Part 1 book list

[Elizabeth]

Many incoming students ask me for a list of books that they should buy before arriving. I have checked with the academic staff who will be teaching you, and the general consensus is that you should not buy the books because a) they are often expensive and b) they are often available in the library. However, we understand that sometimes students want to search for best prices or get started on some revision over the summer. To that end I am working on compiling a recommended book list for Part 1 MEA BEng/MEng students.

Here are the eleven modules that you will be taking and the current book recommendations for each module.

Fluids: Fluid Mechanics by Frank M White, or Mechanics of Fluids by Bernard Massey

Solids: Vector Mechanics for Engineers; Statics and Dynamics by Beer and Johnston

Thermodynamics: Thermodynamics, An Engineering Approach, M. Boles

Computing: The instructor recommends not buying any of these at the beginning of term, but they are listed here for your information.

A Guide to Microsoft Excel for Scientists and Engineers, by Bernard V Liengme
Library is going to buy 4 copies

FORTRAN 77 for Engineers and Scientists, by Larry Nyhoff and Sanford Leestma
Available in the library

FORTRAN 90/95 explained, by Michael Metcalf and John Reid
Available in the library

A concise introduction to Matlab, by William J Palm III
Library is going to buy 4 copies

Maths: Instructor has not yet informed me of recommendations.

Management: Instructor recommends not buying textbooks.

Electrical Engineering: Instructor has not yet informed me of recommendations.

Engineering Lab: The instructor recommends not buying any of these at the beginning of term, but they are listed here for your information.

Kirkup, L., Experimental methods – An introduction to the analysis and presentation of data (Wiley, 1994)
Recommended, available in the library

Beer, D., McMurrey, D., A Guide to writing as an engineer (Wiley)
Recommended

Davies, J.W., Communication for engineering students (Harlow Longman, 1996)
Useful reference, available in the library

Taylor, J.R., An introduction to error analysis (University Science Books, 1982)
Useful reference, available in the library

ed. Gibbings, J.C., The systematic experiment - a guide for engineers and industrial scientists (Cambridge University Press, 1986)
Useful reference, out of print but available in the library

Massey, B.S., Measures in science and engineering - their expression, relation and interpretation (Chichester Ellis Horwood, 1986)
Useful reference, out of print but available in the library

Engineering Applications: Instructor has not yet informed me of recommendations.

Materials: Instructor has not yet informed me of recommendations.

Drawing and Design: The instructor notes that the books with asterisks (*) are his first choices.

* Engineering Drawing Practice for Schools and Colleges, BSI, ISBN 0 580 15389 4
Practical Engineering Drawing, B. Hadley, ISBN 0 582 36983 5
Fundamentals of Graphical Communication, 3rd- edition, G.R.Bertoline, E.N.Wiebe, C.L. Miller, McGraw Hill,
Engineering Design and Problem Solving, Eide, Jenison, Mashaw, Northup, McGraw Hill,
* Engineering Design Methods, Nigel Cross, John Willey & Sons, LTD, ISBN 0-471-87250-4