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 Dewey Decimal Number: 620.11 EAN: 9780256247664 Edition: 2Rev Ed Format: Import ISBN: 0256247668 Label: Irwin Manufacturer: Irwin Number Of Pages: 850 Publication Date: 1998-07 Publisher: Irwin Studio: Irwin Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Vague, Verbose, Quasi-scientificThe explanations in this text are not carefully worded. If you're actually trying to learn concepts and understand the material in any deep fashion this text will confound you and leave you with a shallow overview with some "tools". They throw up some formulas and wave their hands around a lot. When it comes to precise explanations and scientific concepts, this book is lacking. It gives you the vocabulary necessary to recognize the topics and ideas, but not the depth of knowledge necessary to ... Read More Rating: - Verbose and poorly writtenWe used this book for our materials science class, and while it contained a lot of information the information was very poorly presented. The text would often refer to figures and tables nowhere in the vincinity, and it was written in such a way that it was extremely difficult to follow. They didn't emphasize the important parts, so it was unclear what we should've known. Rating:  - Most Complete Introductory Materials Science Text AvailableThis textbook is, by far, the most thorough text available for introductory materials science students. I have used this text book both to assist my students in Intro to Materials Science and to review for my PhD examination. The text examines each topic in its fundamental scientific meaning; then relates it to individual materials. This technique is accomplished in a much more complete manner than Callister's text and is far superior to the material classification approach that Askeland ... Read More Rating: - GREAT BOOKA wonderful overview of introductory materials science. It is every bit as good as Callister's textbook, and contains lots of detail Rating: - GREAT TEXTThis text is a gem, but not as widely-used for introductory materials science classes as similar books (cf. Callister). However, this book is clear, offering lucid explanations and pedagogically sound diagrams to support the explanations. I only wish this book would catch on at more universities... 
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