Pilkey, W: Mechanics of Structures

"[This book] represents clear progress in this recent custom of popularizing structural mechanics ... . The book includes several important and deep topics that are often neglected in other works of the same kind. It shows a great effort towards completeness. It collects all classical variational principles of continuum mechanics ... . ... [T]he merit of the book resides in its colossal attempt to recombine three branches of the theory of elasticity (foundations, structures, numerical methods), which tend to diverge."
- Meccanica, Vol. 39, 2004