Uses an intuitive approach, information presented in small segments, and numerous illustrations. Outlines a technique for estimation And checking. Focuses on "real world" problems that cannot be solved exactly, but that must be tackled with an approximate method. Provides Marginal Notes, Common Error Boxes, Important Formulas (mathematical and technical), Summary of Facts and Formulas (convenient as a "handbook"), real-world Technical Applications, and thousands of exercises graded by difficulty and grouped by type.
- ISBN10 0138981493
- ISBN13 9780138981495
- Publish Date 1 January 1988
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 November 1999
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Prentice Hall
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 432
- Language English