My interest is very wide. From computers*my day job* to electronics. Most o= f the subjects being taught in school does not make the student realize the= importance of the subject. There are classic books to contemporary works. = I believe you know the distinction. Ex: "The Unix Programming Environment" = For electronics it has a very long history and some what harder to find out= which are the classic books. Michael Faraday book is a very good example o= f electricity experiments. You will be able to piece the theories together. John Chung PS: I do find 2 kinds of technical ppl. Those that can teach and those that= try to teach. --- On Thu, 6/26/08, Lindy Mayfield wrote: > From: Lindy Mayfield > Subject: RE: [OT] Apologies to Olin > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008, 7:26 PM > What I meant to say was it took me about 30 years to realize > that the beginning books on electronics I read weren't > enough and that beating myself up for not > "getting" it was in vain. > = > I totally didn't mean to say anything personal about > anyone one way or another. > = > A discussion about how to get from beginner to the next > step to someone knowledgeable about electronics is, IMHO, a > better discussion. > = > Am I wrong here? - = > When reading mathematics books they seem to spend about a > page on the basics (if that much) before jumping right into > the difficult stuff. For electronics it seems to me that > the approach is similar. I haven't found any good > books that take a beginner slowly to each next step. (If > there is, I'd love to buy it!) It's possible, too, > that I just don't get it. Yet. > = > If you study music, say piano, then you go baby step by > baby step from beginner. When learning computer languages > the approaches are similar. Little by little. = > = > Anyway, I'm still trying. That can't be all bad. > = > -----Original Message----- > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu > [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Rolf > Sent: 26. kes=E4kuuta 2008 17:19 > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.; > olin_piclist@embedinc.com > Subject: Re: [OT] Apologies to Olin > = > Rolf wrote: > > = > -- = > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist = -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist