Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach with Student Resource DVD
by Yunus Cengel, Michael Boles
Our Price: $153.98
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $34.04 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Michael Boles, Yunus CengelBrand: NA
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-22
ISBN: 0073305375
Number of pages: 1056
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Book Reviews of Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach with Student Resource DVD
Book Review: A very good thermo text
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is sufficient for two semester-long courses in undergraduate thermodynamics. The preface says that calculus and freshman physics are sufficient prerequisites, but I think courses in statics and chemistry wouldn't hurt either considering the depth of material.
The book's explanations are quite detailed with worked out examples at frequent intervals and numerous end of chapter exercises. There are answers to selected end of chapter exercises, but not solutions. In other words, there is only the numerical answer present, not how it was derived.
The book tries to use real world examples as the bases for its numerical examples, and it keeps the focus on the practical. It does not get bogged down in derivations. The emphasis here is on engineering. Often chapters will have "Topic of Special Interest" sections in which a current engineering problem is discussed within the context of thermodynamics and specifically, the computational subject just explained. One such topic, for example, is reducing the price of compressed air in chapter 7, whose subject is entropy.
I'd say this book is ideal not only for traditional classes but for self-teaching since it is largely self-contained. If you use it as a textbook and you plan to be a practicing civil, mechanical, or environmental engineer do plan on retaining it as a reference. It is definitely a keeper.
Summary of Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach with Student Resource DVD
The worldwide bestseller Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach brings further refinement to an approach that emphasizes a physical understanding of the fundamental concepts of thermodynamics. The authors offer an engineering textbook that "talks directly to tomorrow's engineers in a simple yet precise manner, that encourages creative thinking, and is read by the students with interest and enthusiasm". Over 500 new or revised homework problems have been added to this 6/e.The media package for this text is extensive, giving users a large variety of supplemental resources to choose from. A Student Resources DVD is packaged with each new copy of the text and contains the popular Engineering Equation Solver (EES) software, Physical Experiments, and an Interactive Thermodynamics tutorial. McGraw-Hill's new Assessment, Review, and Instruction System (ARIS) is available to students and instructors. ARIS is a complete, online tutorial, electronic homework, and course management system designed for greater ease of use than other systems. ARIS offers 1000 algorithmic problems, which will help curb the problem of having homework solutions circulating around campus. ARIS access for instructors is free with the adoption of the text, and students can buy access through the bookstore or from the ARIS website.
Engineering Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Engineering Books
Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings: How to Build and Use 18 Traditional Navigational Instrumentsby Dennis Fisher
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; Published: 1994-12-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.58
Price in other shops:
Troubleshooting Marine Dieselsby Peter Compton
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; Published: 1997-09-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $11.79
Price in other shops:
Communication Systemsby A. Bruce Carlson, Paul Crilly, Janet Rutledge
McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; Published: 2001-06-25; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $25.00
Voice and Data Communications Handbook (Mcgraw-Hill Series on Computer Communications)by Regis J. Bates, Donald W. Gregory, Bud Bates
Mcgraw-Hill (Tx); Published: 1996-02; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.25
Price in other shops:
Engineering Circuit Analysisby William Hayt, Jack Kemmerly, Steven Durbin
McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; Published: 2007-02-20; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $109.95
Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach w/ Student Resources DVDby Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles
McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; Published: 2005-06-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $110.99
Alien Agendaby Jim Marrs
HarperTorch; Published: 1998-07-08; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.00
Price in other shops:
The Yard: Building a Destroyer at the Bath Iron Worksby Michael S. Sanders
HarperCollins; Published: 1999-11-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $6.49
Price in other shops:
Laboratory Manual for Microelectronic Circuitsby Smith Sedra, Adel S. Sedra
Oxford University Press; Published: 1991-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $168.50
Longitudeby Dava Sobel
Harpercollins Audio; Published: 1996-12-02; Hardcover; Book
Similar Books and other products
The Science and Engineering of Materialsby Donald R. Askeland, Pradeep P. Fulay, Wendelin J. Wright
CL-Engineering; Published: 2010-06-21; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $145.00
Price in other shops:
Property Tables Booklet/ Thermodynamicsby Yunus Cengel, Michael Boles
McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; Published: 2006-09-21; Paperback; Book
Best price: $30.74
Engineering Mechanics: Statics (12th Edition)by Russell C. Hibbeler
Prentice Hall; Published: 2009-01-07; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $102.49
Price in other shops:
Machine Design (4th Edition)by Robert L. Norton
Prentice Hall; Published: 2010-02-11; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $166.49
Price in other shops:
Materials Science and Engineering: An Introductionby William D. Callister, David G. Rethwisch
Wiley; Published: 2009-12-29; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $131.99
Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanicsby Bruce R. Munson, Donald F. Young, Theodore H. Okiishi, Wade W. Huebsch
Wiley; Published: 2009-01-09; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $139.99
Mechanics of Materialsby James M. Gere, Barry J. Goodno
NA; CL-Engineering; Published: 2008-04-15; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $74.20
Price in other shops:
Mechanics of Materials (8th Edition)by Russell C. Hibbeler
Prentice Hall; Published: 2010-04-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $130.00
Price in other shops:
Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics (12th Edition)by Russell C. Hibbeler
Prentice Hall; Published: 2009-04-24; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $129.49
Price in other shops:
Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach with Student Resources DVDby Yunus Cengel, Michael Boles
McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; Published: 2010-01-25; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $150.00