Scientists and engineers attempting to solve complex problems require efficient, effective ways of applying numerical methods to ODEs and PDEs. They need a resource that enables fast access to library routines in their choice of a programming language.

Ordinary and Partial Differential Equation Routines in C, C++, Fortran, Java, Maple, and MATLAB provides a set of ODE/PDE integration routines in the six most widely used languages in science and engineering, enabling scientists and engineers to apply ODE/PDE analysis toward solving complex problems.

This text concisely reviews integration algorithms, then analyzes the widely used Runge Kutta method ( since hyphenation is used here, I added it below; hyphenation could also be dropped since it is not used in the book). It first presents a complete code before discussing its components in detail, focusing on integration concepts such as error monitoring and control.

The format allows you to understand the basics of ODE/PDE integration, then calculate sample numerical solutions within your targeted programming language. The applications discussed can be used as templates for the development of a spectrum of new applications and associated codes.

It is now more than twenty years since a proposal was first mooted to hold an international tunnelling symposium in Britain. At the time of the first symposium, held in London in 1976, the Channel Tunnel pro ject had just been shelved. Last weekend a charity walk was held in the finished tunnel, which will be open for business later in the year. Tunnels have figured prominently, and at times spectacularly, in the development of national and international links and it is hoped that such links gather pace in the future. It is particularly pleasing that Alastair Biggart of Storebrelt has agreed to deliver the twenty-sixth Sir Julius Wernher Memorial Lecture of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, entitled 'The changing face of tunnelling', at the start of this event. * Although almost every edition of the technical journals on tunnelling reports another GBP1 billion scheme somewhere in the world, it would be unfair of me to suggest that tunnelling is restricted to these prestigious schemes for major transport links. Much of the work that makes mod ern life possible receives hardly a mention outside the technical press and one suspects that society at large applies the 'out of sight, out of mind' attitude even more readily to underground construction than it does to other forms of engineering. Clearly, there is a contiiming need to improve the capacity and performance of our infrastructure, while hav ing a careful regard for the environment.

The fourth book of poetry by H. J. Lee Bennett, III (a.k.a. Lee the Poet), The Terminal promises to pick up where Babylon Songs left off. This is Lee's first book of poetry in over six years, yet he makes no missteps and pulls no punches in this triumphant return. If you are a fan of cerebral yet heartfelt poetry, you need look no further than this author. The Terminal is a multi-faceted book of poetry that is destined to become an instant classic. As stunning as it is intimate, Lee's newest installment captures the personal struggles of acknowledgment and acceptance in the pursuit of (self) love-issues that we all contend with on life's journey. The Terminal is one man's search for inner truth and understanding that beautifully begs the question, which direction are you headed?