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 Disjoint, jumbled, approach October 13, 2008
This review applies to the 6th edition. This is probably one of the worst text books I've used. The material is presented in a jumbled and disjoint manner. Key concepts get dropped in on the bottom of the page just before the author takes us on a flight to neverland. The various topical discussions are a distraction from the subject at hand and seem to break important trains of thought.
As another reviewer mentioned, the example problems are less complex than the student problems. Seems like the examples include the key information but the student problems leave you to first work out the missing data before you can start the actual problem. Likewise, many of the problems are in English units, but the tables are in SI (more or less), meaning you have to do a unit conversion just to get started. While we all need to know how to do that, after the umpteenth time, it gets a little old. Been there, done that, got the tee shirt.
Symbology -- the authors uses very similar font for different concepts, sometimes only font size is the distinguishing trait. Also, many key formulas are in a yellowish font that is hard on the eyes.
Very few of the student problems have answers provided. This means you have no way to check your work.
All in all, a very poor text.
 Nice February 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The text is easy to read, well-written, and not that boring, which are all essential to keep a reader interested and attentive. The examples are pretty good. The only down side to this book is that you have to constantly flip back to the appendix to look up material property values in order to solve problems, but other than that, it's a book I recommend.
Excellent Quality. I highly recommend this buyer. A+++ February 22, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
The book was in excellent condition. I am vey pleased with this purchase. And I highly recommend this buyer. A+++
 Fresh and New February 17, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
It is brand new and shipped 3-4 days after the purchase. It will be good if it is attached with the property tables
ME student for Thermo I December 16, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I used the book for Thermo I and was fairly pleased. The book contains many examples as well as many problems to work out. I had a professor that tested mainly on class notes, but the book still made a nice companion to the course. My only complaint with the text is that, in many chapters, the example problems within the chapter are not of the same degree of difficulty as some of the problems at the end of the chapter.
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