Numerical Methods for Engineers | 
 enlarge | Authors: Steven C. Chapra, Raymond P. Canale
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (ISE Editions)
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 5th
Pages: 960
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 8.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 0071244298
Dewey Decimal Number: 621
EAN: 9780071244299
ASIN: 0071244298
Publication Date: August 7, 2008
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Product Description
The fifth edition of "Numerical Methods for Engineers with Software and Programming Applications" continues its tradition of excellence. The revision retains the successful pedagogy of the prior editions. Chapra and Canale's unique approach opens each part of the text with sections called "Motivation", "Mathematical Background", and "Orientation"preparing the student for what is to come in a motivating and engaging manner. Each part closes with an Epilogue containing sections called "Trade-Offs", "Important Relationships and Formulas", and "Advanced Methods and Additional References". Much more than a summary, the Epilogue deepens understanding of what has been learned and provides a peek into more advanced methods. Users will find use of software packages, specifically MATLAB and Excel with VBA. This includes material on developing MATLAB m-files and VBA macros. Also, many, many more challenging problems are included. The expanded breadth of engineering disciplines covered is especially evident in the problems, which now cover such areas as biotechnology and biomedical engineering.
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 Great Book September 24, 2008
I really like this book. I am teaching Programming Applications for Engineers and it is perfect. It uses advanced Excel Power tools and MATLAB, both of which we use, and its examples are from all walks of engineering careers. It is clearly written, explains the mathematical model behind the numerical method. I can't get enough of using it.
Clear, well written book July 24, 2008
The authors use a very pedagogical approach. The objectives for each part are well identified, the explanations are intuitive, and there is a lot of engineering applications and exercises. This book is hence suitable for an undergraduate course or as a starting point in the subject.
However, if you are searching for long mathematical demonstrations or advanced mathematical aspects (this was not my case), this is not your book.
 Very Good March 26, 2008
Book is very good. it has many numerical methods explained very simply.
I would recommend this book to all civil engineer scientist, and also students who found numerical methods interesting to study, and to use it for application to real world.
I would gave this book a 5star mark but i gave it only 4 because price. I also believe that the price is too high.
As a textbook? October 26, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've noticed several reviewers have benifited from this book as a reference for algorithms in specific topics, which is something the book is really good at in my opinion.
However, we studied the book as a junior level textbook in numerical methods and went into many problems in doing so. Although the motiviation is well, the presentation is not. For example, the parts on Fourier Approximation (Chapter 19), and Finite Difference: Elliptic Equations (Chapter 29) really do require good background knowledge on behalf of the reader, and the authors sometimes rush into the approximation techniques with hardly any explination of the underlying logic.
For undergraduate students, I don't believe this book is good for self-teaching. More elaboration is needed in the derivations of the nemurical techniques, and without that, many of us were lost when it came to homeworks and computer projects.
On the bright side, The graphs are excellent , and the book covers a very wide range of topics and presents many codes and worked out examples.
 Chech out paper back international edition. Cheeper and same contents. August 16, 2006
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
Type in search the authers name, Steven C. Chapra, and it will give a list of the books by him. you get the same edition but international in english same figures everything.
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