books: engineering - top sellers

books: engineering - top sellers

books:

How to Rebuild Your Volkswagen air-Cooled Engine (All models, 1961 and up)

Tom Wilson

HP Trade, 1987

Excellent Book
Truly an invaluable book. I am rebuilding my 1600cc dual port engine with this, and John Muir's "How to Keep You're Volkswagen Alive". This book's numerous pictures, advice, and technical information combined with Muir's common sense and experience is a great combo!

Beginner's Guide to Reading Schematics

Robert J. Traister, Anna L. Lisk

McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 1991

good place to start
I'm not a particularly techie sort of person, but I found I needed to have a grasp of the electronics of some of the equipment I use (I'm a musician). Most beginners books are overwhelming in theory and completeness and end up more confusing than anything else. This ...

TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

W. Richard Stevens

Addison-Wesley Professional, 1994

This Is The Bible On The TCP/IP Protocol Stack
This is THE BIBLE. This is the gold standard for the exposition of the TCP/IP protocol stack. Every other TCP/IP protocol book must be measured by the yardstick of this book. This is simply the most comprehensive book ever written on the TCP/IP protocol stack. It's ...

West with the Night

Beryl Markham

North Point Press, 1982

Reads like fiction
I agree with Hemingway that this is a piece of high literature that reads like fiction and spreads itself before the reader like a well-produced film. It drove me to learn more about the author and her life.

The Art of Electronics

Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill

Cambridge University Press, 1989

Great refresher and then some
It is obvious to some that this book would contain material for the design of electronics but everyone who has any interest in the subject could just as easily learn electronics by giving this a read and performing some of the practice problems. I wish this was my ...

Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain

Warren C. Young, Richard Budynas

McGraw-Hill Professional, 2001

Five Stars With no Doubt.
During my years as Structural Calculyst this book was always on my right side on my desk, and when I needed it, it was ready to help me find my way. One really very good Engineer has never found all formulas in his head, instead he should be able of finding them out ...

Auto Repair For Dummies

Deanna Sclar

IDG Books Worldwide, 1999

Fantastic, Easy-to-read, Informative Book
After watching my sister go through several Auto Tech classes to learn how to work on a car, I was intimidated by the amount of time & money I thought it would take to get the same knowledge. Then I found this book. I've been a faithful reader of the Dummies books for ...

Maximum Boost: Designing, Testing, and Installing Turbocharger Systems (Engineering and Performance)

Corky Bell

Bentley Publishers, 1997

Great book
It lived up to the expectations. It tries to cover everything about tuning turbocharged engines, so not every aspect is as detailed as the next. Still a great buy, although the images look a bit old fashioned.

How Cars Work

Tom Newton

Black Apple Press, 1999

helping me understand how a car operates
I changed jobs and became a parts delivery person. The knowledge I have received from the book as helped me in knowing what my customers are talking about and thus can relate messages to the sales staff. For my job and personally, I like knowing what the function of ...

Kids' Paper Airplane Book

Ken Blackburn

Workman Publishing Company, 1996

More and more paper
The paper in my printer has been stolen, all the loose paper in the house has gone the same route. Flying through the air and landing in various places like behind the couch, under the tables, into the closets, and onto the bookshelves.

Pilot's rules of thumb: Rules of thumb, easy aviation math, handy formulas, quick tips

Art Parma

Flight Time Pub, 1999

Love this book!
I am planning on attending ATP school next year and I find this book to be very informative when I am studying or using the flight simulator. I have used it extensively. needs to have a sturdier binding!

Baja Bugs and Buggies

Jeff Hibbard

HP Trade, 1987

excellent
Even though this book is dated it still points you in the right direction. For those who commented that it is a bit outdated I say YES it is but so is the aircooled vw. The parts interchange comments were particularly useful and the parts vendors are still around with ...

VW Beetle & Karmann Ghia 1954 through 1979 All Models (Hayne's Repair Manual)

John Haynes

Haynes Manuals, Inc., 1998

Haynes Repair & Workshop manual is one of the best
I own 12 different Repair/Workshop/service manuals that cover My 1968 1500 Beetle and the 1600 engine. This is the manual I read most, when I find a problem. Its well written, has many photographs, diagrams and exploded view diagrams which show You how things go back ...

Practical Photovoltaics: Electricity from Solar Cells

Richard J. Komp

Aatec Publications, 1995

Richard Komp: physicist, historian, and social engineer
Practical Photovoltaics is one of the finest, most comprehensive guides to the world of solar energy. The book starts with a beginer's course in solid state physical devices (which taught even an Electrical Engineer such as myself new things) and leads into the history ...