[Gllug] Maths Books [OFF TOPIC]

[Nick Warrington]

I am certainly surprised you liked the Stroud book. 

Harry did ask for a Pure maths book and not an Engineering maths book (I am
assuming that its the Engineering Maths book you are referring to). 

The Stroud book I read I found dry, badly laid out and made too many
assumptions about pure maths knowledge. (It certainly made me go and brush
up on my pure maths from elsewhere).

Variety is indeed the spice of Mail lists ;-)

Nick



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tethys [mailto:tet at accucard.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 2:49 PM
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Maths Books [OFF TOPIC] 
> 
> 
> 
> Nick Warrington writes:
> 
> >I didnt much like the Stroud book on Engineering maths.
> 
> *** Cough! ***
> 
> I think it's probably the best book on mathematics I've ever read, and
> both it and it's companion, "Advanced Engineering Mathematics" have
> pride of place on my bookshelf. I guess that just goes to 
> show how wide
> a variety of viewpoints there are...
> 
> BTW, Harry, you say you've done up to equivalent of A level, yet imply
> you haven't covered calculus. Is that right? Certainly I did calculus
> even at pre-A level. I assume you want this for your game engine. Does
> Stroud not give you the info you want for that? Other than 
> that, there's
> another book I'd recommend, but I can't remember its name off 
> the top of
> my head. I'll try and remember to look it up over the weekend.
> 
> Tet
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