Modern Instrumentation for Scientists and Engineers [Hardcover]

James A. Blackburn (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0387950567 | ISBN-13: 978-0387950563 | Publication Date: November 21, 2000 | Edition: 1

This modern presentation comprehensively addresses the principal issues in modern instrumentation, but without attempting an encyclopaedic reference. It covers the most important topics in electronics, sensors, measurements and acquisition systems, and will be an indispensable reference for readers in a wide variety of disciplines.

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 From the reviews: "The author has managed to succeed in writing a ‘small encyclopedia of modern instrumentation’ in the size of a textbook with 320 pages … There is a vast spectrum of scientific knowledge and engineering technology included in this book … It is a very good textbook or a reference source for a continuing education seminary and for courses to nonelectronics graduates." IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement

Product Details

• Hardcover: 317 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (November 21, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0387950567
• ISBN-13: 978-0387950563
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #753,667 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #58 in Books > Science & Math > Experiments, Instruments & Measurement > Scientific Instruments

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4.0 out of 5 stars solid discussion of theory with some reservations, October 9, 2006

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Shann Yu "Go Rice Owls!!!" (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Modern Instrumentation for Scientists and Engineers (Hardcover)

This is the textbook used for our Bioinstrumentation class. While half of this book did not even apply for us bioengineers, the other half that we actually used was overall well-written and easy-to-follow.

First off, by 'discussion of theory' in the subject line, I refer to the fact that mathematical derivations are everywhere. If you would like a discussion of modern instrumentation without as many alphas, betas, and thetas, I suggest you stop here and look elsewhere. Otherwise, for the rest of you guys who aren't intimidated by all the Greek, this book does a good job of following the equations and explaining derivations of everything from gain levels to stress-resistance relationships in strain gages.

My reservations lie in the fact that the book does not offer as much of any applications or case studies. Personally, I like the fact that the book dedicates chapters to studying photosensors, strain gages, amplifiers, so on, so forth. But all that is nothing if you can't apply that to some actual complicated piece of modern equipment. Being able to know the basics is one thing, but with this book being titled "Modern Instrumentation for... Engineers", you'd have to expect more talk on MRI circuitry, laser printer design, etc.

And then of course, the amount of derivations in this book can be its own undoing sometimes. But nevertheless, it's a great book for reference in an instrumentation class, or for those wannabe-electrical engineers...