Overview

Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, the most widely adopted thermodynamics text in the world, is a favorite among students and professors alike. Presenting balanced coverage of the fundamentals and applications of thermodynamics, the text adopts a student-friendly approach and conversational writing style. This lavishly illustrated text provides a highly intuitive and practical understanding of the material by emphasizing the physics and the underlying physical phenomena involved. The book is self-instructive, and entertains while it teaches. It shows that highly technical matter can be communicated effectively using a simple yet precise language.

From users and reviewers of Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach:

"This is the best thermo text I have used in thirty-two years of teaching mechanical and aerospace engineering courses"
-Professor Emeritus J.K. Strozier, University of Utah

"The authors seem to have a knack for expressing difficult but important abstract ideas in simple, conceptual diagrams."
-Quinn Brewster, University of Illinois

"Pedagogically this book is excellent. That is why we use it."
-Janet Elliott, University of Alberta

"The book provides the right depth and breadth of explanation for the courses I teach... Students are very happy with the book."
-S.H. Nasser, University of Hertfordshire

"The strongest and most exciting features of this book are the intuitive approach to the subject, tying the topics to experiences that students may have had, the writing style, and the use of graphics to reinforce or highlight important points..."
-Edward Anderson, Texas Tech University

With the release of the Fourth Edition of Çengel and Boles Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, the future success of your students is in good hands.

Also available from McGraw-Hill in the Çengel Series in Engineering Thermal-Fluid Sciences:

Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluids Sciences
Yunus A. Çengel and Robert H. Turner, 2001

Heat Transfer: A Practical Approach
Yunus A. Çengel, 1998

Introduction to Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
Yunus A. Çengel, 1997