Overview
- Completely revised and reset
Expanded coverage includes new topics: nucleus, structure of solids, ceramics, metals, polymers
New appendix on calculation technique
Includes worked examples and practice questions throughout
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Table of contents (35 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Force, Matter and Motion
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Structure and Poperties of Matter
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About this book
This book is intended primarily for students without science A-levels or the equivalent who are entering an engineering degree or Higher National Diploma course via a foundation year.
In this new edition the coverage has been extended to include five new topics: one deals with the nucleus, and the others extend the discussion of materials into the first year degree and diploma context. There is a new appendix on calculation technique.
In this new edition the coverage has been extended to include five new topics: one deals with the nucleus, and the others extend the discussion of materials into the first year degree and diploma context. There is a new appendix on calculation technique.
About the author
Dr KEITH WATSON lectures at the University of Portsmouth and has taught engineering and diploma students for more than twenty-five years. He has taught on the engineering foundation course at Portsmouth since its inception in 1988.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Foundation Science for Engineers
Authors: Keith L. Watson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14714-4
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Keith L. Watson 1998
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: VII, 392
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Engineering, general