Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 864 pages
• Published by: Wiley
• Edition: 3rd Edition July 22, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0471198269
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471198260
• Book Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.2 x 1.4 inches
• Weighs: 3.4 pounds

Product Description
Now in its third edition, Mathematical Concepts in the Physical Sciences provides a comprehensive introduction to the areas of mathematical physics. It combines all the essential math concepts into one compact, clearly written reference.

The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
Solutions Manual available. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences, 2nd Edition (Hardcover) To put it quite simply, if you are a physics student, you must own this book. What does this book do for you? Consider this... In my school, we do not have a mathematical methods course for science, so I decided to take on a math minor to take all the classes neccesary to do physics "right." This included a class on ODEs, Fourier Series & PDEs, Linear Algebra, and Complex Variables. These classes, although helpful, cover a lot of stuff that is not quite useful for understanding physics concepts, often undermining or dampening the stuff that is actually applicable. What makes this book so great is that it combines all the essential math concepts into one compact, clearly written reference. If I could do it all over again, I would easily rather take a two semester Math Methods course (like they do in many schools) using a book like Boas than take all these obtuse math courses. With this book, it makes it so handy to review previously learned concepts or actually learn poorly presented topics ( for a physicist anyway) in mathematics classes... (Things like Coordinate Transformations, Tensors, Special Functions & PDEs in spherical & cylindrical coordinates, Diagonilzation, the list goes on.....) Keep this gem handy when doing homework and studying for exams, learning the math tools from this book enables you to concentrate squarely on the physics in your other textbooks... (since mathematical background information, understandably, is often cut short...) Comment | | (Report this)