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Title: Thermodynamics: Principles and Practices by Michel A. Saad, Mmichel A. Saad ISBN: 0-13-490525-3 Publisher: Pearson Education POD Pub. Date: 16 January, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $95.00

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Average Customer Rating: 1 (7 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: I too have been saadomized...
Comment: I too have had the misfortune of being assigned reading and assignments from this text. Dr. Saad is touted as quite a genius when it comes to thermodynamics, but his treatment of it is not reasonable for the undergraduate level. Giving this textbook to someone who has never studied thermodynamics will only confuse and frustrate them. It's likely that Santa Clara is the only school still using this text and if so, why? For what those kids are paying, they can do a lot better.

Rating: 1
Summary: Reading this book is torture
Comment: The examples within this book are no aid in solving thermodynamic problems in an instructor's class or in real life. Far too much weight is given in producing complex theorem derivations instead of towards practical application of thermodynamics leaving the reader confused as to the actual use of thermodynamics. Using this book as part of my instruction in Engineering left me feeling disappointed and bitter. Having had Dr. Saad as an instructor, I know he is brilliant man, having been in the field of thermodynamics for over 30 years. Fellow collegues throughout the valley will vouch for his excellent reputation as their teacher in the past. It is a pity that this current edition of the textbook does not reflect this and will turn away more students from engineering than welcome.

Rating: 1
Summary: good kindling material
Comment: If you are having trouble getting a fire going, and you were stupid enough to have bought this book and kept it then may I suggest you use it for kindling material.(Note: I don't endorse burning books) Although the author may have good intentions, good intentions don't make a good textbook as this one is the most indecipherable I have ever read. I feel your pain fellow reader. My advice to you is to try and unload this book on some unsuspecting fool that you don't like.

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