Fundamentals of Ceramics

We need such books for this subject. If Kingery's is a bible for ceramics, this book does more in terms of explaining complex stuff to Undergraduates, so advanced knowledge does not needs to be prerequisite.It also tries to make the reader comfortable with the extracts of "Dance of Solids" dispersed throughout the chapters.

Excellent textbook, no prior knowledge of ceramics required.

Awful book. would not recommend

I am not an engineer. In fact I know nothing about ceramics. In my mind ceramics is a hobby your Grandma does with her friends. In fact I ordered this book for one of our department's professors. I admittedly didn't read the book, but I did browse through it before handing it over to the professor. Thus, I feel qualified to write this review.My general assessment? It's quite a simple one ... simply put ...THIS BOOK NEEDS MORE PICTURES!!!!!(You know this review swayed your decision on this book, admit it).

I bought this book for an introduction class to ceramics. The book is ok, but it has different sections that are not clear. It is the section of the Young's module. It was not a matter of no being able to understand the material of that section, it is simple no clear. Two of the instructors that I know worked with this book were confused too regarding the given explanations. All the other sections are fine, and it does help you to learn about ceramics.