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Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology & Hydrogeology; November 2005; v. 38; no. 4; p. 401; DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/04-110
© 2005 Geological Society of London
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Book review

Soil Mechanics: Concepts and Applications, 2nd edn by William Powrie. Spon, 2004, £29.99, softback, 702pp. ISBN:0-415-31156-x

E. Bromhead

Kingston Univ., UK

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It is always a delight to read a book written by someone who knows what he is writing about, and who writes well. This textbook is a perfect example. I do, however, doubt that many undergraduate students will master it all, whether they follow a three or four year undergraduate course. If they take a specialist Masters’ course subsequently, they will probably need to obtain several more specialist texts to supplement this one. Going into a second, enlarged, edition demonstrates at least two things: firstly, that the original edition was a success; and secondly, that the . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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