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Summary: Inconsistent
Review: Although the discussions of the topics are usually clear and concise, this book is not well organized. Obvious lack of adequate editing aside (numerous typos, grammatical errors, mislabeled figures, etc.), many of the end-of-chapter problems are not really coherent with the way things are introduced in the particular chapter. A few problems require knowing stuff that is explained later in the book. The book alone, therefore, is not suitable for self-study. It might make a good supplemental reading since the discussions themselves are pretty good. However, for an academic book like this one, it is also important to have a good index, and unfortunately it is not particularly useful either. Overall, I think the problem about this book is editing, or lack thereof. Time will tell if the book stands as a course textbook, but unless a new edition comes out with some improvements, I do not see why we should choose this book over some other alternatives, such as Chandler.
Rating:
Summary: Inconsistent
Review: Although the discussions of the topics are usually clear and concise, this book is not well organized. Obvious lack of adequate editing aside (numerous typos, grammatical errors, mislabeled figures, etc.), many of the end-of-chapter problems are not really coherent with the way things are introduced in the particular chapter. A few problems require knowing stuff that is explained later in the book. The book alone, therefore, is not suitable for self-study. It might make a good supplemental reading since the discussions themselves are pretty good. However, for an academic book like this one, it is also important to have a good index, and unfortunately it is not particularly useful either. Overall, I think the problem about this book is editing, or lack thereof. Time will tell if the book stands as a course textbook, but unless a new edition comes out with some improvements, I do not see why we should choose this book over some other alternatives, such as Chandler.
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