En -Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering 5th ed

Preface

Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering is an alternate version of

my text, Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, Fifth Edition. The

contents of both are the same, but the order of presentation differs and Fundamentals

utilizes newer technologies to enhance teaching and learning.

With regard to the order of presentation, there are two common approaches

to teaching materials science and engineering—one that I call the ‘‘traditional’’

approach, the other which most refer to as the ‘‘integrated’’ approach. With the

traditional approach, structures/characteristics/properties of metals are presented

first, followed by an analogous discussion of ceramic materials and polymers. Introduction,

Fifth Edition is organized in this manner, which is preferred by many

materials science and engineering instructors. With the integrated approach, one

particular structure, characteristic, or property for all three material types is presented

before moving on to the discussion of another structure/characteristic/property.

This is the order of presentation in Fundamentals.

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