I updated the book by correcting typos and adding conversions to Celsius throughout the book. I would call it a "revision" rather than a new edition. Purchases from Amazon are now the new revision.
How did it make it past the Publisher with typos?
Nobody proof read it before printing?
Jim,
I’ve actually read plenty of books that contain typos...usually not a lot, but enough to notice. Even worse, I’ve read some that contain lots of poor grammar (written by American-born English speakers). Some of the latter were probably not even proofread.
Anyway, it’s worked out well for me, because I haven’t purchased my copy of the book yet. :D
I updated the book by correcting typos and adding conversions to Celsius throughout the book. I would call it a "revision" rather than a new edition. Purchases from Amazon are now the new revision.
How did it make it past the Publisher with typos?
Nobody proof read it before printing?
I know some people in the publishing field and from what I can tell editors are the first under the axe when publishers want to save a few bucks.
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“Maybe the cheese in the mousetrap is an artificially created cheaper price?” -Sal
I updated the book by correcting typos and adding conversions to Celsius throughout the book. I would call it a "revision" rather than a new edition. Purchases from Amazon are now the new revision.
How did it make it past the Publisher with typos?
Nobody proof read it before printing?
Unfortunately, finding every typo in a 450 page book is difficult. There were still 3 or 4 remaining.
Shouted out as knife book of the year for 2020 by Nick Shabazz. (Not an official category, but it did get a shout-out.)
He included it in the general "other" category but then rather giving the book its own category he referred to it as "other" within the category. So it is an "other" within the "other" category. I think.
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Professor Thomas, thank you for the wonderful curriculum you've provided! Just bought your textbook on Amazon. It'll be my Christmas break "coursework." Is there a test over the material? Or will buying several high-end knives be an acceptable substitute?
PS: I found a regression equation in one of your posts...how cool is that? If I were a steel maker I'd cook from that formula! R-squared of around .8, that's cracking good. Also appreciated testing the regression formula on new data, where you achieved nearly .8 again. That's top-shelf research, folks. Prof. Thomas just handed the keys to top-performing steel to any steel mfgr who's paying attention.
Larrin is a well needed part of our industry. A real Asset. The best part is that he is continually learning and refining as new blade steels come into play.
