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Summary: Errors in the first edition
Review: I have also found errors in this book, especially in the OP-AMP section where he distinguishes an inverting OP-AMP with a noninverting OP-AMP with the same passive elements. The Gain formula, according to the book, only differs by a negative sign for the 2 circuits. This is wrong. Other then that, it does provide a good foundation for beginners understanding of electronics (conceptually).
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Summary: Best Basic Grounding In Electronics I have found
Review: I have been looking for quite awhile for an electronics book that would give a good balance between thoery/mathmatics but also practical knowledge (where a capacitor, inductor, etc. is actually used to build). This book is the best by far I have found for this...it has a great pedogogy to it...Horn is an excellent teacher. I read this book over the weekend, and by the end of it, I was able to build the circuit I needed. This is the perfect book if you goal is to get enough basic knowledge to talk intelligently about the subject but, more important, go our and build something. Additionally, there are a lot of lower level details I can still glean from it by doing a second reading some other time; I recommend this book very, very highly.
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Summary: Despite errors, a great text
Review: I know there are typos and errors in this book, but I have found it by far the most accessible basic electronics text available. The obtuse text that characterizes most "beginner's" books is far more troublesome than a few typos! No, this is not suitable as a handbook for engineers, but it's not intended to be. Get Horowitz and Hill if that's what you're looking for.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: Luckily I did not buy this book, I borrowed it. I was very excited when I first brought this book home, but after I actually got into it I started to realize that it is full of typographical errors. At first I thought it was me, I was pulling my hair out thinking that my calculator had broke or I was just "missing something". Even simple multiplication was wrong. For example in an equation the book (page 78) states that "159000 / (3.3 x 0.68)= 159000 / 206.04" How did the author come up with 206.04??? The last time I checked my calculator, 3.3 x 0.68 = 2.244. I have been through six chapters so far and there are MANY typo's. I wonder to myself if what I am learning is actually correct or is it a typo? What about the in-depth chapters? I will continue to read this book for a very basic overview of electronics but that's about it.
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Summary: Excellent Book, Despite Downfalls
Review: This Book does what the title says it teaches BASIC ELECTRONIC THEORY! It does have typos be careful of that. I recommend it to anyone who wants to see how electronic components work and how electricity is dealt with within the components. Good book to start with if you don't know about electronics.
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Summary: Despite errors, a great text
Review: While most electronics books oriented towards the beginner seem to over-stress some areas and completely skip others, this one gives all of the information a beginner needs in a very comprehensive mannor. If you are just starting in electronics, this is the ONLY book you'll need to buy to get going on the right foot.
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