An Introduction to Mass and Heat Transfer : Principles of Analysis and Design

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Summary: Different from the others
Review: I agree with some of the other reviewers that there are notoriously few books on heat and mass transfer which are not heavy on mathematics -- which has to do with the subject! However, Middleman's book stands out in another respect: it tries to balance the motivation behind the maths with the mathematical derivations themselves and is therefore much more self-contained than many others. Personally, I found the use of non-SI units annoying, but that may not be a problem for US readers.

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Summary: Terrible
Review: I think it's not an introduction but messy complexd.
This book require too much mathmatical background in despite of
an introduction.
I don't want to recommand this book to beginner

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Summary: I agree this book IS garbage
Review: PLEASE, if you are a professor considering the use of this book, STOP and reconsider. This book is absolutely awful. Middleman writes this book for the Calculus and Differential Equations expert. If there was a class you EVER took, Middleman expects you to remember every single thing about it. Important derivations are left as homework, with utterly insufficient preparation in the text. Organization is awful. Notation is about as consistent as the weather. Important results are completely buried within long, unintelligable and, from time to time, erroneous derivations. The reader is left unaware of what equations and concepts are important. If you are a student, do NOT take a course using this book. I challenge a student to come forth with a good review for this book. It simply is not possible... Stanley Middleman should be ashamed for beinging into existence something that ADDS to the complexity and inapproachability of Heat and Mass transfer. He does his colleages and area of study a disservice.

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Summary: Excellent intro book
Review: This book is by far the best INTRO text to transport phenomena from the perspective of a chemical engineer.
Of course, a student must be equipped with proper math background (such as BASIC differential equations, vectors, etc). Middleman presents the material by giving proper mathematical derivation and many realistic applications. This book should be easy to follow as opposed to BSL that requires higher level of math. Students that complain about the book should realize that they need to review simple calculus.

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Summary: Save your money and many hours of your life.
Review: This book makes people want to quit undergraduate chemical engineering at my school. I'd rather do slave work in a mineshaft than to try to read this dry and abstruse book again! What a waste of people's lives when professors force their students to try to learn from this book. The subject matter itself should be challenging part and not the presentation. You know, I think when authors spent too many years using the concepts, they feel like what is obvious to them is good enough for any novice to understand. I felt like I had to translate heiroglyphics and learn fluid dynamics at the same time. Of course, I don't mean to be so depressing and leave anyone hanging. A good book like Fundamentals of Heat&Mass Transfer should be like a day at disneyland compared to this book. Schaum's outlines can be quite nice too. Good luck!