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Title: Avoid if you can.
Review: If there were ever a textbook to avoid, this is the one. I've never actually hated a book, but this one makes my head hurt every time I have use it. Like other reviewers have noted, it's very vague, the example problems leave a lot to be desired, and there are errors throughout the book. By far, it is not an easy book to read, and even after re-reading chapters there are still parts that do not make sense.I have had to use this book for two machine element courses, and both professors admitted this book is not very good and we'd be better off using Mott's Machine Elements book.
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