hi, i need to find the solution manual for this book, advance strenght
of materials by william bickford,could you help me?

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Request for Question Clarification by luciaphile-ga on 12 Apr 2003 11:50 PDT

Hi arashh56-ga,

Are you sure that's the correct title? I've found several titles by
William Bickford, but the closest I'm coming to the one you gave is:
Advanced Mechanics of Materials. Thanks.

Regards,
luciaphile-ga

If you are an instructor, you can probably borrow the solution manual
from another instructor.

If you are a student, it would be unethical for you to use the
solution manual instead of doing your own work.

I strongly disagree. I admit that I don't know this book nor do I know
the solution manual and its purpose, however in general terms I must
disagree with the opinion that it is "unethical" for students to read
solution manuals. Many textbooks in technical fields are very advanced
and some of theese offer a series of problems to solve without so much
as a hint to wether or not you are on the right track when solving the
problem. I am currently taking two courses where one book has a
student solution manual and the book in the other course won't even
tell you if you got the question right. This can be immensly
frustrating when working over an hour on a complicated problem.

I believe it to be "unethical" of the author not to include detailed
solutions in his textbook or a separate solution manual.

The only way I finally passed an advanced college algebra course was
by buying a very comprehensive solutions manual and studying the
detailed steps to the problems.  I don't think it is "unethical" at
all to want to find a solutions manual!