Electrical Engineering 101 : Everything You Should Have Learned in School but Probably Didn't
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The formal education of an electrical engineer is primarily mathematics and theory, with little practical information taught. Every beginning engineer needs a mentor to teach them the things that aren't taught in engineering school, but often lacks such a guide. This book fills that gap between theory and practice. Written by an expert electronics engineer who enjoys teaching the practical side of engineering, it covers all the subjects that a beginning EE needs to know: intuitive circuit and signal analysis, physical equivalents of electrical components, proper use of an oscilloscope, troubleshooting both digital and analog circuits, and much more.
The accompanying CD-ROM contains a reference library of electronics information, with demo simulation software and engineering calculators. *Covers the engineering basics that have been either left out of a typical engineer's education or forgotten over time *No other book offers a wealth of "insider information" in one volume, specifically geared to help new engineers and provide a refresher for those with more experience *The accompanying CD-ROM contains a reference library of electronics information, with demo simulation software and engineering calculators |
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| 04-21-08 | 5 | 4\4 |
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This is what more educational institutions need - someone who can take a subject and simplify it so that it is easy to recall. I have a BSEE and these topics were always taught from just a mathematical standpoint. The author takes the subject and teaches it in a way that is easily memorable.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-08-29 10:00:23 EST)
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| 04-21-08 | 5 | 4\4 |
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This is what more educational institutions need - someone who can take a subject and simplify it so that it is easy to recall. I have a BSEE and these topics were always taught from just a mathematical standpoint. The author takes the subject and teaches it in a way that is easily memorable.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-09-02 09:56:08 EST)
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| 03-27-08 | 2 | 0\2 |
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I used to design circuits years ago and wanted a refresher for some aspects that I'd forgotten because I'm back into circuit design. I picked up this book hoping for a good refresher. Both the reader reviews and my initial scan of the book made it look promising.
But, after slogging through mis-spellings galore, an unclear writing style, sentences obviously missing key words, ambiguous sentences, etc, I gave up. After all, if I have to dig through the language to get to the message, I may as well go with a book that's deeper in the subject because I would get more information for the same effort. I place responsibility for the poor quality on the publisher and editor(s) more than on the author. The publisher's job is to take a manuscript draft and turn it into a polished product to offer to the public. In this the publisher failed miserably. (Review Data Last Updated: 2008-04-17 19:04:27 EST)
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| 03-17-08 | 1 | 3\3 |
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Disappointing at best. Thought I would get a good overview of some ee fundamentals. The book is not thorough - even as an overview, not complete, and lacks form and structure. First, if you are going to espouse the merits of using 'units' to solve and make sense of engineering concepts and formulas, why not use them throughout the book in their proper capacity? And a then a little deeper probing into units would be helpful to show how everything works together. Second, not everything needs to be an analogy to some physical real-world counterpart. Third, if you are going to use analogies, use ones that make explicit conceptual sense and then show where they break down - as all analogies must (or they would be equalities) in application to the subject at hand. Forth, I really don't care about your personal work and life experiences that bear little attribute to the subject at hand. It could make for light reading if incorporated correctly but ends up more or less as page clutter.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-03-27 20:46:45 EST)
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| 10-13-07 | 2 | 3\6 |
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I'm an ME student who has just found himself thrown in the deep end on some EE courses. This book seemed to be the perfect supplement to the somewhat harder text books I have been given to study.
The book opens very nicely, friendly and chatty. I did though expect the book to spell everything out, but it seems to make many of the same mistakes my lecturers made. In the opening pages it starts talking about RLC circuits without any explanation of what one is. The author seems to be falling for the same trap engineers always fall for; assuming laymen (normal people) understand what they're talking about when they use abbreviations or new terminology. I finally stopped reading and write and this review when I found a paragraph repeated twice on the same page. This book means well, but seems to full of oversights and poor editing leaving the reader somewhat disappointed by a book that promised not to be like their education up till now. I will now return to reading as this book does offer many good explanations and insights. I will adjust this review if the book manages to redeem itself. (Review Data Last Updated: 2008-03-17 19:12:49 EST)
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