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THE appearance of a treatise in English upon the mathematical theory of elasticity is an event the potential importance of which may be judged by the that the author, in his frequent suggestions for collateral reading, refers to only three such, those of Southwell, Timoshenko, and Love. In spirit and content Sokolnikoff}s book differs greatly from each and all of these. It may be described by a possible sub-title: “A pure mathematician surveys topics related to certain problems in the mathematical theory of elasticity”. It is symptomatic of the change in outlook of American mathematics over the past few decades.
Mathematical Theory Of Elasticity
Prof. I. S. Sokolnikoff with the collaboration of Asst. Prof. R. D. Speche. Pp. xi + 373. (New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1946.) 22s. 6d.
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BICKLEY, W. Mathematical Theory Of Elasticity. Nature 158, 895 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158895a0
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