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Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach with Student Resource DVD
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| Part No: | 0073305375 |
| Manufacturer: | McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math |
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| Customer Rating: | 4.0 / 5.0 |
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The worldwide bestseller
Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach brings further refinement to an approach that emphasizes a physical understanding of the fundamental concepts of thermodynamics. The authors offer an engineering textbook that "talks directly to tomorrow's engineers in a simple yet precise manner, that encourages creative thinking, and is read by the students with interest and enthusiasm".
Over 500 new or revised homework problems have been added to this 6/e. The media package for this text is extensive, giving users a large variety of supplemental resources to choose from. A Student Resources DVD is packaged with each new copy of the text and contains the popular Engineering Equation Solver (EES) software, Physical Experiments, and an Interactive Thermodynamics tutorial. McGraw-Hill's new Assessment, Review, and Instruction System (ARIS) is available to students and instructors. ARIS is a complete, online tutorial, electronic homework, and course management system designed for greater ease of use than other systems. ARIS offers 1000 algorithmic problems, which will help curb the problem of having homework solutions circulating around campus. ARIS access for instructors is free with the adoption of the text, and students can buy access through the bookstore or from the ARIS website.
| Not a very good engineering textbook. Does not provide sufficient information. | 2010-08-20 | 2 / 5 |
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| This wasn't a very good textbook. It doesn't explain anywhere near enough information to do most of the problems. A lot of the problems at the end of the chapter go beyond the scope of the textbook and require prior knowledge in Thermodynamics or supplemental textbooks/resources. The explanations are very abstract. It's like a single page of explanations followed by 20 problems at the end of the chapter for that particular section (problems are listed under the heading that corresponds with that particular section in the chapter). Some of the examples do help, but there doesn't seem to be enough. I think the authors of this textbook assume too much out of the student and expect you to already know everything out of thin-air. They also seem to think you can figure out every problem from reading definitions and looking at diagrams. I did like with the example problems how they explained most of the steps. Overall, I didn't think the textbook provided sufficient information to get through a lot of problems. This is definitely a bad choice if you are looking to self-teach yourself Thermodynamics. |
| Standard thermo textbook | 2010-05-07 | 3 / 5 |
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Not a lot to write about this textbook, if you are stuck with it for a class, you really can't go around it.
Generally the problems range from very easy to murderous, so it depends on your teacher what he/she assigns.
The reading material itself is generally well written, with a fair amount of variance in good and dry text.
Equations wise this is a very plain book, you are much better off starting from the beginning and pre-compiling an equation sheet as you go through the chapters, since the end summary of each chapter is usually very poor.
Overall it's not the worst book I've faced in my academic career. It doesn't win any prizes either. |
| A very good thermo text | 2010-01-16 | 5 / 5 |
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This book is sufficient for two semester-long courses in undergraduate thermodynamics. The preface says that calculus and freshman physics are sufficient prerequisites, but I think courses in statics and chemistry wouldn't hurt either considering the depth of material.
The book's explanations are quite detailed with worked out examples at frequent intervals and numerous end of chapter exercises. There are answers to selected end of chapter exercises, but not solutions. In other words, there is only the numerical answer present, not how it was derived.
The book tries to use real world examples as the bases for its numerical examples, and it keeps the focus on the practical. It does not get bogged down in derivations. The emphasis here is on engineering. Often chapters will have "Topic of Special Interest" sections in which a current engineering problem is discussed within the context of thermodynamics and specifically, the computational subject just explained. One such topic, for example, is reducing the price of compressed air in chapter 7, whose subject is entropy.
I'd say this book is ideal not only for traditional classes but for self-teaching since it is largely self-contained. If you use it as a textbook and you plan to be a practicing civil, mechanical, or environmental engineer do plan on retaining it as a reference. It is definitely a keeper. |
| Engineering Thermodynamics | 2009-09-24 | 4 / 5 |
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| The book is very knowledgeable and gives good information and examples on the components of thermodynamics and all that is involved. The only downsides to this book is that some problems won't give you an answer, so you can't tell if you are doing the work right or not. Also the other downside is that it can be difficult to read at times and grasping the concepts. |
| Great Thermo Book | 2009-09-05 | 5 / 5 |
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| This is an amazing textbook. If you read through the entire chapter and work through all the examples given, all while paying attention to it (which really is the key to learning anything from any textbook), you will have absolutely no problems with learning the material and the problems given in the back of the book will be a breeze. Reading this textbook has helped me much more than going to the actual lectures. My only grievance against it is that there aren't solutions to all the problems. For the cost of the book they should all be included. Overall this textbook is fantastic. |
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