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Summary: a surprise may await you !
Review: I am very pleased with the content of the book - it is a classic. However, there's more to the package. First of all, I was surprised to receive the book from a bookstore in Taiwan, although Amazon never lead me to believe it would come form abroad. Second, the book had a large stamp on it saying "not for sale in the US". This, in itself, has to be illegal. Third, a page feel out of the book right away - although it said "printed in the US", it clearly was NOT US quality. So much for outsourcing! So, buyer beware - you really don't know what you'll get in the mail !!!!
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Summary: A Masterpiece
Review: I first used BS&L over 30 years ago for my first Transport classes in Chemical Engineering. It's depth and breadth is such that it was a primary text for four other courses I took later in grad school. I pulled the book out a couple of days ago to review my understanding of heat transfer to help explain it to some youngsters. To those who complain that it has too much math...take up a new field. Math and science are inextricably linked. Science isn't just your high school teacher babbling about ecology and the "circle of life". This is hard science, the kind that builds nations and brings societies out of disease-infested environments. If you're using this text and can't take the heat, better get out of the kitchen.
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Summary: A Masterpiece
Review: I first used BS&L over 30 years ago for my first Transport classes in Chemical Engineering. It's depth and breadth is such that it was a primary text for four other courses I took later in grad school. I pulled the book out a couple of days ago to review my understanding of heat transfer to help explain it to some youngsters. To those who complain that it has too much math...take up a new field. Math and science are inextricably linked. Science isn't just your high school teacher babbling about ecology and the "circle of life". This is hard science, the kind that builds nations and brings societies out of disease-infested environments. If you're using this text and can't take the heat, better get out of the kitchen.
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Summary: The best book ever for transport phenomena
Review: I had a chance to take the course with this book at the University of Wisconsin and I think it was probably the most difficult course I have taken. You definetely need an instructor because there are too many subtleties that sometimes need to be pointed out by the professor. The mathematics is necessary to make the course rigorous. A must have!
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Summary: BSL THE BIBLE
Review: I used this book in my undergraduation at Univesity of Campinas (Brasil). This is the most important book of Transport Phenomena of the World. Only this book of Transport Phenomena is used in classrom by studants of all the world.It is the UNIVERSAL TRANSPORT PHENOMENA BOOK, it is the BIBLE OF TRANSPORT PHENOMENA. For me, it was easy to read and understand, was good study this book.
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Summary: My first and last impression..
Review: I used this textbook when first learned about chemical engineering in 1992. I was very impressed by this book. The way it explained and exampled is so real and practical. Somehow it has driven my desire to learn more about heat and mass transfer and now here I am a chemical engineer, because of this incredible textbook.
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Summary: Poor Book
Review: If you're an expert on Chemical Engineering, it would be a great book. But then, one wouldn't be buying a book about it. To try and learn from this book is impossible unless you can understand concepts of Chemical Engineering from reading equations. It is simply a big book of deriving equations. No explanations whatsoever.
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Summary: It's a God-book!
Review: Just because it's a God-book for me, it's very difficult for me
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Summary: A Students Opinion
Review: NOTE #1: Have a person who likes the book to tell you where the relevant material is located. Good book only after hours of concentration. The BSL makes large jumps, so be ready. It is an 'old school' book; most of the time the author is performing unnecessary mathematics (the computers ablity has changed alot). I prefer more physical application.
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Summary: A Students Opinion
Review: NOTE #1: Have a person who likes the book to tell you where the relevant material is located. Good book only after hours of concentration. The BSL makes large jumps, so be ready. It is an 'old school' book; most of the time the author is performing unnecessary mathematics (the computers ablity has changed alot). I prefer more physical application.
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