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Review title: Fantastic reference book. Wish it had more external references.
Product review: This is a very comprehensive coverage of a broad array of mathametical standards.Sometimes a mathmetical concept or premise is best understood if you have multible references. This book serves to provide information to those who already have some underlying knowledge to the topic they are referencing in the book - a highly successful implemtation of the primary stated purpose of the book.The only improvement to this book would be the inclusion of references by the author to primers or underlying concepts that better represent the purpose and utility of the materials presented. Such as a "See Also..." or "For more information on this see..." under each major topic section. That way the author doesn't need to waste time and effort for topics which are not in the intended purpose of the book.Self improvement and lifelong learners use these books too.
