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***Great book from beginner to advance, FULL REVIEW***
Much like most of you, I was very skeptical about chosing this book. I usually try to base my opinions on previous reviews, however I noticed that some very not very happy with the book. I took the risk and bought it. I am currently in my last semester of Mechanical Engineering technology here in Montreal. The book itself is aimed at people with no previous knowledge of the software to advanced users, as it goes from learning basic 2D sketches from scratch to complex 3D Assemblies. One thing I did not like however is that the author would go on explaining examples in words and lacked some key illustrations in the tutorials. For example he would say Draw a line from the outer arc without specifying which one, meanwhile there are 3 outer arcs. That sort of thing. Some more illustrations would have been helpful. The other thing I found, it is a BIG plus to have previous experience with autocad and / or drafting knowledge. The author automatically assumes you have a certain knowledge such as "what a datum is" and such.However if your patient, things are fairly well explained however there is some repetition.The reader quickly realises that solidworks truly is a powerful program and that possibilities are endless.There are examples at the end of each chapter as well as theory review questions to help out. The examples themselves are quite good, and ALL the material learnt in that chapter goes into them. Now for those of you who haved previously used previous versions of Soliworks, what I liked is that the author would put a note wherever there were new features of 2004. Overall, I was happy with this book, there is a lot of knowledge you can learn for 70$. Keep in mind, I do recommend most of you freshen up on your engineering terms if you've been out of the field for THAT long as it is a big help in understanding key parts of the book. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me on MSN under yossidre@hotmail.com . Hope this helps some of you make your choice.

good way to learn
I like the tutorials in this book... learned a lot from them. Tips also help in additional knowledge. In all a good reference book to learn solid works 2004.

Using it without any problem
I must have been among the first batch of buyers of this book because I received it in the second week of November. Since then, I am using this book day in and day out without any problem. In fact, I rate this book among the top few books I have read. The method of using automatic mirroring that I learnt from this book has increased my productivity because most of the components that I design require that technique. Then I received the learning resources like drawings, answers to exercises, etc from the publisher. This made this book without any doubt the best book I have ever read.Read more

Subjects:  1. Mechanics - General    2. Science    3. Science/Mathematics   

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Excellent book
As a graduate student attempting to learn density functional theory and its use in computer programmes, I have found this book to be an excellent addition to my library.Well structured and written.

Not impressive
Although the topics the book embrasses are current and essential for practising chemists, physisists and materials scientists the pedagogic care with which it explains some of the topics is poor.
Outstanding
This book was recommended to me to help me in my research, and has turned out to be one of the best recommendations I have ever received.This is a great book; by far the best I have come across on the topic of computing the properties of condensed phase materials by quantum mechanical simulations. Here are the reasons why.Read more

Subjects:  1. Electronic structure    2. Nanostructures    3. Physics    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)    7. Materials science    8. Physical chemistry    9. Quantum physics (quantum mechanics)    10. Science / Physics   

Subjects:  1. Applied Sciences    2. Electricity    3. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    4. Physics    5. Power Resources    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Solid State Physics    9. Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)    10. Electrical engineering    11. Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism    12. Semi-conductors & super-conductors   

Subjects:  1. Electronics - Microelectronics    2. Electronics - Semiconductors    3. Life Sciences - Biology - General    4. Material Science    5. Physics    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Thin Films Physics    10. Biology, Life Sciences    11. Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)    12. Technology / Electronics / Microelectronics   

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good
This is a very good book for coating engineers. The richness of the explanation of a variety of subjects is worthy of reading it carefully, from beginning to the end. Read more

Subjects:  1. Composite Materials    2. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    3. Material Science    4. Optics    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Solid State Physics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Thin Films Physics    10. Thin films    11. Materials science    12. Semi-conductors & super-conductors    13. Technology / Material Science   

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fundamental approach to the field
Wolf explains from the vantage of a physicist what exactly is nanophysics, and what the engineering implications might be. He describes how the size of atoms, at 0.1 nanometers or so, sets a natural lower limit, and how the scale of nanometers lets us see and use quantum phenomena for designing new materials.
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Subjects:  1. Nanoscience    2. Nanosciences    3. Nanotechnology    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Solid State Physics    7. Electronics & Communications Engineering    8. Mechanical Engineering & Materials    9. PHYSICS    10. Science / Solid State Physics   

Subjects:  1. Computer Science    2. Engineering - General    3. Mechanics - General    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Technology    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Computers-Computer Science    8. Mechanical engineering    9. Plastic analysis (Engineering)    10. Science / Mechanics    11. Science-Mechanics - General    12. Technology / Engineering / General    13. Thermal stresses   

Subjects:  1. Chemical bonds    2. Chemistry - Inorganic    3. Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical    4. Crystallography    5. Crystals    6. Engineering - General    7. Science    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Structure    10. Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)    11. Crystals--Structure    12. Inorganic chemistry    13. Materials science    14. Science / Chemistry / Inorganic    15. Solid state chemistry   

Subjects:  1. Material Science    2. Mechanical Properties Of Materials    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Technology    5. Technology & Industrial Arts    6. Materials science    7. Technology / Material Science   

Subjects:  1. Chemistry - Inorganic    2. Electric Conductivity    3. Electric conductors    4. Energy band theory of metals    5. Protons    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Solid State Physics    9. Solid state chemistry    10. Inorganic chemistry    11. Science / Chemistry / Inorganic    12. States of matter   

Reviews (17)

wonderful and enlightening to read!
This book catches my attention to a point that I cannot put it down until I have finished a chapter. It is true that the book is focused on understanding the physical concepts with little math...this can be confusing at times...but I still think highly of it.

Buy Griffiths Instead
This book was confusing, chaotic, and utterly disapointing.If your professor assigns this book I suggest you do not buy it but borrow from a friend.Instead use Griffiths to learn QM.Since moving onto graduate school I have learned just how little I learned from this book.Moreover, I was confused about simple issues in QM which Cohen-Tannoudji quickly and clearly dispelled.This book actually hurt my education.I can not for the life of me understand how anyone could give this book 3, 4, or even 5 stars.

Great introduction, focused on understanding
This book is an excellent introduction to Quantum Physics. This book gives the non-expert reader an insight into the tremendous explanatory power of quantum mechanics. It describes why and how Quantum Mechanics was developed, and it is primarily concerned with the understanding of concepts and ideas, rather than focusing on mathematical techniques. For this reason it might appear a little verbose to some readers.Read more

Subjects:  1. Mathematical Physics    2. Physics    3. Quantum Theory    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Quantum physics (quantum mechanics)    7. Science / Mathematical Physics   

Reviews (7)

Difficult to follow and riddled with errors
This book suffers from several major deficiencies. First, it is inherently difficult to follow. The format is designed in such a way that you have to constantly refer back and forth between pages to get all the information you need for an example or derivation. The other thing is the examples are not clear. You find yourself solving the example again because the method isn't clear. In this way, I find the book extremely frustrating. Even after the problems with the contents, the book has errors. Lots and lots of errors. Just look on the inside front cover. "Principal Elastiac Equations"? I checked the dictionary, and I don't know what elastiac is. Or Ch. 12: "Yield and Fructure Criteria"? Is that a new term for the fracture of fructose? Finding all the errors is kind of fun, so if you're into that, get this book. Otherwise, look elsewhere.

Badly needs updating, editing, simplifying
This book makes a difficult subject even more difficult. While the definitions and general information are good enough, the derivations seem to be very complicated, esoteric, and confusing.This may be appropriate for graduate level (although many of these techniques are obsolete in view of FE analysis) but this book bills itself, and is used mainly for undergraduate deformable mechanics classes. There seem to be a number of mistakes in the book as well.Professors should probably not use this book for an undergraduate level course--find something newer.Undergrads will probably need to get some sort of supplementary outline material that will simplify things.

Riddled with typos
The good: This is a comprehensive book. The bad: It has tons of mistakes. There are typos galore. The most egregious one occurs in the chapter entitled "Yield and Fructure Criteria." That's right, "Fructure." Pray tell, what exactly is "Fructure"? That's what's printed in big letters. The proofreading is very, very, very sloppy. Maybe these mistakes are more a function of editing deadlines rather than with Popov himself, but that doesn't mean that this isn't a bad volume that you shouldn't waste your money on. I used this book as a text and was very disappointed. Save your money and buy Beer and Johnston or Craig instead. Or even Popov's earlier work, Mechanics of Materials, which I liked a lot. Engineering Mechanics of Solids is just horrible in its mistakes. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. Material Science    3. Mechanics - General    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Strength Of Materials    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Mechanics of solids    9. Technology / Material Science   

Subjects:  1. Composite Materials    2. Engineering - Mechanical    3. General    4. Granular materials    5. Material Science    6. Mathematical models    7. Mechanical Properties Of Materials    8. Porous materials    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Applied Mechanics    13. Material Modeling    14. Mechanical engineering    15. Mechanics of solids    16. Physical Modeling    17. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

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Fa-Hwa 2nd edition
I have used the first edition and was generally pleased.The second edition, however, is unacceptable.The rewrite added a few interesting and a few less useful topics.The problems at the end of each section were changed but the answer key referred, in many cases, to the the first edition.Sometimes the solutions were large deviations from the stated problem.There were occasional proof reading errors, far too many for a major text.The students were frequently frustrated in their efforts to justify the answer to the problem as stated.

Price is not the best way to choose a text
As a college instructor, I try to choose texts based on quality, but with consideration of price. I thought this book was a good compromise, but wish I had kept my previous text. This has way too many errors for a 2ndedition, and has received considerable critisism from my students for beinghard to follow. There are better choices out there. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Construction - General    2. Engineering - Civil    3. Manufacturing    4. Material Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Solid Mechanics    7. Statics    8. Strength Of Materials    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)    12. Materials science    13. Technology / Engineering / Civil   

Reviews (5)

Fortunately... not Timoshenko
Timoshenko's book is a collection of exercises. Landau's book is a collection of ideas.

Sure... not Timoshenko.
Timoshenko is a Russian genious scientist/engineer who has credits in theory of elasticity and vibration analysis.Landau is a great physics educator in general but not an expert of elasticity.If you compare anyelasticity book with Timoshenko's you will sure be very disappointed. Anyway I think this book is still fairly well written.

Not Timoshenko
I was looking for something similar to Timoshenko's "Theory of Elasticity."This was not it.I am a working mechanical engineer.This book is aimed at the physicist/student.It is 200 pages long andcrammed full of tensors.They also hit on waves and liquid crystals. I mayor may not keep this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Elastic solids    2. Elasticity    3. Mechanics - General    4. Physics    5. Science    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Classical mechanics    8. Science / Physics    9. Theoretical methods   

Reviews (6)

Thumb up!!!
Hi!!!
Creates an excellent foundation.
An excellent book for learning about fiberglass/composites. Before reading this book, I had little knowledge about composties, but a desire to learn. The information is presented in a way that anyone can understand it. Aird educates the reader about different fiber types and weaves, resins and resin systems, gel coat, trade tools, safety, and basic lay-up. He also includes information on molds, plugs, and strength/stress -- though I feel these sections make having some hands-on knowledge of composites an asset, which I lack. It is an excellent book that can take you from knowing nothing, to a point where you can talk intelligently about composites with someone in the FRP field. As other reviews have pointed out, this is not a step by step manual; but is probably a prerequisite to actually understanding one. In conclusion: I enjoyed this book and highly recommend it to anyone interested in learning about fiberglass and composite systems.

Definitely worth the price
I had an interest in getting into Fiberglassing, so i bought this book.As most of the other people who reviewed this book said, it's not a step by step manual, but it offers a very good overview.Good enough that i ended up buying a second copy for a friend.If you have an interest, i would recommend this book.It's worth the price. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Automobiles    2. Automotive    3. Automotive - General    4. Composite Materials    5. Glass fibers    6. Material Science    7. Materials    8. Mechanical Properties Of Materials    9. Ocean engineering    10. Reinforced plastics    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Technology    13. Automotive technology    14. Mechanics of solids    15. Reference works    16. Transportation / Automotive / General   

Reviews (5)

Barsoum's text
Barsoum's text, "Fundamentals of Ceramics", is the best theoretical treatment of materials science that I am familiar with. He provides in-depth coverage of many mat-sci principles and derivations, from the elementary to the advanced. Caveat emptor, however, as there are also many mistakes in this book. Barsoum would do a great service to the mat-sci community by updating this text and publishing a new edition that corrects the mistakes and provides a more thorough explanation of experimental principles to compliment his theoretical information.

Excellent broad based intro text
This text is very clearly written, and an absolute must as a reference for the fundamentals of ceramics.The text ties basic priciples of physics to the structure and behavior of ceramics.The text is ideal for late undergrad, early graduate studies - and is also perfect for scientists and engineers without a background in Materials Engineering *because* it draws on basic physics to clearly cover the topic.Especially useful are the numerous examples within the chapters to highlight important ideas, and the last six chapters - which give important infrmation on electrical, optical, and mechanical properties of ceramics.

No Books in the Field Compare
Dr. Barsoum has covered all the bases in this well thought out and beautifully organized book! The author makes the field of ceramics interesting even to people new to the field. This book was used in a courseI took, and I will not sell it because it is such an authoritativereference source. There are no other books that compare to Fundamentals ofCeramics. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical    2. Material Science    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Technology    5. Technology & Industrial Arts    6. Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)    7. Materials science    8. Technology / Material Science   

Subjects:  1. Chemistry - General    2. Material Science    3. Polymers    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Solid State Physics    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Thermal properties    8. Thermophysics   

Subjects:  1. Quantum Theory    2. Science    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Solid State Physics    5. Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)    6. Relativistic quantum mechanics & quantum field theory    7. Science / Physics   

Reviews (6)

A Solid Overview
The Feynman Lectures on Statistical Mechanics contain a great deal of very useful information, and each page is full of solid work without bothering too much with unnecessary details. The book also covers all the bases very well, hitting plenty of good examples, such as spin waves, and the obligatory superconductivity chapter is a solid introduction.
a tremendous book
when i was undergrad, i read Prof. Kerson Huang's stat mech. i think that book is good. everything is covered systematically, but everything is explained 'evenly'. if u r a careful reader, u still get the ideas of the essence, like partition function plays the central role of stat mech, etc.
Style over substance.
Feynman was one of the most accomplished physicists in the 2nd half of the 20th century.His publications speak for themselves.However, as represented in this set of lecture notes, I do not find him as a pedagogue more enlightening than others.I bought and read this book in grad school, and found it to be a nice quick intro to several topics (spin waves and such).I did not, and still don't find the exposition physically exceptionally profound.One difference though, is the fact that Feynman, with his fame, could afford to be rather informal in his presentation.Any unsatisfactory aspects would be accepted as the mysterious ways of a 'genius'.If you are a student and would like to learn to solve problems on your own, forget this one.What this book gives you is a little 'attitude', aside from a quick intro, which most of us haven't earned the right to put on, of doing physics.Try it.Try to be as unorthodox and informal as he was, and you will mostly end up with nonsense. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Mechanics - General    2. Physics    3. Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Statistical Mechanics    6. Condensed matter physics (liquids & solids)    7. Theoretical methods