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Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction

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Building on the extraordinary success of six best-selling editions, Bill Callister's new Seventh Edition of MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING: AN INTRODUCTION continues to promote student understanding of the three primary types of materials (metals, ceramics, and polymers) and composites, as well as the relationships that exist between the structural elements of materials and their properties.

832 pages, Hardcover

First published April 17, 1985

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William D. Callister Jr.

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75 reviews25 followers
May 12, 2022
this book will teach you a little something about stress and strain, and the accompanying class will probably let you experience a little bit of those things for yourself, too. not a bad textbook overall, though, and as far as textbooks go, "not bad" is pretty good. plenty of example problems and interesting real-world applications. and pretty pictures. take it to a cute park with a nice chai latte and start romanticizing those phase diagrams!
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3 reviews3 followers
December 19, 2008
This book is absolutely amazing. This is my first book I bought when I was in college. All you wanna know about materials science and engineering are listed in this fundamental book.

Starting with the basic principles, like structure and properties of materials to the functional applications of our daily needs. We are now surrounded with many types of materials, just look the things near to yours, your room, your cubicle, your car and etc., it's all about materials.

Materials consists of three fundamental basics, e.i: ceramic, metal and polymer, these is the "raw" materials of which we can find on whatever kind of materials close to us. Shirt consists of polymer materials, Car consists of metals and polymers components, IC chip consists of ceramics and metals components.

I suggest you to buy this book, if only you wanna know more about materials science and engineering.
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138 reviews1 follower
July 30, 2019
A thorough, comprehensive introduction to materials science aimed towards students of the discipline itself and related fields.

The definitions are clear. The examples are relevant.

The book's only, major downside is that it's about materials science.
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2 reviews
October 1, 2007
buku ni tuk student engineering, especially bdk2 materials. sesape bdk materials yg x de buku ni baik la pi cari. bleh bce. pas2 smpn kat atas rak. sbb buku ni berat. dah la tebal. wat short note la kalo sesape yg rajin sgt tu. aku pun x khatam lg. dah 3 thn dah bli buku tu. pas2 dlm die pun cantik. sbb x berusik. wokeh. cukup ah. pape je..
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August 17, 2014
1st year course in Chemical Engineering. Setting the motion of Austenitic, Martensitic SS
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18 reviews
December 31, 2017
My professor(Prof.A.Sinha of MSME Deptt.) had recommended this Book for my Ph.D Coursework in Indian Institute of Engineering Science & Technology,Shibpur in this recent semester.Though he was very instrumental in guiding me through his ongoing lectures(mostly from this Callister Book) still I found the Material Science Book very interesting & worth learning.Though I had not read the book wholly I kept it in my store for future references.
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6 reviews
October 23, 2025
Read this for my course, it was extremely helpful. Every topic is explained so nicely, it made studying easier to a degree I would say. Probably because my lecturers taught most of the stuff from this book? A good book nonetheless.
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264 reviews
February 2, 2022
incredible. excellent work team you are my lifeline. top 10 all time
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91 reviews
April 26, 2022
This book help me to more understand about my college
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April 29, 2024
Literally read this like a novel. Very engaging.
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December 14, 2024
A better teacher than my actual professor for the class. I still barely understand materials, though.
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6 reviews
May 14, 2025
Every 5th grader should have these 885 glorious pages memorized. My favorite picture-book.
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March 9, 2022
أفضل كتاب قرأته في مقدمة علوم المواد و أفضل من كتب كثيره غيره تحمل نفس العنوان.
43 reviews1 follower
September 3, 2023
Why is everything in my degree in this book??? What was the point of four years of study???
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Author 1 book6 followers
October 29, 2024
Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction by William D. Callister Jr. is the bible for materials science. It's a must have for anyone studying material sciences. Even if you want to learn about solid-state physics, condensed matter physics, or semiconductors, this is a good starting point for those advanced subjects. I have the eighth edition, and luckily I found full solution manuals online, so I solved the problems myself and checked my answers against the solutions. The problems aren't that hard if you carefully reread the material. It starts with atomic structures, bonding, crystalline solids, imperfections in solids, dislocations, etc. If you finish this textbook, you'll have a strong foundation in materials science.
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37 reviews
August 5, 2022
Bro WHAT am I doing reviewing a textbook.

Well whos worse the guy that writes the review or the chump that is reading it right now?

It does not matter. If you are a materials scientist, you should own this book. I don't care how, bookstore, illegally downloaded PDF, tattooed on your dog etc, you get the point.
1 review1 follower
June 9, 2007
an essential book for those who took material enginneering course...lecturer will punch ur head to persuade you to own this book
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27 reviews6 followers
April 28, 2010
Great intro MSE textbook! Still use it to review basics more than I'd like to admit.
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