Convection Heat Transfer, 2nd Edition

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Summary: Runaway very fast if your professor is using this!
Review: I am a grad student in ME specializing in thermal engineering, I've taken undergrad heat transfer and I have strong graduate level math and fluids background. Now that you know some of my credentials, let me say I HATE THIS BOOK! It skips steps and explanations! I am leaving this review to warn anyone who is learning this subject to runaway very fast from this book, you won't learn anything and you'll suffer... There are many better convective heat transfer books out there. The only good thing about this book is the numerous references to other books.
On a last note: If you're learing this subject don't believe the reviewers that gave this book five stars, they must be paying off a debt to Bejan or have 30+ years experience in convective heat transfer!

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Summary: A very difficult text book to learn anything from
Review: I get the impression that the reader from NH is the only reviewer to have tried to solve some of the problems in this book. There is no possible way to solve these problems. They are on subjects and situations not covered in the book, and even if they were, good luck in understanding Bejan's writing. He skips massive steps, giving only solutions and equations without explanations. Not everyone like reviewer Jeff Booth was born understanding convective heat transfer, so some of us must learn from books. Do yourself a favor and don't buy this one. I only hope that Dr. Bejan reads these reviews and that they discourage him from making another failed attempt at text book writing.

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Summary: The Canon of Convective Heat Transfer Theory
Review: The best book I own. I have people lining up outside my office to borrow it. No kidding, it is that clear and concise. The development of scale arguments is without parallel. The number of extra tidbits all over the place continues to come in handy. I can't tell you the number of times I was able to skip some simulation by using some Bejan.

PS - The reader from NH is a whiner! Get real man, do a little thinking on your own.

PPS - Lienhard & Lienhard have posted their general heat transfer text (3rd Ed.) for free download off the MIT site. Their book is also a real winner.

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Summary: By far the best book on Convection heat transfer
Review: This book is revolutionary. It has clearly dispelled the age-old tactics and misinterpretations most widely presented in books of fluid mechanics and heat transfer of today.This book is 'must-read' for every aspiring student in the field of fluids and thermal sciences.