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| Part No: | 0073305375 |
| Manufacturer: | McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math |
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| Customer Rating: | 4.5 / 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.
| 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. |
| great college textbook. One of only 2 I really like. | 2009-05-17 | 5 / 5 |
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| The 5th and 6th ed are almost identical and both are incredible. We use the 6th ed at WVU. The book is very thorough and and easy read and has examples for every type of scenario you need. It is a pain in the butt in a way because it is so thorough but such is the subject of Thermodynamics. Especially the entropy chapter 7, in this book it's a bit intimidating. You just have to grit your teeth and bear it. There is a LOT of material but it is clear. Almost too many hw examples but you can take your pick and learn quite well. I liked the book so much after I passed thermo this semester, I bought the 5th edition for future use. It even has a great Compressible Flow chapter (17) that is useful for Compressible Aerodynamics. The typos I saw were minor. |
| Thermo Book Review | 2009-02-18 | 4 / 5 |
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| This book has great examples; however at times, I find that the equations used within the problems are not detailed enough to understand why they were used. |
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