{"product_id":"9780632057597","title":"Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFundamentals of Rock Mechanics\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJohn Conrad Jaeger | Neville G. W. Cook | Robert Zimmerman\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Earth Sciences \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWidely regarded as the most authoritative and comprehensive book in its field, the fourth edition of \u003ci\u003eFundamentals of Rock Mechanics\u003c\/i\u003e includes new and substantially updated chapters to this highly praised text.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExtensively updated throughout, this new edition contains substantially expanded chapters on poroelasticity, wave propogation, and subsurface stresses\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures entirely new chapters on rock fractures and micromechanical models of rock behaviour\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses fundamental concepts such as stress and strain\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a thorough introduction to the subject before expertly delving into a fundamental, self-contained discussion of specific topics\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnavailable for many years, now back by popular demand.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Instructor manual CD-ROM for this title is available. Please contact our Higher Education team at \u003ca href=\"mailto:HigherEducation@wiley.com\"\u003eHigherEducation@wiley.com\u003c\/a\u003e for more information.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReviews:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“With this attention to detail, and rigorous adherence to clarity and exactness in description, this edition will consolidate the standing achieved by the earlier editions as a most authoritative and comprehensive book in its field. It will continue to serve as a leading reference work for geoscientists interested in structural geology, tectonics and petrophysics as well as for civil, mining and petroleum engineers.” \u003ci\u003e(Petroleum Geoscience)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...I consider this book to be an invaluable reference for studying and understanding the fundamental science at the base of rock mechanics. I believe this to be a must-have textbook and I strongly recommend it to anyone, student or professional, interested in the subject.\" (\u003ci\u003eRock Mechanics and Rock Engineering)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An excellent book, very well presented, and is a must for the shelves of serious engineers and scientists active or interested in the fields of rock mechanics and rock engineering.... Highly recommended.\" (\u003ci\u003eSouth African Geographical Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJohn Conrad Jaeger\u003c\/b\u003e received a first-class honours degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Sydney, was Wrangler (class I) in the Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge, and received a DSc in applied mathematics from the University of Sydney. He was a professor at the University of Tasmania and the Australian National University. He was the author of several monographs in applied mathematics, including, with H. S. Carslaw, Conduction of Heat in Solids, and was a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and the Royal Society.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeville G. W. Cook\u003c\/b\u003e received a BS and PhD in geophysics from the University of Witwatersrand. He was the founder and first director of the Mining Research Laboratory of the South African Chamber of Mines, and in 1971 he received the Gold Medal of the Scientific and Technical Societies, the highest scientific award in South Africa. He was Donald H. McLaughlin Chair in Mineral Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, and was a member of the U. S. National Academy of Engineering.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Zimmerman\u003c\/b\u003e received BS and MS degrees from Columbia University, and a PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. He has been a staff scientist in the Earth Sciences Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Reader in Rock Mechanics at Imperial College, London. He is currently Professor of Engineering Geology at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and co-editor of the \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Rock Mechanics\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of the monograph \u003ci\u003eCompressibility of Sandstones\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 May 2007\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780632057597\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e488\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e38.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44384461455500,"sku":"9780632057597","price":96.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780632057597_ab65294d-c56f-4f59-b50b-e6c879e08871.jpg?v=1780170450","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780632057597","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}