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 Vague, Verbose, Quasi-scientific May 16, 2007
The explanations in this text are not carefully worded. If you're actually trying to learn concepts and understand the material in any deep fashion this text will confound you and leave you with a shallow overview with some "tools". They throw up some formulas and wave their hands around a lot. When it comes to precise explanations and scientific concepts, this book is lacking. It gives you the vocabulary necessary to recognize the topics and ideas, but not the depth of knowledge necessary to actually UNDERSTAND and assimilate the science on any deep level.
Overall, it's a sloppy text that does a sloppy job of introducing this topic.
Verbose and poorly written January 14, 2005
We used this book for our materials science class, and while it contained a lot of information the information was very poorly presented. The text would often refer to figures and tables nowhere in the vincinity, and it was written in such a way that it was extremely difficult to follow. They didn't emphasize the important parts, so it was unclear what we should've known.
 Most Complete Introductory Materials Science Text Available March 19, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This textbook is, by far, the most thorough text available for introductory materials science students. I have used this text book both to assist my students in Intro to Materials Science and to review for my PhD examination.The text examines each topic in its fundamental scientific meaning; then relates it to individual materials. This technique is accomplished in a much more complete manner than Callister's text and is far superior to the material classification approach that Askeland takes. I highly recommend this text for anyone wanting to review core materials science topics or studying for an introductory materials science course.
GREAT BOOK October 1, 2003
A wonderful overview of introductory materials science. It is every bit as good as Callister's textbook, and contains lots of detail
GREAT TEXT September 14, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This text is a gem, but not as widely-used for introductory materials science classes as similar books (cf. Callister). However, this book is clear, offering lucid explanations and pedagogically sound diagrams to support the explanations. I only wish this book would catch on at more universities...
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