Good for Students to learn both Solidworks and Dynamics.
585531
I used to tell students that using solidworks motion could help them better understand their statics and dynamics studies in the university.  It is getting better all the time.
2338245
I was looking for a way to present to a reviewing committee an educational video game which I am designing. "Learning UML 2.0" was at the right level of detail to show me what diagram types I might use.

The book is right for a person who taken a course in Java or C++ where you do many small problems, and now you need a plan for outlining a larger project.  I think the book would be very difficult for anyone who had not programmed in Java or C++.

Many years ago I had vacillated among the notations of Rumbaugh, Booch and Jacobson.  It is satisfying to see their ideas combined in a common notation.

Reading this book before and during an object-oriented design project will alert you to problems before they become errors.
3818902
Worked well for school had some thorough examples that helped me solve some problems and it also contains some UML.
1058196
As an engineer I find this a great resource which bridges the gap between plastic blocks and authentic working mechanisms. I found that a lot of time got spent trying to figure out how to make something work and the children soon got bored and have consequently not experimented with their Mindstorm kit of their own accord. This book will make their Lego come alive and let them build working models with greater ease while they learn how the parts work. I am very pleased the book is available in Kindle format, so few Lego books are and most of the printed books are not shipped to my country by Amazon. This book gets 5 stars for its content. I have been looking for such a book for a long time. The illustrations are great and the author does a nice job of explaining how everything works without getting the reader bogged down in any maths or physics. I like that stuff but the kids and other readers won't. There is a nice balance between getting your hands and head involved, perfect for stimulating young minds to want more.
1006411
I got this model for my daughter who is needing help in science class.  She learns better when she has something to put together.  The kit helped her get interested in science class.  She said she actually learned something while putting it together.  Actually, I didn't fully appreciate the subtleties of the shapes of the nucleotides and phosphates before helping my daughter assemble this model.  It is also sturdy, not a toy!
1370950
This book provided a fun design exercise for my cartography students. I had them split a page into three sections and come up with their own color schemes to create a visual hierarchy. I also required them to duplicate a color scheme from a popular online map such as Google Maps, Bing Maps, or OpenStreetMap. Coloring the pages manually helped them think more about their choices, and I think some students considered it a welcome break from the computer-based exercises we'd been doing.

This book offers a nice variety of city maps from around the world, not just the US and Europe. It gives you a feel for the different types of city plans that develop across regions. The author included a variety of geographic features such as parks, gardens, harbors, rivers, paths, etc. at different scales.

A few things could be improved in future editions of the book: In some situations, the buildings are so small and the lines so thick that coloring would prove difficult. Additionally, because the pages are made from crowdsourced OpenStreetMap data, there are some strange situations where entities such as buildings are present in one part of the map and absent in another, even though it's apparent that buildings should exist across the page.  In general, the book is a creative use of OpenStreetMap that I support and hope to see more of.
3546184
This slim volume has some nice features that make up for a lack of illustrations and model photos, including a clever pentagon template, tips for cutting equilateral triangles & hexagons, and suggestions for cutting multiple pieces for the projects. I especially enjoyed working with the triangle, simple square, and the spike ball modules, which I used to make solid, satisfying models.  The "triangle edge module" can be used to make a nice tetrahedron or an icosahedron (which helped me see the relationship between that shape and a dodecahedron).  I skipped a couple of spiky models that required glue, but  I was generally very pleased with the book.
3119016
Very clear explanations and 3D examples. Overall a great learning tool as an architecture student.
4564400
Courtney has put together a nice survey of the various fields of (classical) materials science, from basic elasticity up through the mechanisms of plasticity, fracture, and so on. He covers these topics for metals, polymers and composites, and ceramics. The captions on the figures are a beautiful, beautiful thing. You can easily gain a decent understanding/review of the material by just flipping through a chapter and reading the paragraph-long captions on each of the figures- in fact, that was how I studied for my exams.

The book very much lacks examples, with perhaps only two or three half-page examples per chapter. I think the end-of-chapter problems were just a quick afterthought after the text was written. I think there are only 10 figures "new" for this book; Courtney pulled figure after figure after figure from the literature and/or other mechanics of materials books. The vast majority of the derivations in the text skip steps- a lot of steps- which makes them hard to follow. Courtney tries to discuss a lot of topics, which is fine, but sacrifices the necessary depth so that readers may gain sufficient understanding of the material. Frankly, if you want to learn about dislocations, pick up Hull and Bacon's book&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Introduction-to-Dislocations-Fourth-Edition/dp/0750646810/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Introduction to Dislocations, Fourth Edition</a>&nbsp;or any of the other texts entirely on dislocations.

I can't really recommend this text. Broad-brush survey books certainly have their place and proper usage, but I think this book is really lacking on substance.
1532166
I would actually rate this book closer to 4 and 1/2 stars.  I used this text for two semesters of mechanics as a Junior undergraduate physics major and found it to be well written and well organized.  I found the historical introductions to the chapters to capture my interest and the material in the chapters to be thorough and logical.  My only complaint of the text is that it doesn't offer more examples.  I definately feel that most students with a introductory physics background could learn the principles of mechanics using this book without the help of an instructor.
3055438
This is the most comprehensive guide for learning 3D modelling in Blender. And for beginners this guide allows them to dominating the fundamental skills required for creating and animating 3D characters properly, especially if you want to incorporating those assets in video game development.  The guides and tutorials are designed for developing skills in 3D modelling step by step progressively, and they focus on key aspects that most people missed like topology, face topology, texturing and the tricky issues in character rigging.
In fact, this guide is useful for learning the general aspects for 3D modelling, independently what 3D software are you using. Maybe some prefer other popular 3d modelers like 3D Max or Maya instead of Blender, but quickly you will find the shortcuts in Blender that allows you to become very productive with this software.
Don't miss the videos and digital material that comes with this book.
3762936
This book provides an nice pedagogical introduction to computation chemical engineering. The author walks you through typical problems from as equations of state to fluid dynamics. In many cases you are walked through getting solution using more than one tool. ?Though in some cases only one tool is used due to the complexity of setting up the problem in the other tools. The mathematical tools used are Excel, MATLAB, Aspen Plus and Comsol Multiphysics and some chapter exercises cannot be completed without access to Aspen (6 and 7) and Multiphysics (10 and 11).
2266254
The SC-300 kit, with its over 60 parts and 300 documented projects could be viewed as the entry-level option of a series that include general purpose Models SC-500 (75 parts, 500 projects), SC-750 (80 parts, 750 projects) and special kits such as Model SCROV-10 that would involve the building of a remote control Snap Rover.

Snap Circuits stimulates a child's curiosity and understanding of electricity and electronics as well as the child's creativity.

It would be difficult to overstate how impressed I am with this set but that won't mean much because I'm a grownup. The good thing is that my 2 boys, 12 and 13 found it interesting too. They've been building 'devices' shortly after opening the box and, a few projects later, they were already building their own variations and seeking explanations of 'why' certain changes worked while others didn't. I am not sure about including 8 or 9 yr. olds in the recommended age range but, by the time they are 11-12, most kids should be naturally curious about what is it that makes electronics work the way they do and this kit helps them to begin to understand what it is that's making our increasingly intelligent machines act the way they do.

CONTENTS

The kit includes a large number of electronic components: wires, switches, lamps, diodes, resistors, transistors, capacitors, motor, microphone, special purpose integrated circuits.

The plastic base grid simulates a printed circuit board in that it allows the components to snap in place making it easy for the schematics presented in the manuals to look exactly as illustrated.

The 2 manuals "Projects 1-101" and "Projects 102-305" complete the kit.

OPERATION AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE

Each of the two manuals includes brief tutorials on how to use and how to troubleshoot a project. They also provide brief descriptions of each of the parts, explaining how they work. The DO's and DON'Ts section should be read by both parents and children before beginning, especially the section on short circuits and what one should NEVER DO.

Once the children have a basic understanding of 'circuits' and what they should not do if they are to prevent destroying some of the parts, they are ready to begin and begin they will.

Each individual project, usually presented on half page includes:

- Project number, name and objective.
- A colorful schematic showing exactly the parts to be used and exactly where on the base grid they should be placed.
- A couple of paragraphs of text explaining how to proceed with assembly, what to expect and, more importantly WHY.

Projects range from the simplest circuit - battery, lamp and switch - to building logic gates and transistor radios.

Children will not learn physics and will not be able to fix TVs after completing these projects but this practice, hopefully combined with the help of a grownup, they will gain some understanding of 'why' and 'how' some of our gadgets perform some of their functions. If their curiosity is stimulated to the degree that they seek to learn and understand more, this kit should be viewed as a good investment.

My own experience showed the kids almost immediately thinking of variations to the projects the book was instructing them to build - replacing the light bulb with a motor or the 'whistler' to see what happens or, once they understood how 'circuits' worked, trying to build and test 'parallel' circuits on their own.

MY RATING

Everything is right with this kit and I can't think of anything wrong, really. We are not through with all 300 projects yet but the first 50 generated at least twice as many variations. For the money, it can't get much better than this.

It's 5 stars without reservations except for the suggested age group. Except maybe for the genius sons and daughters of electronic engineers, I would say that 10 and older is more realistic than 'over 8'.
2152747
Agnes presents a good theoretical presentation of rotor dynamics. However, the math is not for the faint of heart. The book is written with a graduate student in mind.
2269082
Good method for students, if at times a little dated in piece names and illustrations.
3974272
Interesting introduction to paper modeling.
Young readers/builders may like this.
Some may think this is to complicated and vice versa.
Make copies of the pages for practice before you do your final models.
Is not that difficult.
The same apply for the companion book the "Paper Pilot"
111296
I purchased this book because I found out that it is used by MIT students for 3D printing class . The book has good basic information on 3D printing and what is available out there for the people that might want to get into 3D printing. But the unique thing about this book is that it delves in to the imagination of what is possible through the use of 3D printers.