Vector Mechanics for Engineers by E. Russell Johnston, Ferdinand Pierre Beer (2006, Package)

A very boring read, but it is an engineering text book. Mostly bought the textbook for the problems I have to do for class. The book is not very conducive to learning. The book spends a lot of time introducing and deriving formulas. In my opinion a textbook should spend a lot more time discussing approaches to problems. Especially for difficult subjects such as engineering in which the problems are very complex and each problem has a unique "trick" to solve. The book pretty much has long winded introductions to formulas which are discussed anyway in classroom lectures. Then, the book just expects the student to solve all the problems by looking at one or two example problems. The text covers approaches to problems really quickly in two pages for every section however these discussed approaches which are very disconnected from the formulas introduced in the main body of the text because they are completely separated from the rest of the section. The text would be better if the applications of the formulas were discussed right after they are introduced. The textbook would benefit if it took out all of the derivations for the formula from the main body of the text and grouped them in an appendix considering that in almost all the lectures the instructor covers all the formulas needed and most student have difficulties going through the homework problem which are always harder than exam problems and problems discussed in lectures. If one was to consider buying this text to teach him/her self the subject I would suggest another text.

I bought this book for a Dynamics Engineering Course.

The book leaves room for improvement. The format is good with examples at the end of each section before problems, but there needs to be more examples and better examples. Some of the examples are useless to solving problems. The book does a good job presenting challenging work in applying dynamics concepts.

I would say for the price, the book isn't worth it. An older version with the exact same conceptial information can be purchased for less.

I didn't like this book because it doesn't provide enough example problems, there are several difficult concepts in the book that would be clear if textbook provided more example problems.

I bought the book because I needed it for my engineering dynamics class. I needed it quick and I needed a book in decent condition because we use the book alot in that class. The book arrived in less than one week from when I ordered it, and it appeared to be brand new. I really have nothing but good things to say about it. It was a pleasent experience. Plus I came out alot cheeper than I would have if I had bought it from the campus bookstore.

Great buy. Seller was quick to send. Description was accurate. Glad to purchase from this seller again.

Not quite perfect or like new but close. Bent corners, cover wear, some small page wear. Decent price too.

This is the second book by Beer, Johnston, and Clausen that I have had to buy for a class (the other was Statics), and I would not use them again to learn these subjects. I have seen Statics and Dynamics books by other authors, and they do not make it nearly as difficult as these guys do.

The general ideas that are presented in each lesson are actually pretty simple. In this book, however, they take several pages to explain the concepts in the most roundabout way possible, throwing in lots of random mathematical proofs and derivations that just make things more confusing.

To add to this, they give little instruction on how to actually approach Dynamics problems. These problems are all about taking the right steps in the right order. It's hard, but it could be made much easier with step-by-step explanations and illustrations to show you what you are actually looking for.

One saving grace is the CD-ROM that comes with the book. You can use the explanations in the chapter exercises to actually learn how these problems work. Without it or a good instructor, you will likely be lost.

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I would definately buy from this seller again. They sold a good product. Everything was quick, and in good condition as listed. Thanks!

In addition, as soon as I opened the textbook some pages come out.
woul never buy from them again. It seems like they did not shipped the item, until I complain about it.

I got the solution manual and it is awesome. It helps me out so much with my homework. I don't understand the teacher so this helps so much to teach myself the class. It has all problems worked out with free body diagrams. Perfect.

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I got good deal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! good price!

This solutiuons manual is great for helping understand problems presented in Vector Mechanics for Engineers:Statics and Dynamics. Since it is not printed, you can easily put the files on a flash drive. The problems and solutions are in separate forlders by chapters. The files are arranged as each problem is an indiv. file and eash solutuion is indiv. as well. The downfall to this is that it takes a little extra time to print multiple soultions.

I bought this book for a Dynamics class I'm taking. It seems to be pretty easy to understand with very good examples. These authors have been around a long time and they know how to make a good text book. I haven't had much experience with other texts, but I assume that this is one of the better choices out there.

I liked the fact that the book was in brand new condition as described in the posting. I decided to buy it from this seller because I relied on his feedbacks and he honored them. I had absolutely no problem getting the book on time. Thanks.

I wanted it for my dynamics course. But the seller turned out to be a cheat and the book isn't the edition that I wanted. So the book is just eating dust.