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Summary: get the FEELING in electronics
Review: I bought the first edition of this book over 10 years ago when I was studying electronic engineering. This book, then and now, bridges the gap between the theory of Maxwell and the like, and the bastling (and struggeling) with spare components. So the theory comes into practice, and the practice gets a theory that makes it work.So this book really teaches you the ART and the fun of working and playing with electronics. Very much recommended for everyone studying and working in this field.
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Summary: The Art Of Electronics
Review: If you want to build simple electronic instruments( in real world applications) this is the book. The Art Of Electronics is not a good textbook for the theory of electronics. The reader should already understand basic electronics and have an interest in actully building circuits. I have talked to one of the authors of the book and used it in a college enviroment. Its about the first breath of fresh air in the electronics field. Electronic is used to solve actual problems in industry. The solution is mostly an art. The Art of Electronics does not teach theory. However electronic theory does not teach you how to evaluate,construct and build electronic solutions. Its a good book when you are ready for it.
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Summary: confused
Review: To start with: I have not read "The art of electronics" but, since I would like to buy a book providing answers to many practical questions, I was wondering whether this would be of help. And so I read the customers comments. And after having read these I was left puzzled and confused. I still do not know what the target group is or whether I will find the sort of information I need. Most comments were very positive, but two were very negative. There does not seem to be an in-between. Either you love it or you hate it. Why is that so? I was also surprised by the fact that all comments were of a recent date, whereas the book is ten years old. My question to Amazon: would it not be possible to attach a few pages of the book as an example. It would be helpful to build my own impression. P.S. I gave the book a three star "neutral" rating because I had to fill in that field.
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Summary: If you read one book to learn electronic design THIS IS IT!
Review: This is by far and away the best book if you want to learn to be a designer. Design is often seat of the pants and this book does the best job of teaching that I've ever seen. If you want to learn the physics of electronics, go somewhere else. If you want to impress your friends by manipulating maxwell's equations, go somewhere else. If you want to design practical analog circuitry (there is some digital and some RF, but mostly analog) THIS IS THE ONE BOOK TO READ. Unreservedly recommended!
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Summary: Not for learning electronics for the first time.
Review: I was so dissappointed with this book. I love buying books and when I was a physics major I couldn't resist buying this book which promised to cover entire electronics in an "intuitive" easy to understand manner. The moment I tried to read it however, I was turned off by too brief little sections. This book might be a good summary if you already know the subject or if you are good at learning sparsely explained material. However this will make a terrible text book for people like me who like a more systhematic, detailed explanations. I was able to read and understand the most complicated books on electronics ( Tsividis' book on MOS transistor for example) a lot easier because they really explained things. I know this book is considered a classic, but somebody has to warn people like me from the mistake of buying this book. The biggest mistake you can make in buying a book is because it's a "classic". I think the star ratings should be taken as an indication of how much the person who read the book enjoyed it, and should give you an indication of how much you might enjoy ( or hate!) a book. So instead of "How do you rate this book", maybe Amazon.com should ask "How did you enjoy or like this book." Now that I know electronics, I might like this book more if I reread it, but I have a lot better advanced books for that purpose. For an initial introduction to electronics, luckily I found Sedra & Smith's "Microelectronic Circuits" which made it all comprehensible. (Ironically that book is rated a lot worse than this one!)
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Summary: Outstanding tutorial and reference
Review: Ordinarily, I wouldn't stoop to rebutting someone else's bad review, but it was just so wrongheaded that I can't resist. First off, whining that there are no color photographs in a textbook is just dopey. You want color photographs, pick up a copy of TIME. Secondly, the complaint that "There was no explaining of just what in the world electricity was & why it acted as it did" is also completely off the mark. This book is about *electronics*, not E&M. Read the title, will ya? At any rate, I personally found this book (and still find it) to be an invaluable resource for designing and debugging circuits.
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Summary: Excellent, but not a stand-alone.
Review: Either use this manual with another text (such as The Art of Electronics - Horowitz and Hill) or with a good instructor, or both. It does an excellent job of taking you step by step through many circuit building techniques that are essential to electronics and it is a good reference manual. My only complaint is that it tends to pose interesting questions for the reader without ever following up or guiding the reader towards a conclusion. It's good to get you thinking, but unless you have time to delve into every detail with your own investigations, it can be frustrating not to get a clear answer to vague questions and sinarios. Overall, it is a great book and essential for laboratory use. The authors are comical, but not overly so, thus making the venture of reading this book a delight.
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Summary: Thorough and enlightening!
Review: It is not for "beginners" in the sense of people who have absolutely no understanding of electronics, physics, or math above algebra, but if you've even had a high school physics class and discussed electronics, you should be able to work your way through. I wouldn't recommend it for "pleasure reading" either, as it is best if used in a laboratory setting (with the Horowitz and Hayes Student Manual, if you are a beginner). The authors will, however, keep your attention with good discussions of applications and in depth studies of nearly every standard electronic issue imaginable. I used it and the Student Manual for the Art of Electronics in a course on instrumentation and found it very helpful as we built a computer from scratch.
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Summary: The Electronic Bible
Review: I use this book for everything electronic. I sometimes think "that couldn't be in there", then after trips to the library and my other books, I always seem to find the information in H&H. This is the best electronic reference and should be the starting point for every electronic problem to be solved. Gotta love transistor man (page 64)!
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Summary: A good book that covers all your needs
Review: As an Electronics student I found this book both interesting and useful. There is enough depthn to get slightly involved. I found this book a great help for my first year studies.I recomend this book for all first year degree students.(in electronics)
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