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Summary
Summary
This CD-ROM features over 500 live maths formulae and tables, more than 400 graphic images and rapid access to information. It uses MathCad software and is also available in disk format (ISBN 0-07-852779-1).
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This electronic book is based on the sixth edition of Kurt Gieck's well-known handbook Engineering Formulas (1990) with its collection of technical and mathematical formulas, integrated with Mathsoft's Mathcad software as an electronic book. The CD-ROM has a Mathcad Engine as driver in case users do not already have Mathcad or MathcadPLUS running on their systems. The program installed easily under MathcadPLUS running under Windows 95. The palm-sized printed user's manual is helpful in getting started. The electronic version deviates from the printed version in the sense that it has dropped the sections dealing with mathematical formulas and the one dealing with chemistry. Otherwise, it maintains all the features of the original. (One could argue that the sections on mathematical formulas are not needed because the book is integrated with Mathcad.)[p]The presentation is user-friendly and has hyperlinks in the table of contents and the index. Special "pasting" action allows direct copying of formulas, texts, and figures into a Mathcad document. The online full-text search facility is helpful. Browsing of contents backward and forward is easy; buttons for this are provided at the top of each section. (It would have been more convenient if such buttons were also provided at the end of each section. However, the navigation buttons in the toolbar may be used instead.) A useful feature is that the tables of physical constants are incorporated into relevant sections. Another useful feature is the use of many of the formulas with examples; the parameter values shown can be replaced by the user's own values. It is also possible to modify any of the formulas without corrupting the originals. The capability to directly transfer the formulas onto the Mathcad window for actual use and graphic display of results is a powerful feature. Additional blank space is provided in each section for appending more relevant information into the electronic book by the user. The color screen displays are clear.[p]This electronic product is a definite improvement over the printed version, both in terms of efficiency and use (provided, of course, the necessary hardware and software are available). A powerful reference, well suited to the daily needs of undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, academics, and practicing engineers, as well as two-year technical program students.
