28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Save your money, download for free!, 8 Jan 2007
By B. Rasmussen - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fundamentals Of Engineering Supplied-Reference Handbook (Paperback)
This manual can be downloaded from the NCEES website at no charge, save your $20.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Get the newest Edition (7th Ed), 31 Oct 2007
By Sarah Rich "has taken the FE" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fundamentals Of Engineering Supplied-Reference Handbook (Paperback)
This is the exact reference book you are given in the FE. Get to know it like the back of your hand, and you'll be that much ahead in solving problems quickly, especially problems not in your field of study that you can plug & chug if you know where to find the formula. Live with this book; eat, breathe, and sleep with this book. It is your new best friend, because this will help you when you forget everything else you studied in preparation. I cannot emphasize how important it is.
Don't buy the 6th Edition, get the newest one - 7th Edition, tan book. They are similar, but it will help you more to have a current copy. Like others have said, you can download it for free from NCEES, or buy it from NCEES for about $17 (with shipping, as of 2007). I prefer hardcopy, so you can get a feel for where things are.
(As a side note, for preparation materials I highly reccommend Lindeburg's "FE Review Manual: Rapid Preparation for the General Fundamentals of Engineering Exam" - very clear and concise coverage of the general FE topics, well written, good practice problems that I actually saw on the test when I took it.)
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Too Expensive, 19 Aug 2007
By J. J. Moe "Nikko" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fundamentals Of Engineering Supplied-Reference Handbook (Paperback)
You can get this from the NCEES website for $8.95 or download it for free. Remember to do your research.