Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, 8th Edition Author: William D. Callister | Language: English | ISBN:
B00838TH1E | Format: PDF
Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, 8th Edition Description
Building on the extraordinary success of seven best-selling editions, Bill Callister's new Eighth Edition of MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING: AN INTRODUCTION continues to promote student understanding of the three primary types of materials (metals, ceramics, and polymers) and composites, as well as the relationships that exist between the structural elements of materials and their properties. Supported by WileyPLUS, an integrated online learning environment containing the highly respected Virtual Materials Science and Engineering Lab (VMSE), a materials property database referenced to problems in the text, and new modules in tensile testing, diffusion, and solid solutions (all referenced to problems in the text)
- File Size: 30538 KB
- Print Length: 992 pages
- Simultaneous Device Usage: Up to 3 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 8th edition (January 5, 2010)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00838TH1E
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- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #327,429 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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(skip this paragraph if you dont want to know my relevant credentials). I'm a student working for a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and planning for a master's and then a Ph.D. At the time of writing I'm a self-taught hobbyist and play around with programming, electronics, and mechanical parts. So I am not a professional by any means but i've learned most of what i know by doing everything myself.
The book is an introduction book, period. It only introduces you to the complex world of materials. I get frustrated when I'm given an equation and I'm not told where it came from or shown how to derive it. So I felt left out for a majority of this class because almost all of the equations were given to me and little to no derivation involved. It does a good job of covering everything which is what an intro book should do and it also shows diagrams to reinforce the information. I would have liked to have a few more diagrams and pictures to explain a few concepts that i couldn't quite understand.
I like how it starts from the atom and then moves up in scale to crystal unit structure, crystal boundary, and upwards. Then uses that basis for the rest of the book. Theres a lot of good helpful information that I learned from this book and i hope others learn from it too.
I didnt like how in some of the chapters both in earlier and later chapters the book would refer to a chart in other chapters to answer questions or for reference for explaining numbers in examples. Of all the frustrations i had I think the one thing i didn't like the most was how the solutions to answers at the back of the book were selective.
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