Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science

by Gilbert M. Masters

Book Overview

Appropriate for undergraduate engineering and science courses in Environmental Engineering. Balanced coverage of all the major categories of environmental pollution, with coverage of current topics... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131553844
• ISBN13: 9780131553842
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 651 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.3" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Good

The book was very good, looked like new, even though it said there were marks, there seemed like there wasn't any. It came at a reasonably good time.

Great for those who don't focus on environment, but need to learn about it

Generic and simple. I took a required class in basic environmental engineering and was pretty happy with this book. It's simple to use and does not assume and prior knowledge of environmental engineering besides common sense. Everything is explained well and without indulging into the never ending and unnecessary details as a lot of text books do. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the author wasn't trying to push an agenda (something I thought came standard with any book dealing with the environment). All of the information was objective and discussed from a neutral "know what it is, and what it does, and why" perspective. The chapter about global warming actually almost seemed to downplay the artificial and hyped up urgency and extent of the issue by focusing on only on the numbers and nothing else. Not math intensive at all except maybe a few rates of growth/decay. Solid intro course book. However if you're not interested in the subject to begin with, this book won't change that.

helpful for class

Very useful book. My teacher used it a lot and the examples are really helpful.

A Good Survey Text

I found this to be a great survey text for environmental engineering. I purchased it for my intro class and it served as a good reference for basic math and chemistry needed for my classes. I found that it explained the general chemistry (e.g. ammonia striping, carbonate chemistry, and acid-base chemistry) more clear and with better examples that my higher level texts. It gives a good foundation and basis for further study, but, again, it is definitely and intro level text and not recommended for anything higher than a 300-level course.

great intro to environmental engineering

This book is a great undergraduate level introduction to the concepts in environmental engineering. The various issues are explained in clear English. The text applies college level math and science to environmental issues. Overall, it is an textbook that can help a student figure out if he or she would like to study environmental engineering, and gives the studen context for further study.