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-  * A Brief on Tensor Analysis by James Simmonds
-  * [[http://amzn.to/2zqbkeU|A Student's Guide to Vectors and Tensors]] by Fleisch (book)
-  * [[http://maths.dur.ac.uk/users/kasper.peeters/pdf/tensor_en.pdf|Introduction to Tensor Calculus]] by Kees Dullemond & Kasper Peeters (free)
+  * [[http://amzn.to/2zqbkeU|A Student's Guide to Vectors and Tensors]] by Fleisch - a nice student-friendly introduction
+  * [[http://maths.dur.ac.uk/users/kasper.peeters/pdf/tensor_en.pdf|Introduction to Tensor Calculus]] by Kees Dullemond & Kasper Peeters (free)
+  * A Brief on Tensor Analysis by James Simmonds - a concise but great introductory text.
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 <blockquote>Tensor calculus is a technique that can be regarded as a follow-up on linear algebra.
-It is a generalisation of classical linear algebra. In classical linear algebra one deals
+It is a generalization of classical linear algebra. In classical linear algebra one deals
-with vectors and matrices. Tensors are generalisations of vectors and matrices.
+with vectors and matrices. Tensors are generalizations of vectors and matrices.
 <cite>[[http://maths.dur.ac.uk/users/kasper.peeters/pdf/tensor_en.pdf|Introduction to Tensor Calculus]] by Kees Dullemond & Kasper Peeters</cite></blockquote>