Engineering Science is a comprehensive textbook suitable for all vocational and pre-degree courses in engineering, being fully in line with the latest vocational courses at Level 2 and leading into Level 3. Taking a subject-led approach, engineering students will find the essential scientific principles necessary for their studies, developed topic by topic. Unlike most textbooks available for this field, it goes beyond the core science to include applications in the real world and the mechanical and electrical principles required for the majority of courses. It is supported by numerous worked examples and problems, with a complete set of answers.

This new edition gives a detailed consideration of the basic arithmetic, algebraic and graphical methods needed in engineering courses so that it conforms completely with sections A and B of the BTEC Level 2 unit, and it provides the basic tools for the science that follows. A new chapter introduces the basic principles of calculus and more material is given on applications. This includes typical properties of materials and a discussion on the way properties of materials over the ages have changed the basic structures of bridges, weightlessness, snooker, thermal insulation and LEDs, as well as buildings, with a particular look at the engineering behind the collapse of the World Trade Centre.

About the Author

William Bolton has industrial experience in the aircraft industry, taught in a college of technology, been a UNESCO consultant and worked on projects in a number of countries; he was formerly Head of Research and Development and Monitoring at BTEC. He is author of many successful engineering textbooks including Higher Engineering Science (2004) and Materials for Engineering (2014).

Book Information
ISBN 9780367554453
Author William Bolton
Format Paperback
Page Count 584
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 800g