本课程所使用的全文教科书可经由网络取得，请利用John Lienhard教授的网站下载。此教科书同时附有相关常数及转换单位表格。此外，如何利用MATLAB来执行模拟的指引也附在其中。

The full version of the textbook is available online, via Professor John Lienhard's Web site. Also, there are tables for required constants and conversions in the Study Materials section. In addition, a guide to using MATLAB to conduct simulations is included.

本课程是12个单位（朱注，这是美制代表上课、温习等时间总和的单位，也就是学生一般来说一周要在这课程上花多少时间）的大学部机械工程学系之热质传递课程。本课程之先修科目有大学部之热力学及流体力学，即热流工程I及热流工程II或者与其相当的科目。本课程涵盖更深入及复杂的热质传递问题；除了修正作法之外，我们更强调对问题的分析。本课程目标是对热科学有强烈兴趣的大学部学生及之前尚未研习热传学的研究生。

2.51 is a 12-unit subject, serving as the Mechanical Engineering Department's advanced undergraduate course in heat and mass transfer. The prerequisites for this course are the undergraduate courses in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, specifically Thermal Fluids Engineering I and Thermal Fluids Engineering II or their equivalents. This course covers problems of heat and mass transfer in greater depth and complexity than is done in those courses and incorporates many subjects that are not included or are treated lightly in those courses; analysis is given greater emphasis than the use of correlations. Course 2.51 is directed at undergraduates having a strong interest in thermal science and graduate students who have not previously studied heat transfer.