Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook

Used book, but in good condition. Go for it👍

I am okey

Perrys' Chemical Engineer's Handbook has had eight editions, and the ninth edition should be coming out in a couple of years. The last three editions have not changed much except for the specialists. As to the ordinary chemical engineering student , they could not care much if they used the 6th, 7th or the 8th edition. I suggest to McGraw-Hill publishing company that they change the format of the book drastically to be ahead of the curve in the future of chemical engineering education. I suggest that they reorganize the handbook along the guidelines given by the published proceedings of the CCR/NSF Workshops on Frontiers of Chemical Engineering Education conducted in 2003-2005. The input to these workshops came from the best in chemical engineering academia and industry. You could not get better guidance than that.

As a Chemical Engineer, I reference Perry's Handbook weekly. The CD-ROM version is much more accessible to those of us in this new computer saavy generation. The searchability (index? what's that?) and interactivity make this a worth-while buy, especially if you don't already have a paper copy of Perry's. You can select data from a table and paste into other applications, instead of staring at the tiny print of a huge book and typing all the numbers by hand. You can also find topics quickly by the contents (which are linked to other parts of the book) and the search features. All in all, a good buy for me. WARNING! This is ONLY compatible with Windows machines. A Mac user will be able to see the information, but not use the search functions or the interactive data tables.

My book arrived in perfect condition

The description was in the good category, but was described essentially as better than the "good" category. I was skeptical, but it came in the mail and looked perfect, except for standard library stamps and such.I am very happy with this purchase.