So what do you know about this, man? http://news.yahoo.com/dark-matter-fi...144840916.html LOL living in a universe where the WIMPs completely dominate the MACHOs.
lol @ string theory. That's pretty much nail on the head there. I never really paid much attention to the number of pages in texts tho. Interesting observation. How long is Taylor? At any rate, I've found that E&M dynamics sections can be pared down quite a bit without compromising the content. Mebbe threre's some unwritten rule about 1000+ page texts?
Why does the number of pages of college physics texts always asymptotically approach 1000? Electricity and Magnetism [Hardcover] Edward Purcell (Author) Hardcover: 504 pages Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (November 14, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1107013607 ISBN-13: 978-1107013605 Product Dimensions: 8 x 1.1 x 9.5 inches Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Electricity and Magnetism [Hardcover] Edward M. Purcell (Author), David J. Morin (Author) Hardcover: 864 pages Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 3 edition (February 28, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1107014026 ISBN-13: 978-1107014022
Accurate?
So I'm browsing books by Robert Resnick on Amazon and came across this gem: $5,046 + $3.99 shipping It's ok though, one guy has it on discount for $689.46 + $3.99 shipping. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...&condition=new
I've gotten remarkably positive feedback on this paper by Kolecki. Tensors for dummies if you will . Thanks for the suggestions. I'll peruse the literature next week. I'll pass on writing this up as a book though. http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/Num...2002211716.pdf
I kind of like Spivak's Calculus on Manifolds for use of tensors in studying differential forms, but it's still a pretty formal book. I haven't read Munkres' Analysis on Manifolds, but from what I have heard it is more leisurely introduction. Still, any analysis book is going to be pretty theoretical. I have read some of Spivak's first two differential geometry books also, but they're not any easier than the Serge Lang Algebra text I responded with before (that's where I first came across tensor products). I really wish Michael Artin would have put multilinear algebra in his intro text, since that's easily the most illuminating algebra book on the market with his focus on the general linear groups, orthogonal groups, etc. over the standard books that spend too much time on symmetric groups. I guess it's going to be up to you to write the book Tensor Product: Easy Version.
Heya man, I might have asked you before, but do you know of any good texts that explain tensors in a straightforward way? I'm not interested in the fomal stuff as much as having a resource to teach students about applications in medical imaging. Every text I look at seems to delve in to a rigorous and terse discussion.
LOL, so after saying I hope no one jumps in as a second author to ruin Taylor's text I found out a second author (David Morin) is now wedging his way into Purcell for a third edition. http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/ic...haps%201-2.pdf Oh well, at least I have the second edition.
Yeah, I've found that to be a fault of most texts. Examples are either to simplistic or complex, yet quite tangential to the subject matter being covered. Agree on Taylor with respect to the writing style. It's easy to digest, and the later examples tend to tie things together rather nicely. I have two copies of the latest Taylor: One for general use, one for the "archive". My latest contract provided funds for books, so I grabbed a few Taylors and some other odds and ends. I honestly don't recall much about K&K, except that I've heard generally good things about it.
