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Summary: Excellent Teaching Tool
Review: As a student in Mechanical Engineering I used this book for my BS and MS. This book in conjunction with the included software (Interactive Thermodynamics) provides a great teaching and experimental combination. I was able to extend the level of understanding by modifying parameters and variables to see the interaction between variables.This book challenges you to THINK and UNDERSTAND the concepts presented in each section by progressively increasing the level of complexity and difficulty of the practice problems introduced for each section. A very well thought piece of work.
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Summary: Horrible!
Review: First of all, I am a ChE student, I had no idea that this text was exclusively for ME's, maybe that is why I disliked it so much. The first two chapters, which extend through energy balances, are actually done quite well. But, when you get to the chapter on control volumes, watch out, it starts to suck, and in a hurry too. It seems that the problems at the end of the chapters try to use too many concepts that weren't explained in the text, they just figure you've had this common sense of control volumes, 2nd law of thermo, and entropy since birth. Only buy if absolutely required. If you buy this to further your knowledge of anything but the 1st law of thermo, you'll be incredibly disappointed.
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Summary: A great text for the motivated student
Review: I am a junior in Mechanical Engineering at Cornell and used this textbook for a Thermodynamics course third semester. I thought it was organized well, written clearly 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. So, chances are you can handle the technical aspects, but the nature of thermo seems to make it difficult the first time around for some (myself included). If you know calculus, basic physics, and are willing to actually try to understand the text/reasoning/formulas/examples and do the problems though, you will probably agree that this book is incredible.
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Summary: A great text for the motivated student
Review: I am a junior in Mechanical Engineering at Cornell and used this textbook for a Thermodynamics course third semester. I thought it was organized well, written clearly 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. So, chances are you can handle the technical aspects, but the nature of thermo seems to make it difficult the first time around for some (myself included). If you know calculus, basic physics, and are willing to actually try to understand the text/reasoning/formulas/examples and do the problems though, you will probably agree that this book is incredible.
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Summary: A great text for the motivated student
Review: 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.
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Summary: horrible, timewasting, braindead book
Review: I don't see how this title ever made it to the printing press. Nothing here makes sense. Ideas are thrown at the reader in random order, without any detailed explanations. The chapter problems are completely useless. Some assume too much knowledge of other areas of study, some try to make you apply concepts which were only mentioned in passing and no examples given. In short, I felt like I was dragged around in a sewer when I read this book. Steer clear.
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Summary: Well-conceived and executed
Review: I have perused a number of thermodynamics texts and this one merits special note. The layout is clear and crisp and extensive problem sets provide the student with the opportunity to develop the "hands-on" approach to thermodynamics that is so critical for doing the job right. I have tried to load and run the "Interactive Thermodynamics v. 1.5" CD programs and problem set and found them to be well-conceived. (one wish is that the graphing capability would include a log (f) vs. 1/T with the accompanying slope, intercept and regression statistics.) The extensive use of both English and SI units as well as the capabilities in the program to switch from one set to another in a "point-and-click" format is well-advised. The writing is straightforward and the coverage is thorough. As noted in the title, this is an ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICs book concerned with the transformation of heat into work and vice-versa. As such, discussions of chemical and phase equilibria are limited to the last two chapters.
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Summary: An Excellent Thermodynamics book
Review: I highly recommend this text. I have used it for many years now and it is as complete and concise as can be. Moran and Shapiro have done an excellent job in developing this text. The concept explanations are concise and technical. The theory is extremely well developed and clearly presented. This book is similar to Incropera's Heat Transfer texts with respect with the theory development and explanations. If you want a book that does more than show you how to do a problem this book is for you. Not only does it show you how, but it tells you WHY. An excellent book!
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Summary: DO NOT BUY!
Review: I used this book on my sophomore year in college of engineering (mechanical). Let me tell you, buy the cingels book. This book is as bad as it gets. The language is tough. Examples are tough. Everything was very very very hard to understand. This is the only class that I got a C and thats because of teh book no question about that.
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Summary: Read Reviews Carefully
Review: I used this text in undergrad thermo and as a reference in grad school and thought that it was a satisfactory book. I don't think that it is a spectacular book, but I was surprised by the negative reviews posted about the book. Thermodynamics can be a frustrating undergraduate course and is often used as a "weed out" course by mechanical engineering departments. Some of the reiviews for this book seem to be written by bitter students who couldn't handle thermo. I encourage shoppers to weed through these reviews when considering buying this book.
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