Advanced Transport Phenomena (Cambridge Series in Chemical Engineering) 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

the book was new and the price was still lower than in my locla bookstore

The book in its 1999 version is in fact a "Third Edition" of its monograph originally published as "Momentum, energy, and mass transfer in continua" in 1971 by McGraw-Hill, New York, then re-published in 1978 by R. E. Krieger Pub. Co., New York, until the Second Edition came out in 1981 (published by R. E. Krieger Pub. Co., New York). This work, if not a text, is truely admirable and timeless in its organization&structure, scope&comprehensiveness, precision&detail, notation&nomenclature, clarity and.. beauty. Bird's 'red bible' is the foremost introduction to the field, also very comprehensive and a must-start at undergraduate level. Then, when you are ready for a compact scholarly treatment at an advanced level (treating of course also more advanced topics), switch to this beauty. Since its first appearance in 1971, the book had been evolving for 28 years, and has now reached its fully developed, 'technically mature', perfected state (and also with no typos found). Apart from the fine reading itself, the book features superb quality paper (book is thick and heavy, even as paperback), incorporates numerous helpful examples, 134 b/w illustrations, a vast number of 75(!) tables (equation collecting/summarizing tables similar to those found in Bird's red book), 454 exercises, 70 pages of Appendices (mainly on advanced tensor calculus subjects), a generous section with References, an author index, and a subject index. Mass transport, energy transport, and momentum transport are equally well covered. At graduate level, this the most balanced and sophisticated treatise of transport phenomena ever. Buy and keep it (and sell back your copy of Deen's or return the library copy of it after your grad course). Slattery's is a timeless book on your shelf. To read, use, love and admire.

Transport Phenomena is a traditionally hard-subject in every curriculum related to unit operations in chemical engineering. Its difficult because of its mathematical basis, and moreover, by the lack of practical insight. The appendices and first chapters depicts the major mathematical foundations. Separated subjects (momentum, energy and mass transfer) makes easy to the reader just getting what he needs. Focusing on problem solving, shows the way previous knowledge integrates a new approach: governing laws, math techniques, effects of geometry and scale, time dependent processes and averaging techniques. definitely, this book is an obliged read to whom really likes engineering.

This is an amazing text for those looking for an advanced treatise to transport phenomena.