Engineers' Practical Databook: A Technical Reference Guide for Students and Professionals

I’m a mechanical engineering student just about to go into 3rd year, this book has been a great study aid for me, it’s clear, concise and has everything I’ve been studying covered . I highly recommend this book.

This book is an easy to follow and comprehensive data book. This is regularly used as reference in a professional manner but would also be a great companion to engineering and related degree/study.

Great resource, this has become a must have accessory for me and my teammates. 5 stars!

I use this book every day as a professional mechanical engineer. It is soo useful having everything just a page click away and it is very easy to navigate through. Highly recommend for any professional engineer or engineering student. *****

A good book at a good price compared to the rest out there. Entering the final year of an engineering degree and the content is relevant and easy to understand whilst being concise. Definitely would recommend.

I am an engineer and just about to start my final year at university. This book really does help when studying. Its straight to the point and all the formulas and explanations are clear and easy to understand. Anyone studying this subject should make the purchase as it will help with your studies :)

Excellent, really easy to get your head round

A great data book that is full of essential information for any engineer.

Has a lot of nice equations and references to use on the fly!

Practico y barato!

Well worth the money, an abundance of useful information for every engineer.

This is a useful book, providing just the right level of detail for basic engineering and physical science applications, not too much and not too little. It gives a high level overview and practical equations on most engineering and physical science topics, with a nice mathematics section in the beginning. I especially liked that the author included some Ashby diagrams, these are helpful to see the big picture of materials behavior for a given applications. I would hope that the second edition might include a few more. This is a reference book and it does not provide examples, and it has minimal information on concepts, so you kind of need to know the basics to use it. It's a small book, well formatted and easy to read. It is not a comprehensive reference on all topics, and covers the main ones only, but if you want a short and concise book, that's what you need. There were a few typos in materials values, and the sections on Fluid Mechanics and Systems seemed a little light, but overall I was pleased with this book. Many engineers and physical scientists will find this a very handy reference. Some notation is geared toward British readers (e.g., the section on alloy steels), but most international readers will find the content relevant. Another plus is that the Kindle version is formatted just like the physical version (I have both), and reads perfectly, none of the unreadable equations like you often see in other technical Kindle books.

This book has been a game-changer for me. It's a short collection of all the basic formulas for multiple subjects. What I liked is that there's no fluff, just equations and the definition of terms. I’ve used it for everything from solving practice exercises and just for revising. I only wish I got it on day 1 rather than half-way through a course. Note it's only in SI (metric) units, however this is fine for me, and it doesn't include any practice problems. On the plus side something nobody mentioned was that there's short one-sentence explanations underneath a lot of the topics, and there's a good number of diagrams. Honestly, if you’re studying engineering, or even just need a reference book for projects, this is perfect. It’s small and light enough to throw in a bag, affordable, and has a 10/10 picture of the Falcon 9 on the front. TL;DR: If you’re an engineering student, you need this book.