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Title: Engineering Mechanics , Statics by J. L. Meriam, L. G. Kraige, William J., III Palm ISBN: 0-471-40646-5 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 24 August, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $118.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.73 (11 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Not enough here
Comment: I am a student attempting to learn statics for the first time. I prefer examples that start simple, working to a higher level of complexity, and don't combine too many theories at once. This book seems to move at a faster pace than allows me to really grasp the individual concepts as they are presented. Each topic needs more attention to individual details. I wish there were more sample problems, with direct refrences to the text as to how the theories were applied. I'm having a hard time laying down a mental foundation with so few examples. To its credit, it is in color, and illistrations are easy to read.
Rating: 1
Summary: Worst textbook I've had so far
Comment: Of all the engineering courses I've taken as far - heck, of all the courses I've had, period - Meriam and Kraige's book on Statics has to be the worst. Though the book covers more material than any other Statics books I have seen, the actual content is terrible. The chapters aren't very long, and the explanations that are given usually are too vague or insufficient to truly understand what's going on. Also, there are usually only two or three examples given for every major topic covered; instead of intermingling examples within the chapter to clarify various subjects, they are placed them at the end of every section. Finally, most of the problems they provide for practice (and that end up being assigned for homework) are way too hard.
It also didn't help that my professor for this class was very bad. If you really want to study Statics, buy something else: I highly recommend "800 Solved Problems In Vector Mechanics, Vol. I: Statics" by Shelley (which is in the Schaum's Solved Problems series) or Hibbeler's "Engineering Mechanics: Statics." If all else fails, just check out another Statics book at the nearest library, because Meriam and Kraige's book STINKS.
Rating: 5
Summary: My Review
Comment: the book is great i'm enjoying it very much, despite the physics needed to do the work.
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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): $118.95 |
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Title: Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach w/ version 1.2 CD ROM by Yunus A. Cengel, Michael Boles ISBN: 0072549041 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 27 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $137.40 |
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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 Engineering Thermodynamics by Michael J. Moran, Howard N. Shapiro ISBN: 0471317136 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 15 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $105.95 |
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Title: Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems by William E. Boyce, Richard C. DiPrima ISBN: 0471319996 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 21 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $114.95 |
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