Is this a good statics book?

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<p>Has anyone tried engineering mechanics: statics by hibbeler? Is this a good book?
From the reviews on the 10th edition people said that it lacked examples. But there aren't many reviews on the 11th edition?</p>

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<p>I used this text. It was just fine for me. Very graphical and has lots of pictures.</p>

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<p>Thanks, which edition did you have? And the lack of examples wasn't a problem for you?</p>

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<p>For my Mech 1 class we used Principles of Statics and Dynamics (10th ed.), also by Hibbeler. I thought it was a pretty good book with lots of pictures and examples. I would expect the two books to have a somewhat similar setup since they're by the same author.</p>

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<p>My school uses that book, and I'll be taking Statics this Fall. I don't know if it's good or not yet. However, I did flip through some pages at Barnes and Nobles and it seems pretty graphical which is a good thing for me.</p>

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<p>I used a text by that author for a different subject and I thought it was fine. I don't have any experience with the Engr Mechanics text though.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the answers! :) But to you who got this statics book, did you feel that the problems often didn't resemble any of the examples?</p>

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<p>I thought both the statics and dynamics books by that author were great. I used another statics book previous to his and I couldn't understand it all. I think the examples in the book are very good and greatly helped with my understanding of statics and dynamics.</p>

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<p>I think I used 10th edition but I can't remember to well. There is a new edition out there after I took the class. Statics is easy, essentially just general physics drawn out another semester.</p>

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<p>Hibbler is a pretty solid book even for Dynamics. If you need a supplementary text, Statics by Fowler and Bedford is informative as well.</p>

<p>Anyway as Brendank said, Statics is a pretty easy class. Its more Vector Cal than anything and if all else fails remember this:</p>

<p>F = 0.</p>

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Its more Vector Cal than anything and if all else fails remember this:</p>

<p>F = 0.

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I will definitely remember this for the Fall when I take Statics!</p>

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<p>and remember M = 0</p>

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<p>^What is M?</p>

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<p>^^ Moment.</p>