this is the definitive text by the demigod of engg mechanics himself.. it covers a great deal of material sufficient for a two 'four month' duration course.. it has a collection of mind-boggling 'end-of-the-chapter' questions that are taken from the examination papers of Stanford University.. this book according to the author "was intended to give to engineers, in a simple form, the necessary fundamental knowledge of theory of elasticity. and was intended to bring together the solutions of sp...