"Finally a kinetics textbook that covers all materials groups, polymers, metals, and ceramics in depth! Dr. Readey has created a marvel with quantitative resources and highly relevant stories explaining the science and showing the relevance in today’s society. The book makes it easy to gain knowledge in kinetics. The problems provided enhance the active learning of the student. All materials students should read this book at some point in their studies. … I will definitely recommend it to my students and colleagues."
—Wolfgang Sigmund, Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida
"Professor Readey gives a grand tour of the kinetics of materials suitable for experimentalists and modellers…. In an easy-to-read and entertaining style, this book leads the reader to fundamental, model-based understanding of kinetic processes critical to development, fabrication and application of commercially-important soft (polymers, biomaterials), hard (ceramics, metals) and composite materials. It is a must-have for anyone who really wants to understand how to make materials and how they will behave in service."
—Professor Bill Lee, Imperial College London, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
"A pedagogical gem…. Professor Readey replaces ‘black-box’ explanations with detailed, insightful derivations. A wealth of practical application examples and exercise problems complement the exhaustive coverage of kinetics for all material classes. A modern textbook that will undoubtedly earn appreciation from instructors and students alike."
—Prof. Rainer Hebert, University of Connecticut
"a comprehensive text…. with clear illustrations, examples and brief historical notes"
—Mahadevan Khantha, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
"This book captures the essential importance of kinetics across the field of materials science. The fundamental principles and appropriate applications are well presented."
—Robert L. Opila, Professor, University of Delaware
"A much needed text filing the gap between an introductory course in materials science and advanced materials-specific kinetics courses. Ideal for the undergraduate interested in an in-depth study of kinetics in materials."
—Mark E. Eberhart, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines
"presents an in-depth, readily accessible treatment of the fundamentals to students of materials science and engineering. It will be a valuable primary or supplementary textbook for the standard materials kinetics course."
—Jeffrey M. Rickman, Professor, Lehigh University
"This book fills a long-standing gap in the education and training of undergraduate MSE students in the field of time-dependent phenomena. The clarity of the examples coupled with the immediacy of the notation will grant to this text the status of ‘must-have’ reference book for any professional in the field."
—Prof. Valter Sergo, Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste
"Readey's Kinetics in Materials Science and Engineering is true to its name, treating all materials classes and providing examples for each. He does this very effectively while highlighting the contrasts between diffusion-controlled processes in hard materials and chemical reactions in soft materials."
—Katherine T. Faber, Simon Ramo Professor of Materials Science, California Institute of Technology
"It was a pleasure to read this book. It’s refreshing to see a textbook that encompasses all classes of materials with a focus on areas of commonality, and written in a manner that students can follow on their own.
—Sheikh A. Akbar, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Ohio State University
"This textbook goes well beyond related books on kinetics by its educational quality, allowing the student to follow the content by self-instruction; a difficult task given the complexity and breadth of the overall topic remarkably well mastered by Prof. Readey."
—Hans-Joachim Kleebe, Professor and Executive Director, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Technische Universität Darmstadt
"In this work, students will find most of the information necessary to understand the research in this wavelength regime. The early chapters focus on astronomical objects and phenomena often studied using THz telescopes, which include the different phases of the interstellar medium (ISM) and star-forming regions found in the ISM. Walker first develops the radiative transfer framework for understanding how interstellar gas clouds absorb and emit light. He then leads readers through specific examples to interpret the THz radiation obtained from different astronomical objects. The latter half of the book focuses on the technology used in THz astronomy. Significant detail is provided about the engineering of THz detectors, which is combined with how these detectors work in practice with both single-dish and interferometer telescopes. The sample problems in each chapter are suitable for upper-level undergraduate or graduate level courses in astronomical techniques."
—Choice Reviews (Chris Palma, Pennsylvania State University)
"The book provides every derivation and brings out the kinetic processes in materials science and engineering in an understandable way. As a teacher who has taught and is teaching courses in materials science and engineering and who has performed research in the area of electrochemical kinetics, I find this book extraordinary in all respects in giving in-depth mathematical derivations…. This is an excellent book…. I strongly recommend it"
—MRS Bulletin (Sep 2017)
"Finally a kinetics textbook that covers all materials groups, polymers, metals, and ceramics in depth! Dr. Readey has created a marvel with quantitative resources and highly relevant stories explaining the science and showing the relevance in today’s society. The book makes it easy to gain knowledge in kinetics. The problems provided enhance the active learning of the student. All materials students should read this book at some point in their studies. … I will definitely recommend it to my students and colleagues."
—Wolfgang Sigmund, Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida
"Professor Readey gives a grand tour of the kinetics of materials suitable for experimentalists and modellers…. In an easy-to-read and entertaining style, this book leads the reader to fundamental, model-based understanding of kinetic processes critical to development, fabrication and application of commercially-important soft (polymers, biomaterials), hard (ceramics, metals) and composite materials. It is a must-have for anyone who really wants to understand how to make materials and how they will behave in service."
—Professor Bill Lee, Imperial College London, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
"A pedagogical gem…. Professor Readey replaces ‘black-box’ explanations with detailed, insightful derivations. A wealth of practical application examples and exercise problems complement the exhaustive coverage of kinetics for all material classes. A modern textbook that will undoubtedly earn appreciation from instructors and students alike."
—Prof. Rainer Hebert, University of Connecticut
"a comprehensive text…. with clear illustrations, examples and brief historical notes"
—Mahadevan Khantha, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
"This book captures the essential importance of kinetics across the field of materials science. The fundamental principles and appropriate applications are well presented."
—Robert L. Opila, Professor, University of Delaware
"A much needed text filing the gap between an introductory course in materials science and advanced materials-specific kinetics courses. Ideal for the undergraduate interested in an in-depth study of kinetics in materials."
—Mark E. Eberhart, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines
"presents an in-depth, readily accessible treatment of the fundamentals to students of materials science and engineering. It will be a valuable primary or supplementary textbook for the standard materials kinetics course."
—Jeffrey M. Rickman, Professor, Lehigh University
"This book fills a long-standing gap in the education and training of undergraduate MSE students in the field of time-dependent phenomena. The clarity of the examples coupled with the immediacy of the notation will grant to this text the status of ‘must-have’ reference book for any professional in the field."
—Prof. Valter Sergo, Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste
"Readey's Kinetics in Materials Science and Engineering is true to its name, treating all materials classes and providing examples for each. He does this very effectively while highlighting the contrasts between diffusion-controlled processes in hard materials and chemical reactions in soft materials."
—Katherine T. Faber, Simon Ramo Professor of Materials Science, California Institute of Technology
"It was a pleasure to read this book. It’s refreshing to see a textbook that encompasses all classes of materials with a focus on areas of commonality, and written in a manner that students can follow on their own.
—Sheikh A. Akbar, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Ohio State University
"This textbook goes well beyond related books on kinetics by its educational quality, allowing the student to follow the content by self-instruction; a difficult task given the complexity and breadth of the overall topic remarkably well mastered by Prof. Readey."
—Hans-Joachim Kleebe, Professor and Executive Director, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Technische Universität Darmstadt
"In this work, students will find most of the information necessary to understand the research in this wavelength regime. The early chapters focus on astronomical objects and phenomena often studied using THz telescopes, which include the different phases of the interstellar medium (ISM) and star-forming regions found in the ISM. Walker first develops the radiative transfer framework for understanding how interstellar gas clouds absorb and emit light. He then leads readers through specific examples to interpret the THz radiation obtained from different astronomical objects. The latter half of the book focuses on the technology used in THz astronomy. Significant detail is provided about the engineering of THz detectors, which is combined with how these detectors work in practice with both single-dish and interferometer telescopes. The sample problems in each chapter are suitable for upper-level undergraduate or graduate level courses in astronomical techniques."
—Choice Reviews (Chris Palma, Pennsylvania State University)
"The book provides every derivation and brings out the kinetic processes in materials science and engineering in an understandable way. As a teacher who has taught and is teaching courses in materials science and engineering and who has performed research in the area of electrochemical kinetics, I find this book extraordinary in all respects in giving in-depth mathematical derivations…. This is an excellent book…. I strongly recommend it"
—MRS Bulletin (Sep 2017)