ISBN0471675822

Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics gives an in-depth explanation of each concept covered. The problems following each chapter are congruent with what was taught. The book also comes with an electronic resource which allows the user to view movies and end of chapter exercise answers. All in all, this book and the included materials make learning the subject fun and easy to do.

This is how a textbook should be written. All topics are introduced with theory and background information to begin with the presentation of the material. After the theory and equations are run through, there are numerous *solved examples* to back up the theory. Examples of different types and with different approaches are all covered.

The end of chapter problems are well set up to really exercise your thinking ability and they really strengthen your comprehension of the material (since the challenging problems force you to go back into the chapter and expand on what you've already learned).

Interesting examples are all geared toward designing systems and the analysis of the performance of those systems.

In disagreement with one reviewer, the text is not wordy or lofty at all. All explanations are concise and to the point with no extra beating around the bush.

Overall the textbook is one of the best I've come across.

The book came in good condition and it was quickly delivered. Impressive. I bought two books from them, and the books come with a CD case but no CD. Not really a problem because I don't use it, but just for reference if you're dying to get your hands on the CD and not just the great material in the books.

The book is pretty well written for an engineering book. They keep incorrectly referring to centripetal force as centrifugal force which is the only real fault I have seen, and we have only found one incorrect answer in the back so far. The supplemental materials are very helpful and insightful like the website with the videos and examples. As with most books with a code they put the cd holder in the front with just a code in it which wont come out cleanly so it wont interfere with the way the pages lay which is quite annoying. Overall I think it is very useful for an introductory fluids book.

In my search for books on engineering and physics, I must say this book is great for those of us garage-gadgeteers that need a little mathematical direction for design. The book is absolutely loaded with picture illustrations that depict the physics/fluid mechanics formulas in discussion. It's hard for someone to grasp concepts when all you have to look at is a bunch of numbers, graphs or symbols. The authors did a sweet job of making a complicated subject simple enough to get the non-geniuses interested and engaged in learning something very important. Not to say that this book is too basic for college use- quite the contraire, even seasoned engineers will find this book insightful, detailed and well-rounded.