In this Eighth Edition we have retained the objectives and approaches for teaching
materials science and engineering that were presented in previous editions. The
first, and primary, objective is to... More > present the basic fundamentals on a level appropriate
for university/college students who have completed their freshmen calculus,
chemistry, and physics courses. In order to achieve this goal, we have endeavored
to use terminology that is familiar to the student who is encountering the discipline
of materials science and engineering for the first time, and also to define and explain
all unfamiliar terms.< Less
