The Art of Electronics
by Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill
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Book Reviews of The Art of Electronics
Book Review: Helpful? Reference, yes. Teaching/learning, no.
Summary: 3 Stars
I've used this book for two quarters at ohio university in physics 272 and 273. Other than the fact that the lab courses doen't do much in the way of actual teaching, this text and it's sarcasm is awful.
It does ask a lot of questions, but as a teaching text for an introductory set of labs, it is terrible. You may think I'm just too stupid to benefit from sarcastic questions with no material in the text to answer them, but if that is the case, you are probably some nerd type that knows very little in the way of education.
I'll be selling this set of texts, which is unusual, since as a teacher, I generally keep all my texts for future reference (even my introduction to particle physics by Das, and my quantum mechanics text by Ira Levine)...save money and use google, or wikipedia you will find more detailed answers.
Book Review: NOT a Beginners Guide to Electronics
Summary: 3 Stars
I've always been particularly fascinated by electronics, circuits, and the whole realm in general, and I bought this book with the hopes of expanding that interest into a constructive hobby.
I have had basic experience with electronics in the past, and taken classes in Differential Equations, Calc 1-3, Linear Algebra, Physics, even some intro Electrical/Computer Engineering courses (all a long time ago though), but WOWee is this book complicated. It's 1300 pages and EVERY SINGLE PARAGRAPH is filled with mind crushing complexity.
Maybe it's all just above me, but from a complete beginners standpoint, this was far too difficult a first step.
I'll try to forge ahead (the author says don't get discouraged by the complex Math), but I have a feeling I will understand less and less the more I read.
Book Review: college textbook for intro to electronics
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm teaching a calculus-based 1 semester intro to electronics, and this is the best I have found. My students complained of its denseness and detail, and those are valid issues. But I just haven't found better. Floyd's Electronics Fundamentals is suited for a 1 year course, too verbose for me, and no calculus. It takes 700 pages just to get to the first silicon device! Agarwal and Lang's "Foundations of analog and digital electronic circuits" is brilliant, but more theoretical than H&H. So for now, I'll tell my students to grin and bear it -- H&H is at the very least a valuable reference once you know something about electronics, it costs significantly less than other texts (cost is a real difficulty for many of my students these days); and I'll do my best as a teacher to ease their journey through it.Book Review: electronics hobbyist
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great book for anyone who loves electronics.The book has a ton of information on how to design circuits, characteristic of components,how circuit's act,how to build them,don't be surprise when you can take advantage of the wealth of information to build your own radio.I would recommend this book to any one who has a background in electronics,but not to anyone who don't have any knowledge of electronic's.This book by far has to much information for the average person to handle.I suggest to anyone who want's to get started in electronics,go to class first.Get acquainted with electronic test equipment,do ton's of problems associated with ohm's law,know how to experiment.Then buy this book.But to the new person,don't buy this book to get started in electronic,do class first,then buy the book.Book Review: Still excellent, but old in the tooth, and preposterously overpriced
Summary: 2 Stars
Well, I guess it's been a while since I've been a college student. I'm a crusty old amateur radio hobbyist now, and all college texts seem to have ridiculous prices. This book used to be the best reference I've ever seen on basic electronics for non-EE's, and even for non-engineers. It's not much of a cookbook - instead, it will make you sit down and work through the fundamentals of the circuits you're designing or adapting. The second ed. is getting long in the tooth and it's preposterously overpriced. Another big drawback is that there are no answers to the (otherwise excellent) exercises, and you have to pay out again to get answers to the questions you're not sure about. It will be interesting to see what the 3rd ed. looks like. Maybe I'll start a web site and publish the answers online.