Both authors have made seminal contributions to the subject, and are scholars of great depth and breadth. The field is well established, broadly useful, and commonly taught. In recent years, new extensions, refinements, and applications are discovered, in fields like polymers, gels, and batteries. A textbook with attention to practical pedagogy, as written by these two distinguished scholars, is exceptionally timely.
Zhigang Suo, Harvard University
This book will find a broad audience as a textbook for first year graduate level courses in solid mechanics all over the world.
Prashant Purohit, University of Pennsylvania
The presentation is excellent... it is an appropriate time for such a book, particularly for the inclusion of thermoelasticity, viscoelasticity and chemoelasticity which are of increasing importance.
Alan Needleman, Texas A&M University