ISBN0072465239

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As a textbook, for the first electrical machines course, the main advantages of this book are;

1- Sufficient number of worked examples and chapter end problems. 2- Sufficient number of diagrams, well selected and helpful.

The weaknesses

1- The typing mistakes; I have pointed more than 50 of them appeared in the second edition and, repeated in the third edition.

2- The graphical solutions are not drawn with `easy to follow' scale, especially those with log or semilog-scale.

I have three standard textbooks on electric machines, and the best one by far is Stephen Chapman's Electric Machinery Fundamentals (fourth edition). Chapman has the rare ability to strike a golden balance between theory and practice, and between rigour and informality, such that the theoretical actually illuminates the practical. His discussion on power transformers is the best I have seen anywhere, and he maintains that same high quality throughout the book. Along the way, he has even managed to correct a subtle misconception that I had held for several years concerning Lenz's law. The print quality is superb and the diagrams are sharp and clear. I would like to answer a comment that another reviewer had against this book, namely, that this book uses log or semilog scales. I think we should be grateful that Mr. Chapman had the good judgment to use log or semilog scales, or else we are going to have a book that is hundreds of miles long and wide!

I ordered this for a class. A number of other students ordered this book from other vendors; however, I was the only one who recieved the correct book as promised.

Soy estudiante de 4 Año de ingenieria electrica y este libro lo utilizo en mi clase de maquinas electricas. Es un libro bien organizado y facil de leer. El profesor dice que es uno de los mejores libros en su materia.