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Title: Electric Motor Handbook by H. Wayne Beaty, James L., Jr. Kirtley ISBN: 0-07-035971-7 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 30 June, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $75.00

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Average Customer Rating: 2.2 (5 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: Could this be the same James R. Hendershot as below?
Comment: the only glowing review comes from:James R. Hendershot could be a great books for James, but the rest of us.....

James R. Hendershot Jr. is the president of MOTORSOFT which owns Magna Physics Publishing. He has a B.S. & M.S. in Physics. He has 30 years experience in practical hands-on permanent magnet motor design and development. He has designed hundreds of brushless motors for computer disc drives, servo systems and high speed machine tools spindles. He is also a leader in the development of Switched/Variable Reluctance Motors. He has written numerous technical papers, publications and given tutorials on all motor subjects. Co-author with Professor T Miller of leading text book on Permanent Magnet Brushless Motors and Generators. Consulting services range from motor design, patent exploration, and tutorials.

Rating: 1
Summary: A Completely Misleading Title
Comment: I am a degreed electrical engineer with 7 years of experience in the electric motor industry. Even I couldn't understand this book. Extensive portions of the book state equations using calculus. There is little explaination of the equations. The book appears to be a collection of advanced technical papers previously written for IEEE academic symposiums. Unless you are very comfortable with calculus and already know how to design electric motors, this book will be unintelligable. This collection of advanced academic papers demonstrates the authors command of the discipline and got him published. It was not written to educate the reader. A collection of academic papers does not constitute a handbook. I have a more than mild suspicion the five star review by an earlier "reader" may be a ringer.

Rating: 3
Summary: Good book for the right audience
Comment: This is probably a great book for the right audience. It seems to be targeted to the design engineer that specs motors for hard-drives, electric cars, etc. It contains a solid mathematical description of the motor characterics which includes the use a calculus. For the product design engineer, this is a great book.

If your a hands on person, a new undergrad looking for intuitive insight, or an old geezer (like me) just trying to remember how motors work and the basics, this probably isn't the book for you if you have even the slightest inclination towards a social life.

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