in this book. Chapter one explains what MS is and how it is diagnosed. Chapter two looks at the potential causes of MS. Chapter three is an excellent look at the treatments currently available. Chapter four contains practical advice on living with MS, while chapter five gives advice on coping with the disease, and chapter six discuses employment issues. Chapter seven is a hope-bringing chapter on current research into MS, while chapter eight discuses clinical trials. And finally, chapter nine is a short discussion on what your Multiple Sclerosis Society can do for you.

As a person caught up in the life of a Multiple Sclerosis sufferer, I must say that I found this book to be an excellent resource. I highly recommend this to those newly diagnosed, and to their loved ones.

If you are looking for an historical 'readings' text for topics in the philosophy of religion, then this book is not for you. However, if you are looking for writings about certain philosophy of religion (or contemporary 'readings') topics then go no further. Craig has assemble some first rate analytical thinkers of the 20th century to cover a wide gamut of topics in the arena of the philosophy of religion.

However, any reader should keep in mind that this is not an historical text of the issues of the philosophy of religion, it is a contemporary text. But, this is actually one of its greatest strengths, since it provides the reader and student some of the most up to date writings available. The topics themselves are 'historical' (for lack of a better way of putting it), but the work is very contemporary.

Some of the topics (or sections) in this text include: Religious epistemology; the Existence of God; Coherence of theism; the problem of evil; soul and immortality; and Christian theology. Some of the philosophers contributing to this volume include: William Lane Craig; William P. Alston; Alvin Plantinga; J.P. Moreland; Eleonore Stump; Quentin Smith; Alfred J. Freddoso; Keith Yandell; Richard Swinburne; Peter van Inwagen; William L. Rowe and many others. This text is a great reference tool, it emphasizes the Christian tradition, it has some first rate introductions, and offers the reader a list of suggested titles for further study. The only downfall, if you could call it that, is the fact that this text is geared toward the student of philosophy and the reader who already has a background in the issues at hand. Some of the articles are quite advanced, but this makes for a great challenging read and will only aid the reader in expanding his knowledge.

...way too advanced for an undergrad like me. This book is an excellent resource for intelligent Christians. Don't get me wrong, I eventually get what is being discussed in the essays, it just takes me a long time.

I don't really understand what the criticism of the earlier reviewer was with regard to Dr. Craig's opinions concerning morality. Dr. Craig has successfully defended his beliefs on morality against his foremost opponents. (I don't know how you can argue for an objective and non-arbitrary morality if you hold a naturalistic worldview.)

I recommend this book to anybody interested in current discussion of philosophy of religion topics. Just be warned if you are not already well versed in elite philosophical terminology: it may take you a while to make it through!

William Lane Craig does a masterful job in his section on Natural Theology. He presents a cumulative case for God's existence by including Alvin Plantinga's modal version of the Ontological Argument. ( Although some philosophers have corectly pointed out that his argument is really Cosmological in nature because it presupposes that something exists. One can only know that a poissible world exists on the background knowledge of an actual world.) Plantinga believes that if it is even possible that a maxamally great being exists, then it is true and necessarily true that he does exist. The only question is what warrant exists in thinking that there is a possible world in which a maxamally great being exists. Here is where Craig hammers the nails in the coffin. Based on the other arguments and evidential considerations one may come to the justified conclusion that it is at least possible that a maxamally great being exists. That there is a possible world in which an eternal necessary being exists. Since this being exists necessarily, then he must exist in every possible world. And since the real world is a possible world, then it follows that God exists.

For a more detailed and better treatment on this subject I would recommend Craig's section on Natural Theology in this text. See also Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview by Craig and Moreland ( 2003 ).
The rest of the book is pretty good also. Although it is a little rough at times.