re: Beginning Electronics

   Bruce, If Heath is still in business selling their educational course-
ware and related hardware training labs, I would recommend them. I wish
CREI/McGraw-Hill was still around but that covered advanced subjects.
Another good source is Schaum's series of books.

   - Tom

At 03:41 PM 6/4/97 -0700, you wrote:
>I agree that this book is an essential reference, but only because there
>isn't anything better out there.  It is NOT good enough for beginners!!
>Anyone who buys its "electronics demystified" sales pitch has forgotten
>what it's like to not be familiar with this material.  Most of the people
>who have reccommended it to me in the past have been engineers and
>physicists, who are a long way from starting from scratch.  I used it
>during learning, but I had access to engineers who could explain all the
>holes this text leaves in fundamental concepts.  Also, it is pretty out of
>date at this point.  (Has anyone asked them when they are going to write
>the third edition?)
>
>This book is quite difficult when used for learning from the ground up, and
>should be used as a reference on top of an actual introductory text or two.
> Having said that, I haven't seen a good, clear, concise introductory text.
> Suggestions?
>
>> 2) Buy "The Art of Electronics, 2nd ed.", by Paul Horowitz and Winfield
>Hill.
>
>> This is the best single text on real electronics I've ever seen. It
>> covers those topics that experimenters, hobbyists and working engineers
>> really need, without the morass of mathematics so loved by ivory-tower
>> engineering professors. This was written by guys who actually needed to
>> get something done, not just spout off in front of a blackboard. Buy it.
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