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Summary: Excelent book for the non-nuclear engineer
Review: A great book to self-teach nuclear engineering. Oriented to the advanced student of physics, or the engineer. Starts with a review of particle physics and modern physic basics, ending in the design of nuclear reactors, safety procedures and effects of radiation on living organisms.
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Summary: Student Opinion of this Text
Review: As a textbook for teaching the fundamentals of nuclear engineering, the Lamarsh-Baratta text is horrible. It is riven with errors in the text and examples (and we are using the 3rd edition), the questions are infuriatingly vague at times and in general it does a poor job of explaining an admittedly difficult subject.
Regarding the large numbers of typos, I and my classmates had to search the web for an errata sheet and even then we continue to find errors such as formulae written incorrectly and wrong values for constants.
As for being vague, this text makes you assume many things. A favorite example is a problem early in the text where we not only have to assume neutron energies, we also had to assume fuel type. Then we have to assume energy released per fission and somehow come up with an answer we can be confident in. Ridiculous.
The examples are hit and miss - occasionally they are helpful, an omission I am sure that will be corrected in the 4th edition.
We find ourselves relying on outside texts and materials much of the time to supplement this poorly written textbook.
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Summary: Horrible Text
Review: As the prior reviewer stated, this book is awful. Saying that the book is full of typos isn't even a correct statement; saying that the book is bloated beyond belief of typos would be more correct. What's even worse, is that the same editions of the book have DIFFERENT typos. For example, my classmate would have an error in say, Fick's Law of Diffusion for One-Speed Neutrons, but my book would have the equation listed perfectly. And they would be the EXACT same edition of the book! It's ridulous. I'm honestly glad that I'm done using this book, because I never, ever want to see it again.
LaMarsh killed my inner child.
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Summary: US Nuke Student
Review: I have read a few of these reviews and what I noticed is that mostly STUDENTS are having a problem in understanding. This book maybe good for professors but it's not clear in deleivering the concepts to the students! 3rd EDITION?! The author needs to let students give feedback. When I used this book we NEVER WENT IN ORDER of the chapters. We always skipped around... if it's so good, why must we always reference other materials?
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Summary: One of the best introductions to Nuclear energy production..
Review: This is an excellent book to introduce the main issues involved in the production of nuclear energy. Perfect for the beguinner and the non-expert reader. The most interesting fact is the presentation of safety issues and policies as well as reactor desing principles and procedures.
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Summary: Excellent Text
Review: This is the best introductory book in nuclear engineering I have ever encountered in my life. The late professor John Lamarsh had the unique ability to convey information to his students in an unbelievably straight forward manner. This book reflects his teaching approach, completely. If you are studying nuclear engineering it should be your first stop.If you are a (non-nuclear) engineering professional or student and really need to communicate with nuclear engineers or comprehend concepts of nuclear applications you have to study this book. Finally, if you are preparing for your qualifying examinations, it is an absolute must. The book is a masterpiece of pedagogical methodology in nuclear engineering. It will make you feel comfortable with the intricacies of nuclear reactor theory, within a short period of time. In addition, you will be introduced to solid thermodynamic concepts that are coupled to reactor theory. Equal teaching importance is given to nuclear licensing, radiation physics, and shielding. Essentially, this book covers the whole spectrum of basic nuclear engineering.
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Summary: Excellent Text
Review: This is the best introductory book in nuclear engineering I have ever encountered in my life. The late professor John Lamarsh had the unique ability to convey information to his students in an unbelievably straight forward manner. This book reflects his teaching approach, completely. If you are studying nuclear engineering it should be your first stop. If you are a (non-nuclear) engineering professional or student and really need to communicate with nuclear engineers or comprehend concepts of nuclear applications you have to study this book. Finally, if you are preparing for your qualifying examinations, it is an absolute must. The book is a masterpiece of pedagogical methodology in nuclear engineering. It will make you feel comfortable with the intricacies of nuclear reactor theory, within a short period of time. In addition, you will be introduced to solid thermodynamic concepts that are coupled to reactor theory. Equal teaching importance is given to nuclear licensing, radiation physics, and shielding. Essentially, this book covers the whole spectrum of basic nuclear engineering.
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