The Beginner’s Guide to Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
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The Beginner’s Guide to Engineering series is designed to provide a very simple, non-technical introduction to the fields of engineering for people with no experience in the fields. Each book in the series focuses on introducing the reader to the various concepts in the fields of engineering conceptually rather than mathematically. These books are a great resource for high school students that are considering majoring in one of the engineering fields, or for anyone else that is curious about engineering but has no background in the field.
Books in the series:
1. The Beginner’s Guide to Engineering: Chemical Engineering
2. The Beginner’s Guide to Engineering: Computer Engineering
3. The Beginner’s Guide to Engineering: Electrical Engineering
4. The Beginner’s Guide to Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
Publisher : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date : October 31, 2013
Language : English
Print length : 332 pages
ISBN-10 : 1493506455
ISBN-13 : 978-1493506453
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.75 x 11 inches
Book 1 of 4 : The Beginner’s Guide to Engineering
Best Sellers Rank: #123,129 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #12 in Mechanical Engineering (Books)
Customer Reviews: 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (308) var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when(‘A’, ‘ready’).execute(function(A) { if (dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction !== true) { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative( ‘acrLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault”: true }, function (event) { if (window.ue) { ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when(‘A’, ‘cf’).execute(function(A) { A.declarative(‘acrStarsLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault” : true }, function(event){ if(window.ue) { ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } }); });
TNDAD83 –
Must Buy For Mechanical Engineering Majors
As a mechanical engineering major, I have found this book to be very good information. The material is a great review for classes I have taken and I expect the continued information will help me in my continued tenure at school and work.
Rich D’Amore –
A++
My son loves this book great for young teens!
RosieThaRebel –
Great for beginners, nice to follow
The title explains it all. Great for beginners and it’s full of information. Useful and fun to follow. They kept it interesting.
John Batchler –
Introduction to mechanical engineering
It’s all physics. This is mandatory for mechanical engineering. You need additional mechanical engineering books to go with this. This is a basic course of phycis that deals with force mass weight velocity on how it affects on structure
Mitchell Montemayor –
Good for teens
Great product for my teenage grandson who aspire to be an engineer.
Manayer –
I highly recommend it for high school students!!
It’s so simple and good for the beginners like me! I really like it NOT like other books they come really complicated! This one is really simple and great you will love it
Arizona Sky –
Good but mistakes should have been caught.
I am only up to page 53 and do not have any background in mechanics. So far I think this book does what the titles indicates. It provides a basic introduction to a subject for readers who aren’t at all familiar with it. It does have some math, but one can’t address any engineering or scientific discipline without addressing the math to some extent. But the explanations are fairly simple and the information presented in manageable amounts. The reason for the three-star rating is that the book suffers, as one reviewer pointed out, from editing issues. Things are referred to that don’t actually appear in the examples but should have and so should have been caught during editing. For example, in section 1.6 on p. 46 in a discussion on the inverse of a vector, the author says that a positive direction is opposite to a negative direction. Clear enough. He then says ” ’10 N to the east’ is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to ’10 N straight west.’ ” So far so good and this sentence is followed by a diagram of two lines pointing in opposite directions. He continues: “The magnitude of the vector can also be presented as either positive or negative. Therefore, ’10 N to the east’ is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to ’10 N straight east.’ ” What? Then he says, “The negative sign translates to the same force pointing in the opposite direction.” But there isn’t a negative sign in the sentence. And that sort of thing just makes the reader backup and have to figure out what the author really meant to write. This isn’t the first mistake of this type I’ve encountered in the book, and it isn’t a deal breaker, but it does make the book a bit of a chore to read because of the confusion such mistakes create. Nor do such mistakes inspire confidence in the author’s grasp of the subject. But so far I am satisfied that I got what I wanted — a book that introduces mechanical engineering as simply as is reasonably possible. It’s a good first step for the uninitiated. If I get through this book, maybe I’ll look for something a little more in depth.
W. McCullough –
The Beginner’s Guide to Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
Good Guide. What the ToC says it is.
Andrew –
I’m just starting 2nd yeah engineering and this book is at just the right level for my studies. Well laid out and the exercises are useful.
Anynomous –
Good
Bruce –
Informed, but there are a few typo errors that could confuse people who want to know what dealing with precision is about…
Elena –
Very interesting
Amazon Customer –
Cannot comment on content as I am not a Engineering student , but seemed clear