Reviews for Trends in applications of mathematics to mechanics

The average rating for Trends in applications of mathematics to mechanics based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-02-02 00:00:00 Robbi-lynn Jessop "I don't want input; I don't want you to tell me if I'm doing anything wrong. Heavens forbid. But, I write a scene and I think I've heard it as much as I can, but then when I read it to you - I don't give it to you to read, I read it - but when I read it to you, I hear it through your ears." ~ Quentin Tarantino That is a good distillation of these lecture notes by Knuth. Technical writing, as much of human language, is not a rigorous set of rules as linguists or English teachers would have you believe but instead a contextual set of probabilistic dependencies that shifts as we use it in the real world. Good writing is absolutely necessary and at the same time a complete pain in the ass for all parties involved in the process, mostly because our language is so contextual. Absolute precision needed for mathematics while keeping it readable is difficult and the great thing about these notes is they absolutely stick with you after the first read. All are presented in a logical set of axioms that build on each other broken up with just enough humour to keep you awake. "The third solution was the DiJKSTra system, so named to keep it sufficiently Dutch." ~ Don Knuth

Review # 2 was written on 2013-09-02 00:00:00 Fahmy Rahim The topic is presented by a bunch of rules and examples. The whole content is entertaining and many passages made me smile a lot. I have enjoyed the style very much.