Engineering Texts 2

[mizzoueng]

I know there was the library thread on the other board, but what are some good text books I cna put in my library? Is there one Fluid Mechanics book that is the best? etc. (for a MEP folks)

I've found many on ebay, amazon, etc. lots of old ones. Does anyone know of any engineering friendly websites to buy old text books?

 

[electricpete]

There are some pretty good quality engineering textbooks available for free here:

http://claymore.engineer.gvsu.edu/eod/

(yes, they're legitimate, no copyright problems)
Don't forget the link at bottom of the page.

Also for this month only you can get a wide variety of stuff free at worldebookfair.com (the downloads are very sloooo

http://www though).

For example check out this page:

http://worldebookfair.com/Mathematics_Collection.htm

Free textbook on dsp

http://www.dspguide.com

Free textbook on heat transfer - google "Lienhard heat transfer MIT"
Actually EIT has quite a bit of material free on-line. Google around and you should be able to find it.

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[electricpete]

Last line should've been MIT, not EIT.
(I'm not sure how I managed that typo... E isn't even close to M on my keyboard!)

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[JStephen]

Way back when, I got a fluids textbook by Frank White, heat transfer by Incropera & DeWitt, thermodynamics by van Wylen & Sonntag, all seemed to be very well written textbooks. Some may be available in both english units and metric; try to find the one that matches your practice. Timoshenko's Strength of Materials book (I think 2 volumes) is very well written, although old. (Ditto for anything by Timoshenko- if you're interested, Dover has a "History of Strength Of Materials" written by him.)

As a general practice, I'd say buy the books as you need them. I kept all my old college books, and some, I have never needed since college, others are more useful to me. You may find engineering reference books more useful than textbooks.

 

[Cockroach]

I cruise used book stores, particularly the antique ones in the southern United States. Every one I buy is a good reference textbook in engineering, mathematics and applied science.

Right now, I have over seven hundred books. They are all recommended, afterall, "continuous education" is a professional responsibility.

Kenneth J Hueston, PEng
Principal
Sturni-Hueston Engineering Inc
Edmonton, Alberta Canada

 

[Tunalover]

Question to Cockroach-
Do you take the books to parties with you?


Tunalover

 

[JStephen]

Tunalover- I have found that "Kinematic Analysis of Mechanisms" and "Probabilistic Theory of Structural Dynamics" make dandy stumpers for Charades games, although they are a bit dry for reading.

 

[electricpete]

I have spent quite a bit of time hunting for used book bargains over the past few years. My education is in electrical and a lot of my work these days is mechanical... which leaves me with 0 textbooks. So I have been slowly filling in the gap with cheap used book bargzins.

ebay, alibris, and abebooks will give you a pretty good selection of used books. I like Alibris because they usually have a good description of the book. Once you find a book you can put it on your wishlist there and check back periodically to see if there's a cheaper one.



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