Reviews for Partial differential equations

The average rating for Partial differential equations based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-03-10 00:00:00 Susan Conzelman This book was interesting - and a bit outdated. Since it was published 25 years ago, a lot has changed - though a lot has also stayed the same. The most interesting aspect of this book was the many anecdotes and stories presented - many about BYU rules for faculty, many about current LDS church leadership, and many about individuals who have been excommunicated or who have left the church. This book gave me a deeper understanding of LDS feminism in the 1990's - and some of the unique challenges for liberal Mormons at that time. This is an interesting read, but I think it would have interested me more if I was better acquainted with different philosophical perspectives and arguments. I found myself having to Google several philosophical perspectives for a more complete understanding of arguments being made and, while interesting, that made this a complicated book to read, especially since I don't believe Mormon liberals my age operate from the same philosophical perspectives as our predecessors did. Regardless, this was an interesting book that's available to read online at Signature Books.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-05-06 00:00:00 William Thomas Sherman I devoured this in two days. The final essay The Indispensable Opposition by Walter Lippman was outstanding. Lippman writes, "For, while the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening is what makes the right important......What matters is not the utterance of opinions. What matters is the confrontation of opinions in debate." This collection of essays was a fine example of this kind of substantive exchange of ideas regarding religion, freedom of conscience and feminism.