Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics (Asia Adaptation) - Tapa blanda

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Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics provides conceptually accurate and thorough coverage, and its problem-solving methodology gives students the best opportunity to learn statics. This new edition features a significantly refreshed problem set.

Key Features

• Chapter openers with real-life examples and outlines previewing objectives

• Careful, step-by-step presentation of lessons

• Sample problems with the solution laid out in a single page, allowing students to easily see important key problem types

• Solving Problems on Your Own boxes that prepare students for the problem sets

• Forty percent of the problems updated from the previous edition

Born in France and educated in France and Switzerland, Ferdinand Beer held an M.S. degree from the Sorbonne and an Sc.D. degree in theoretical mechanics from the University of Geneva. He came to the United States after serving in the French army during the early part of World War II and taught for four years at Williams College in the Williams-MIT joint arts and engineering program. Following his service at Williams College, Beer joined the faculty of Lehigh University, where he taught for thirty-seven years. He held several positions, including the University Distinguished Professors Chair and Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department. In 1995, Beer was awarded an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree by Lehigh University.