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Title: Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics by Michael J. Moran, Howard N. Shapiro ISBN: 0-471-31713-6 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 15 July, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $105.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.89 (18 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A College level book
Comment: Warning, this book is a college level Thermodynamics book written for students who are pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering. As one reviewer pointed out, this book, unfortunately, will force you to think and will not simply provide you with the formulas necessary to solve all the problems in the back. I purchased this book as a supplement to the required text for the thermo course I was taking. I found it extremely helpful in filling in the gaps left by my text with many thorough example problems. I have recommended this book to our faculty as a replacement to our current text.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great text for the motivated student
Comment: I am a sophomore in Mechanical Engineering at Cornell and used this textbook for a Thermodynamics course last semester. I thought it was very well organized, written very well and at an appropriate level, and enjoyable overall (though demanding at times). I think the reason some people have given this book such poor reviews is that it makes you think and really requires you to put time into solving problems. I think the nature of thermo makes it difficult the first time around for some (including myself), but if you know calculus, basic physics, and are willing to actually try to understand the text/reasoning/formulas/examples and do the problems you will probably agree that this book is incredible.
Rating: 4
Summary: Cengel4 or MoranShapiro5? A matter of taste only!
Comment: To all eng thermo learners: i did an intensive comparison of Cengel4 and MoranShapiro5 whenever on the john. Sonntag6 was out-of-race: book really bad (in comparison to the two in question), so let's not talk about it any further. So the remaining top-sellers, they are *the* most widely-used most popular intro texts (the very first two semesters on thermo for engineering students) available; very comprehensive (~800pages) and extremely modern in didactics, layout, and content presentation. No wonder that they are the two best-sold intro texts. Question: which is better?
Results: Both are 100% equally top choices (and 95% equal in teaching text) and in the end it s only a matter of taste and peripheral preferences. My personal peripheral preference would be the "Which one s the better deal (US $)?". Well, MoranShapiro5 is a little harder to read (it uses one colour only: pics, drawings, and images all in GREEN, aarrgh!) and not as nicely layout as Cengel4. But text is a little more detailed and the examples are much longer, and a bit harder and thus more detailed too! Number of examples seems to be higher too (!?) ("So, if you re not a dummie (=total beginner), go for S/M as text and ref!"). Furthermore, the WileyInternationalEdition comes in HARDCOVER whereas the McGraw-HillInternationEdtion comes in PAPERBACK. Both books feature a student book companion site or online learning center. The Wiley book site has the fantastic "ThermoNet"-website, and instructors will find digitized solutions to all text problems. The McGraw-Hill book site does not offer much neither to the student nor to the instructor. Textwise, Cengel *is* better. Easier to read, grasp, learn, and understand. And apply ("So, the best thermo book for dummies is Cengel!"). VERY VERY nice layout, VERY attractive and fun to work with. An enjoyable reading. A bit more fun than Moran's. But as explained, all in all the better deal would be MoranShapiro5. Moran's text is the more serious one: useful as text *and* reference. Cengel's book-for-dummies is very useful for total beginners and poor learners. Well, if you *now* begin to complain that neither Cengel's nor Moran's book pleases you, then you wont find any other good intro tome ('picture book'). These two intro tomes *are* the best, there are no better on the market. Choose one of the two, or dont buy any intro text on eng thermo! If you dont like these two books because eng thermo is too hard for you, then please have a close look at Octave Levenspiel's intro text "Understanding Engineering Thermo". This might be the best to start with then. For you.
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Title: Materials Science and Engineering : An Introduction by William D. Callister ISBN: 0471135763 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 26 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $124.95 |
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Title: Mechanics of Materials by James M. Gere, Brooks Cole Publishing Company ISBN: 0534421679 Publisher: Brooks Cole Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $125.95 |
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Title: Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 5th Edition by Frank P. Incropera, David P. DeWitt ISBN: 0471386502 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 09 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $133.95 |
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Title: Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics by Bruce R. Munson, Donald F. Young, Theodore H. Okiishi ISBN: 047144250X Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 29 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $119.95 |
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Title: Engineering Mechanics , Dynamics by J. L. Meriam, L. Glenn Kraige ISBN: 0471406457 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 28 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $122.95 |
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