The guide could not even be known as a top down approach to materials science because it doesn’t go down at all. The entire info in this ebook shall be reiterated in later course work utilizing other texts that will actually aid you to grasp in a more full method the ideas of supplies science. This ebook also appears to be rising disproportionately with the addition of useful info (the e book is just overpriced). Advocate this e-book to anybody perusing a level other then materials science. The e-book does present a very good amount of breadth and is an effective reference if this is the only materials science course work that you’ll ever do. Materials scientist then taking a class with this e book as the first textual content will solely result in redundancy.

Building on the success of previous editions, this e-book continues to supply engineers with a robust understanding of the three major sorts of materials and composites, in addition to the relationships that exist between the structural parts of materials and their properties. The relationships among processing, structure, properties, and efficiency components for steels, glass-ceramics, polymer fibers, and silicon semiconductors are explored throughout the chapters. The discussion of the development of crystallographic instructions in hexagonal unit cells is expanded. At the end of every chapter, engineers may even find revised summaries and new equation summaries to reexamine key concepts.

The guide is an introduction book, period. It only introduces you to the complex world of materials. So disregarded for a majority of this class because nearly all the equations were given to me and little to no derivation involved. It does a great job of covering every thing which is what an intro guide should do and it additionally exhibits diagrams to bolster the information. The previous edition is basicly the same e book with very minor changes. Not nearly enough to justify making a new edition. It might be good for reference materials however finally enroll in lessons that go much deeper into this identical materials so holding onto this ebook when it’s not required for school anymore.

Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction 8th Edition

Hardcover: 992 pages

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons; 8th edition (January 5, 2010)

Language: English