Numerical Methods for Engineers: With Software and Programming Applications

by Steven C. Chapra, Raymond P. Canale, Raymond Canale

Book Overview

*Retaining its comprehensive yet accessible and user-friendly style, this edition incorporates new examples and techniques*Includes excellent applications sections with a variety of engineering... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072431938
• ISBN13: 9780072431933
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
• Length: 926 Pages
• Weight: 4.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.7" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Numerical Methods made easy

I bought this book a little while ago to get more familiar with interpolation which I need to use in some of the signal analysis software that I write. As I was reading through the book I suddenly realized the overall usefulness of numerical methods in general. It has helped me code up routines for solving matrices and interpolation algorithms. After reading this book I really can not understand how courses in linear algebra and differential equations can be taught without extensive use of numerical methods. This book has really opened my eyes to a whole new way of solving engineering problems. Andy (andys@d2d.com)

Absolutely marvelous

The strongest point in favor of this book is the fact that authors seems to have taken an effort to see the problems from students viewpoint: i.e. from a viewpoint of a person who does not know Numerical Methods and want to learn them without facing unnecessary complications. Topics are comprehensive and clear. Excellent resource for students at undergraduate or graduate level. No wonder it won ASEE Meriam/Wiley award. Highly recommended. (NOTE: As with the case with many textbook readers, I did not read the book cover-to-cover. The review is based on a few sections that I read. )

I recommend "Numerical Methods for Engineers" as textbook

I teach Numerical Methods at undergraduate level in Mexico, and I have used "Numerical Methods for Engineers" during several years.I like this book because of its approach to learning: each part contains Motivation, Mathematical Background and Orientation, then the numerical methods and finally an Epilogue.Also, the number and variety of the problems presented contribute to accomplish our educational objectives, and the emphasis made on the growing use of software packages (MATLAB, Excel, Mathcad and IMSL) makes this book more useful for students and instructors.This is an extensive book (more than 900 pages) and perhaps some parts of it must be omitted during a normal course (4 months, 4 hours per week in our case).I think that the book price of the English edition (Hardcover) is high. Fortunately for our students, there is a cheaper Spanish version, although the translation is not very good (not in the technical sense but in writing and style).In conclusion, I recommend the book to students and instructors as a comprehensive, learning oriented text with many problems in several engineering areas, and emphasis on the use of software packages, suitable to be used as textbook of numerical methods with extensive use of software.

Great book for self-study

I'm not an engineer. I majored in economics at MIT, and over the past few years have worked as an economic analyst. Recently, I needed to learn and review some numerical techniques in a short time frame. One of my co-workers suggested this book. In contrast to many other numerical methods texts, it is very clearly written and has lots of examples. I used the book to quickly learn about topics like cubic splines and solving partial differential equations. The author obviously cares about efficiently communicating concepts to students.

price is high

this book is $55 on barnes and noble book store and is $67 on border bookstore. your price is too high