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perfect them. Nevertheless, I believe professionals working in many engineering
fields will benefit from this information. This book contains many original models,
and explanations never published before.
I have left some issues which have unsatisfactory explanations in the
book, marked with a Mata mark. I hope to improve or to add to these areas in the
near future. Furthermore, I hope that many others will participate of this project and
will contribute to this book (even small contributions such as providing examples or
editing mistakes are needed).
I have tried to make this text of the highest quality possible and am in-
terested in your comments and ideas on how to make it better. Incorrect language,
errors, ideas for new areas to cover, rewritten sections, more fundamental material,
more mathematics (or less mathematics); I am interested in it all. If you want to be
involved in the editing, graphic design, or proofreading, please drop me a line. You
may contact me via Email at “barmeir@gmail.com”.
Naturally, this book contains material that never was published before.
This material never went through a peer review. While peer review and publication
in a professional publication is excellent idea in theory. In practice, this process
leaves a large room to blockage of novel ideas and plagiarism. If you would like
be “peer reviews” or critic to my new ideas please send me your idea(s). Even
reaction/comments from individuals like David Marshall 17
Several people have helped me with this book, directly or indirectly. I
would like to especially thank to my adviser, Dr. E. R. G. Eckert, whose work was
the inspiration for this book. I also would like to thank Amy Ross for her advice
ideas, and assistance.
The symbol META was added to provide typographical conventions to
blurb as needed. This is mostly for the author’s purposes and also for your amuse-
ment. There are also notes in the margin, but those are solely for the author’s pur-
poses, ignore them please. They will be removed gradually as the version number
advances.
I encourage anyone with a penchant for writing, editing, graphic ability,
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LT X knowledge, and material knowledge and a desire to provide open content
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textbooks and to improve them to join me in this project. If you have Internet e-mail
access, you can contact me at “barmeir@gmail.com”.

17 Dr. Marshall wrote to this author that the author should review other people work before he write
any thing new (well, literature review is always good?). Over ten individuals wrote me about this letter.
I am asking from everyone to assume that his reaction was innocent one. While his comment looks like
unpleasant reaction, it brought or cause the expansion the oblique shock chapter. However, other email
that imply that someone will take care of this author isn’t appreciated.