Introduction to the Mechanics of a Continuous Medium (Prentice-Hall Series in Engineering of the Physical Sciences)

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Summary: The best book on continuum mechanics!
Review: It is really amazingly that a single person can write such an excellent book! Malvern's textbook on continuum mechanics is the most cited book in continuum mechanics and essential for everyone working on this field. Every sentence is very clear and the author has really a gift in explaining complex problems and bring them into the readers mind. Beside an excellent didactic, the book contains a wide range of topics (elasticity, plasticity, fluids,...) and its contents is very useful for practical applications and for people interested in finite elements (or other numerical techniques). Although written in 1969(!) this book is still up-to-date and should be recommended for first reading to everybody who wants to work on continuum mechanics.

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Summary: in-depth and complete
Review: the famous book might be the best reference on this subject. It is a must for those of you who are concentrating on solid mechanics. It is most frequently cited by almost every author working in this field in his/her published books.

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Summary: A good book in the subject
Review: This is a good book in the subject for those of you taking their first course in continuum mechanics. However the approach is old and lacks of a good mathematical description, if you know a little bit of math there are better books than this in order to master this topic.

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Summary: A good book in the subject
Review: This is the best continuum mechanics introductory textbook one will ever find in many years to come. Most of the writers in continuum mechanics write with their feet. But Malvern write with his brain and patient. His concise, vivid explaination make one really appreciate what continuum mechanics is

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Summary: The best continuum mechanics text ever written
Review: This is the best continuum mechanics introductory textbook one will ever find in many years to come. Most of the writers in continuum mechanics write with their feet. But Malvern write with his brain and patient. His concise, vivid explaination make one really appreciate what continuum mechanics is