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Measurement and Data Analysis Presenting the fundamental tools of experimentation that are currently used by engineers and scientists, Measurement and Data Analysis for Engineering and Science, Second Edition covers the basics …
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Why write a review when 15,000+ others have done so? Just want to weigh in. I’m not going to go over every nuance of dictionaries, annotation and so on. I bought the Kindle only because I’m going on an extended out of country trip where packing lots of books won’t be practical. Had I never seen an i-phone, I probably would have given the Kindle 4 stars. But the design elements are so far behind some of the free readers available on the iphone that it’s almost painful to use. For instance:
- The world isn’t black and white. Reading a book is not only an intellectual exercise, it’s a sensory one. Kindle doesn’t eat up battery power, but the bland and boring, endlessly similar fonts and gray background, really drains my energy. Compared to 3D Bookshelf, Stanza, or other free iphone readers, the experience on the Kindle is unappealing.
- I’m a really fast reader. I don’t mind turning pages on a real book. I don’t mind “flicking” pages on an iphone. The endless click-clicking of the “next page” button on the Kindle is really annoying. Click. Click. Click. Click. Click.
- Editing is often sloppy on the books I’ve found on Kindle so far. Granted, more print books are being sloppily edited these days, thanks to publishing losses and cutbacks. But I find words completely left out, hyphenations that make no sense, and missing punctuation on a number of Kindle books I’ve bought (no, not freebies – best sellers).
- In addition to sloppy editing, the electronic book layout as shown on the Kindle makes it harder to spot intentional spaces left by the author to indicate a separation in time or a switch to another character. These don’t flow or show up the same way on the Kindle, leading to some confusing reading (which means it’s harder to get “lost” in the story).
So … 3 stars (really, 2.5). It’s fine for what it is – a convenient way to take a bunch of books with me on a trip. I will still buy books I want to keep, and though mentioning the word “lib
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