This is a comprehensive work concerning the basic principles of plate theory and
its methodology, in which the author includes both plastic and elastic responses
in his discussion. The reader is taken from relatively elementary aspects of the
topic right through to the most recent research findings. The less experienced
reader should benefit from the revision of basic mathematics in the preliminary
chapter, and from the worked examples and exercises throughout the book. For the
reader with some previous knowledge of plate theory, there is a stimulating
discussion of the geometry of surfaces, reference to the most modern
applications of plate theory, and an annotated bibliography. The