Customer Reviews

Schaum Engineering Thermodynamics (Schaum's Outlines)

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This is an excellent book for actually trying to understand this difficult subject. Firstly its not bogged down with obsolete American units, though it does cover enough examples for anyone who really wants to go that way. Secondly there is a wealth of tables and properties in the index, which alone makes this book worth the money as a reference tool,(and all in simple SI units).Third, there seems to have been a determined effort at getting the message across. The one shortcoming I have found is the lack of a list of symbols/abbreviations used throughout the book (hence the lack of the fifth star rating), though they thankfully are pretty standard. My tip - if you read this very worthwhile book, jot down the symbols as they crop up then you won't waste any time having to track them down again. These comments do not apply to the identical version that comes with a software supplement (I tried it but couldnt be bothered to get up to speed with the mathcad its written with).

Good book for review. I'm using it to refresh for the PE exam. It sure beats the lengthy text book i used. Very good examples of systems and get to the point quickly. I have Schaum's outline in Control systems, heat transfer, physics among others and this one presents the material the best.

I have used Schaum books in the past with great success. This book lives up to my expectations. Thermodynamics can be very difficult to understand unless it is put into the correct context. This book, for me, approaches thermodynamics in a very logical and easy to understand manner. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is having difficulty gaining an understanding on the subject.

Used this as a supplementary text to try and bring in an alternative perspective to the material for my Thermals & Fluids class. I didn't actually use it during the time I was taking the class but after I skimmed through the text and it had more in the way of content then my actual textbook for the course had. I would recommend this to people who either want it to help them when learning the material or for professionals who just need a casual reference text for when they are working.

One very aggravating part of this book was the mixture of English and Metric units in the problems and tables. This is supposed to be a text on learning thermodynamics. Not one of learning unit conversions. Trying to understand and apply some of the examples was very tedious because the examples used English units while the tables were all done in Metric.