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Handbook of Engineering Fundamentals, (Wiley engineering handbook series)

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I found this handbook a good information sourcebook in my undergraduate and graduate engineering education. It worked best once I'd seen the material in my class textbook. On the job, I find this handbook invaluable for most engineering disciplines involving physical system analysis. It is one of my favorite books. The next edition (4th) is larger, heavier, and somehow, not as interesting. The magic is in this 3rd edition.

If you purchase only a single engineering reference work this year, purchase this one. It contains the essentials you need to design nearly anything.

This is the essential engineering reference book. It's all here, in one place and well-organized. You will never need more than a small fraction of it your entire design career. But the for that fraction that you do need you will find it indispensible.

This is the most comprehensive and useful reference book I own. Every engineer and technical person should own one!

But be warned, if you're not already an technical person/engineer and/or genius, it may be a little hard to follow (very involved calculus topics are covered in just a few pages, for instance). If you're looking for something to use as a quick reference for all the subjects you took long ago, this is it - if you're looking to learn something new in great detail, buy a subject-specific textbook first.

The essential book to own if you are serious about engineering. Everything you need to know. It is amazing how much Eshback packed into one volume. Tapley has continued the tradition. Everything you learned in school and need to recall, plus everything you should have learned.

Like I said, if you're an engineering major, this is THE book to have before you start your freshman year. I see that there's a 2009 edition, but it has quite a few less pages. I'd stick with this earlier edition, or mine. I had the 1975 edition when I started at R.I.T. in 1976 in mechanical engineering. All the basics are in this one book. There are all the necessary unit-conversion tables in what has to be the best layout I've ever seen; all the tables are very easy to use and EVERY possible conversion you need is there. There are all the basic mathematic formulas (e.g., areas & volumes of all geometric shapes) also in the best and easiest-to-use layout I've ever seen. And that's just the start. Just about every engineering topic is covered to some degree. Like another reviewer said, if you have just one handbook, this is the one to have. Actually, when I was in college, I was just about the only engineering student with a copy of this handbook. It's as if it's a well-kept secret. I was a mechanical engineering student, so I also had Mark's handbook for ME's. If you do get a copy, don't go telling all your classmates that you have it. Keep it to yourself, and hide it in your desk. I'm serious! Make it your "ace in the hole." That's what I did, and I can't imagine going through engineering college without a copy! My grades directly reflected the fact that I had this book. And, once you're out in the working world, this book will continue to help you. This book is my "first-go-to-book" whenever I'm faced with something new. And when you're out in the world, you'll be faced with new and interesting things all the time. Why not read up on things in Eshback before you go into a meeting with the big-shots and wow 'em? If you're an ME, your list of reference books should read: 1) Eshback Handbook, 2) Marks' Handbook for ME's, 3) Basic Dictionary (e.g., Webster's Collegiate), 4) Basic Thesaurus (ditto on Webster's), 5) Machinery's Handbook, 6) Dictionary of Technical Words & Terms (e.g., McGraw-Hill). Remember, you need the latest edition of any course book, but your reference books don't have to be the newest. College is expensive, and any of these reference books can be 20+ years old and still do a great job in helping you out. After all, engineering doesn't necessarily change all that much from year to year. The basics are the basics in engineering, whether it's 1975 or 2015. Thanks for reading my review!