Marcelo Epstein is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Calgary, where he has held the title of University Professor of Rational Mechanics. A Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics and a recipient of the CANCAM award, he has published extensively in the field of the foundations and applications of continuum mechanics. He is the author or co-author of four books on various aspects of applied differential geometry, continuum mechanics and biomechanics.

"The book under review has grown out of lecture notes for a mini-course given at a workshop on differential geometry and continuum mechanics at the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences in 2013. ... addressing researchers and engineers in particular, Epstein's book provides a ... quick way to appreciate modern differential geometry and topology and get to their essential ideas and usefulness. Surely, Epstein manages to give the reader a motivation to delve into the deep waters of these two fields." (Theophanes Grammenos, Mathematical Reviews, June, 2015) "This book is based on a short course on 'Differential Geometry and Continuum Mechanics' given by Marcelo Epstein at the International Centre of Mathematical Sciences in Edinburgh in June 2013. The course provided a guided tour of differential geometry for researchers and graduate students in science and engineering - many of whom had a particular interest in continuum mechanics. ... this book is a gold mine of aesthetically pleasing mathematical ideas, the presentation of which is highly inspirational." (P. N. Ruane, MAA Reviews, December, 2014)

• Topological constructs.- Physical illustrations.- Differential constructs.- Physical illustrations.

Marcelo Epstein is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Calgary, where he has held the title of University Professor of Rational Mechanics. A Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics and a recipient of the CANCAM award, he has published extensively in the field of the foundations and applications of continuum mechanics. He is the author or co-author of four books on various aspects of applied differential geometry, continuum mechanics and biomechanics.

"The book under review has grown out of lecture notes for a mini-course given at a workshop on differential geometry and continuum mechanics at the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences in 2013. ... addressing researchers and engineers in particular, Epstein's book provides a ... quick way to appreciate modern differential geometry and topology and get to their essential ideas and usefulness. Surely, Epstein manages to give the reader a motivation to delve into the deep waters of these two fields." (Theophanes Grammenos, Mathematical Reviews, June, 2015) "This book is based on a short course on 'Differential Geometry and Continuum Mechanics' given by Marcelo Epstein at the International Centre of Mathematical Sciences in Edinburgh in June 2013. The course provided a guided tour of differential geometry for researchers and graduate students in science and engineering - many of whom had a particular interest in continuum mechanics. ... this book is a gold mine of aesthetically pleasing mathematical ideas, the presentation of which is highly inspirational." (P. N. Ruane, MAA Reviews, December, 2014)

• Topological constructs.- Physical illustrations.- Differential constructs.- Physical illustrations.