Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: What is the point?

This book treats mechanics of materials from a pedogogy that is thirty years old. Withthe advent of computer methods no one uses these solutions. Also, the approch is so rudementary that it limits one from reading any current treatment of the subject. Say something about stress functions, or more on inelasticity. If you want a refernce get Roarks if you want to learn something useful get Shames and Cozzarelli's book