OT: which are some classic text-books in engineering history, science, signal processing and communication ?

I need this info because i want to purchase those books.

Also, please suggest some shops in USA where i can get these books 
at very low prices  !!!    (  I will have to convert between  my 
currency and dollar - hence the low price requirement. ) I dont
mind the condition of the book.

Why are technical books so costly in USA ??   Food is cheap ; cloth
is cheap ;   why not book also ?? ( I guess most of this money goes to
author. )

How about some books in popular science and maths categories ?

I find Dover books and AMS ( american mathematical society ) books are interesting. 

In communication,
Wozencraft and jacobs
Van Trees
Franks - signal theory 
Kailath

      come to mind .


              thanks
                  shankar

kbc wrote:

   ...

> Why are technical books so costly in USA ??   Food is cheap ; cloth
> is cheap ;   why not book also ?? ( I guess most of this money goes to
> author. )

An author wouldn't think so!

I wish I could help; you need a librarian. I'll try to ask one.

Jerry
-- 
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
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Buy used about 3 or 4 years back, much cheaper, mostly same info. New is
ripoff.

"kbc" <kbc32@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:a382521e.0408070820.4a341ff6@posting.google.com...
> I need this info because i want to purchase those books.
>
> Also, please suggest some shops in USA where i can get these books
> at very low prices  !!!    (  I will have to convert between  my
> currency and dollar - hence the low price requirement. ) I dont
> mind the condition of the book.
>
> Why are technical books so costly in USA ??   Food is cheap ; cloth
> is cheap ;   why not book also ?? ( I guess most of this money goes to
> author. )
>
> How about some books in popular science and maths categories ?
>
> I find Dover books and AMS ( american mathematical society ) books are
interesting.
>
> In communication,
> Wozencraft and jacobs
> Van Trees
> Franks - signal theory
> Kailath
>
>       come to mind .
>
>
>               thanks
>                   shankar

In article <a382521e.0408070820.4a341ff6@posting.google.com>,
kbc <kbc32@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I need this info because i want to purchase those books.
>
>Also, please suggest some shops in USA where i can get these books 
>at very low prices  !!!    (  I will have to convert between  my 
>currency and dollar - hence the low price requirement. ) I dont
>mind the condition of the book.
>
>Why are technical books so costly in USA ??   Food is cheap ; cloth
>is cheap ;   why not book also ?? ( I guess most of this money goes to
>author. )
>
>How about some books in popular science and maths categories ?
>
>I find Dover books and AMS ( american mathematical society ) books are
>interesting. 
>
>In communication,
>Wozencraft and jacobs
>Van Trees
>Franks - signal theory 
>Kailath

Every college has used bookstores.  Look for your preferred books on 
Amazon, they'll often list used books for a substantially lower price.  
Ebay is another option, but with pretty sparse offerings.

Technical books can be outrageously priced.  I've sometimes wanted to find 
a list of the best cheap textbooks.


-- 
"Experiments are the only means of knowledge at our disposal.  The rest is 
poetry, imagination." -- Max Planck

"Gregory L. Hansen" <glhansen@steel.ucs.indiana.edu> wrote in message
news:cf3esm$5hd$2@hood.uits.indiana.edu...
> In article <a382521e.0408070820.4a341ff6@posting.google.com>,
> kbc <kbc32@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >I need this info because i want to purchase those books.
> >
> >Also, please suggest some shops in USA where i can get these books
> >at very low prices  !!!    (  I will have to convert between  my
> >currency and dollar - hence the low price requirement. ) I dont
> >mind the condition of the book.
> >
> >Why are technical books so costly in USA ??   Food is cheap ; cloth
> >is cheap ;   why not book also ?? ( I guess most of this money goes to
> >author. )
> >
> >How about some books in popular science and maths categories ?
> >
> >I find Dover books and AMS ( american mathematical society ) books are
> >interesting.
> >
> >In communication,
> >Wozencraft and jacobs
> >Van Trees
> >Franks - signal theory
> >Kailath
>
> Every college has used bookstores.  Look for your preferred books on
> Amazon, they'll often list used books for a substantially lower price.
> Ebay is another option, but with pretty sparse offerings.
>
> Technical books can be outrageously priced.  I've sometimes wanted to find
> a list of the best cheap textbooks.
>

check out www.allbookstores.com.   Their search engine looks at a whole lot
of different sites, including ebay, alibris, amazon, and whatever else is
out there, and if you enter a title, author, or isbn and then click on
'check prices', you get a list of offerings at a bunch of sites at lots of
different prices.  I would also buy the most-recent-before-this-one edition,
as the info is usually just the same for 1/3 or less the price.
Unfortunately as a student currently I can't do that, I need the recent ed,
but I still this coming fall term saved about 250usd by using this site and
www.addall.com to find my books. very useful stuff.
                                            -kWallace

>
> -- 
> "Experiments are the only means of knowledge at our disposal.  The rest is
> poetry, imagination." -- Max Planck

In article <cf3esm$5hd$2@hood.uits.indiana.edu>,
   glhansen@steel.ucs.indiana.edu (Gregory L. Hansen) wrote:
>In article <a382521e.0408070820.4a341ff6@posting.google.com>,
>kbc <kbc32@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>I need this info because i want to purchase those books.
>>
>>Also, please suggest some shops in USA where i can get these books 
>>at very low prices  !!!    (  I will have to convert between  my 
>>currency and dollar - hence the low price requirement. ) I dont
>>mind the condition of the book.
>>
>>Why are technical books so costly in USA ??   Food is cheap ; cloth
>>is cheap ;   why not book also ?? ( I guess most of this money goes to
>>author. )
>>
>>How about some books in popular science and maths categories ?
>>
>>I find Dover books and AMS ( american mathematical society ) books are
>>interesting. 
>>
>>In communication,
>>Wozencraft and jacobs
>>Van Trees
>>Franks - signal theory 
>>Kailath
>
>Every college has used bookstores.  Look for your preferred books on 
>Amazon, they'll often list used books for a substantially lower price.  
>Ebay is another option, but with pretty sparse offerings.
>
>Technical books can be outrageously priced.  

Not enough volume, I suppose.  If these text book writers would just
add some steamy sex scenes, they might get more cirulation ;-).

> ..I've sometimes wanted to find 
>a list of the best cheap textbooks.

My town dump set up a recycling building where people can dump 
stuff they don't want.  One of the more brilliant additions
was a set of shelves.  I've found all kinds of texts, histories,
and other stuff at the dump.  Our public library also acquired a
new PHB.  She's dumping old books; so there's a small bookcase
that has these forlorn books.  I've acquired all the classic
scifi by visiting that bookcase.  

/BAH

Subtract a hundred and four for e-mail.

In comp.dsp,sci.math,sci.physics, kbc32@yahoo.com (kbc) wrote:

>I need this info because i want to purchase those books.
>
>Also, please suggest some shops in USA where i can get these books 
>at very low prices  !!!    (  I will have to convert between  my 
>currency and dollar - hence the low price requirement. ) I dont
>mind the condition of the book.

   Then you'll love these, bookfinder even has an option to show
prices in various non-USA currencies:
http://www.bookfinder.com
http://used.addall.com

Also http://www.amazon.com - if they (or rather, someone selling
through them) have used copies of a particular book, there will be a
"show used copies" link.


>Why are technical books so costly in USA ??   Food is cheap ; cloth
>is cheap ;   why not book also ?? ( I guess most of this money goes to
>author. )

   Because technical books cost a lot to write and publish (I suspect
editors like to go over such books with fine tooth combs to reduce or
eleminate embarrasing technical errors), and there's a much smaller
market for them than (for example) popular fiction, so they have to
charge more to break even.

>How about some books in popular science and maths categories ?
>I find Dover books and AMS ( american mathematical society ) books are interesting. 

   Dover does paperback reprints of classic technical texts, so they
don't have to pay much if any royalties to the author or his/her
estate. And it seems they do the more common titles, so they can sell
enough to break even when charging $10 to $15 per book.
   Also, two publishers of popular "hobbiest" technical books are Tab
and Sams, though some of these titles have content as valuable as many
academic books.

>In communication,
>Wozencraft and jacobs
>Van Trees
>Franks - signal theory 
>Kailath
>
>      come to mind .
>
>
>              thanks
>                  shankar

-----
http://mindspring.com/~benbradley

On 2004-08-07 18:20:51 +0200, kbc32@yahoo.com (kbc) said:

> Why are technical books so costly in USA ??   Food is cheap ; cloth
> is cheap ;   why not book also ?? ( I guess most of this money goes to
> author. )

I don't think so.

Many people need food and clothing, but only few need technical books. 
So what does that tell us about the price...? ;-)
-- 
Stephan M. Bernsee
http://www.dspdimension.com

Ben Bradley <ben_nospam_bradley@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:<shuch0h32j1tfe5j61vd5qnobcl6a2nn22@4ax.com>...
> In comp.dsp,sci.math,sci.physics, kbc32@yahoo.com (kbc) wrote:
> 
> >I need this info because i want to purchase those books.
> >
> >Also, please suggest some shops in USA where i can get these books 
> >at very low prices  !!!    (  I will have to convert between  my 
> >currency and dollar - hence the low price requirement. ) I dont
> >mind the condition of the book.
> 
>    Then you'll love these, bookfinder even has an option to show
> prices in various non-USA currencies:
> http://www.bookfinder.com
> http://used.addall.com
> 
> Also http://www.amazon.com - if they (or rather, someone selling
> through them) have used copies of a particular book, there will be a
> "show used copies" link.
> 
> 
> >Why are technical books so costly in USA ??   Food is cheap ; cloth
> >is cheap ;   why not book also ?? ( I guess most of this money goes to
> >author. )
> 
>    Because technical books cost a lot to write and publish (I suspect
> editors like to go over such books with fine tooth combs to reduce or
> eleminate embarrasing technical errors), and there's a much smaller
> market for them than (for example) popular fiction, so they have to
> charge more to break even.
> 
> >How about some books in popular science and maths categories ?
> >I find Dover books and AMS ( american mathematical society ) books are interesting. 
> 
>    Dover does paperback reprints of classic technical texts, so they
> don't have to pay much if any royalties to the author or his/her
> estate. And it seems they do the more common titles, so they can sell
> enough to break even when charging $10 to $15 per book.
>    Also, two publishers of popular "hobbiest" technical books are Tab
> and Sams, though some of these titles have content as valuable as many
> academic books.
> 
> >In communication,
> >Wozencraft and jacobs
> >Van Trees
> >Franks - signal theory 
> >Kailath
> >
> >      come to mind .
> >
> >
> >              thanks
> >                  shankar
> 
> -----
> http://mindspring.com/~benbradley


Thanks to all, especially  Bradley.

svk789 at yahoo dot co dot in

kbc32@yahoo.com (kbc) wrote in message news:<a382521e.0408070820.4a341ff6@posting.google.com>...
> I need this info because i want to purchase those books.
> 
> Also, please suggest some shops in USA where i can get these books 
> at very low prices  !!!    (  I will have to convert between  my 
> currency and dollar - hence the low price requirement. ) I dont
> mind the condition of the book.
> 
> Why are technical books so costly in USA ??   Food is cheap ; cloth
> is cheap ;   why not book also ?? ( I guess most of this money goes to
> author. )
> 
> How about some books in popular science and maths categories ?
> 
> I find Dover books and AMS ( american mathematical society ) books are interesting. 
> 
> In communication,
> Wozencraft and jacobs

My rather eclectic book collection includes such classics as:

Milne-Thompson, "Theoretical Hydrodynamics"
Dirac, "The Principles of Quantum Mechanics"
Ziman, "Elements of Advanced Quantum Mechanics"
Reichl, "A Modern Course in Statistical Physics"
Goodstein, "States of Matter"
Planck, "Eight Lectures on Theoretical Physics"
Schrodinger, "Statistical Thermodynamics"
Feynmann Lectures in Physics, Vols 1-3
Matthew & Walker, "Mathematical Methods of Physics"
Seeger, "Semiconductor Physics"
Cvitanovic, "Universality in Chaos"
Peitgen, Jurgens, Saupe, "Chaos & Fractals"
Hopf, "Differential Equations in Physics"
Hardy & Wright, "Introduction to Theory of Numbers"
Bowden and Tabor, "Friction & Lubrication of Solids"
Landsberg, "Recombination in Semiconductors"
Press et al, "Numerical Recipes (FORTRAN)"
Baxter, "Exactly Solved Models in Statistical Mechanics"

These should be a good start - will keep you going for a while !

Ian Taylor