Recommended Resources

Thermodynamics

• Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics (Callen) Highly recommended for learning classical thermo.
• Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics (Reif) Very good comprehensive resource for both classical thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
• Materials Thermodynamics (Lee) An easy-to-follow walkthrough for the thermodynamic of solution
• Chemical Thermodynamics of Materials (Lupis) One of the best references for the chemical thermodynamic of materials solution

Kinetics

• Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys (Porter & Easterling)

• KoM (Baluffi, Allen, Carter)

• Diffusion in Solids (Shewmon) Classic textbook on diffusion in solids

• Stability of Microstructure in Metallic Systems (Martin & Doherty)

• Phase Transitions in Materials (Fultz)

• The Theory of Transformations in Metals and Alloys (J.W. Christian)

Mechanical Behavior of Materials

• Mechanical Behavior of Materials (Meyers)

• Mechanical Metallurgy (Dieter)

• Metal Forming (Hosford, Caddell)

• Mechanical Behavior of Materials (Hosford)

• Mechanical Behavior of Materials (Courtney)

Physical Metallurgy

• Physical Metallurgy Principles (Abbaschian, Abbaschian, Reed-Hill)

• Introduction to Physical Metallurgy (Avner)

Materials Processing & Transport Phenomena

• Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing (Poirier & Geiger)

• Conduction of Heat in Solids (Carslaw & Jaeger)

• Principles of Extractive Metallurgy (Rosenqvist)

• Transport Phenomena (Bird, Stewart, Lightfoot)

Computer Programming

• Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python (Guttag)

• MIT 6.0001

• MIT 6.0002

Computational Materials Science

• Understanding Molecular Simulation (Frenkel & Smit)

• Introduction to Computational Chemistry, 3rd Edition (Jensen)

• Essentials of Computational Chemistry (Cramer)