From the reviews: "... This is one of the few mathematical books, the reviewer has read from cover to cover ...The main merit is that nearly on every page you will find some unexpected insights... " Zentralblatt für Mathematik

"... There are few proofs in full, but there is an exhilarating combination of sureness of foot and lightness of touch in the exposition... which transports the reader effortlessly across the whole spectrum of algebra...Shafarevich's book - which reads as comfortably as an extended essay - breathes life into the skeleton and will be of interest to many classes of readers; certainly beginning postgraduate students would gain a most valuable perspective from it but... both the adventurous undergraduate and the established professional mathematician will find a lot to enjoy..." Math. Gazette

Contemporary Abstract Algebra 7/e provides a solid introduction to the traditional topics in abstract algebra while conveying to students that it is a contemporary subject used daily by working mathematicians, computer scientists, physicists, and chemists. The text includes numerous figures, tables, photographs, charts, biographies, computer exercises, and suggested readings giving the subject a current feel which makes the content interesting and relevant for students.

随着计算机技术的发展，线性代数课程的重要性越来越突出。同时，现代软件已经为显著改进授课方式提供了可能。本书作者多年讲授线性代数课程，并在教学过程中不断探索更利于学生理解的新教学方法，从而使本书更加适合作为线性代数课程的教材。 在第8版中，扩充了矩阵代数的知识，新增了向量积、实舒尔分解的内容，并增加了130多道新练习。 本书主要特点  理论与应用有机结合。大量的实际应用贯穿于理论讲解的始终，体现了线性代数在各个领域中的广泛应用。  示例丰富。便于读者理解相关的定义及原理，增强了读者学习的兴趣。  习题安排错落有致。每一节的后面给出大量的习题，各章后面还有测试题，使学生有更多的演练机会，达到触类旁通的效果。  紧密结合数学工具MATLAB。每章的后面都有基于MATLAB的上机练习，并在附录中介绍了MATLAB的基本用法。

本书是学习高等代数和线性代数的辅导参考书，内容系统深入。在内容的组织上，以清华版《高等代数学》（张贤科、许甫华编著，第2版2004年）各章为基准，内容有：系统的线性代数学，数与多项式理论，近世代数介绍，变换族（群），正交几何与辛几何，Hilbert空间，张量积和外积等，共12章。每章包括：概念和定理介绍；解题方法思路的分析总结；《高等代数学》（第2版）中全部习题的详细分析解答；补充题与解答，书中融入了作者在中国科学技术大学和清华大学的数学系和非数学系的长期教学经验和科研心得。本书适用于各类高校学生学习和复习高等代数或线性代数时参考，还适合于各类考试（例如研究生考试）前的复习以及应用代数知识的科技人员学习参考。

本书是高等院校高等代数课程的学习用书，内容包括两大部分：一是线性代数，包括向量空间和矩阵，行列式，抽象线性空间和线性变换，双线性函数和二次型，带度量的线性空间，若尔当标准形理论；二是一元和多元多项式。书中对课程学习和教学中的难点作了详细的剖析和讲解，同时精选了许多典型例题以增进读者对所学知识的理解，提高分析、处理问题的能力。本书讲述的内容涵盖了国内通常使用的一般高等代数教材，特别是作者编写的《高等代数简明教程（上、下册）》（北京大学出版社，2002）的教学要求，因而也适合作为这些教材的学习指导书。 本书可作为大学本科学生学习高等代数的辅导书及教师教学参考书，对青年教师及准备报考研究生或已进入硕士研究生阶段学习的学生复习、提高代数课程知识也是基本参考用书。

Widely acclaimed algebra text. This book is designed to give the reader insight into the power and beauty that accrues from a rich interplay between different areas of mathematics. The book carefully develops the theory of different algebraic structures, beginning from basic definitions to some in-depth results, using numerous examples and exercises to aid the reader's understanding. In this way, readers gain an appreciation for how mathematical structures and their interplay lead to powerful results and insights in a number of different settings.