[volt-nuts] The Art of Electronics

[Brooke Clarke]

Hi Orin:

Thanks very much.  I've got a copy of T&S on order.

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Orin Eman wrote:
> Try searching for the T&S V2 ISBN,
>
> 3540004297
>
> on www.abebooks.com
>
> $40 for the International Edition from a somewhat reputable seller.
> Since this is an international list, I have no qualms about passing
> this on.  Whether you can stand the almost transparent paper and
> smudgy ink is a different matter.
>
> Orin.
>
> On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Marv @ Home <marvin.gozum at comcast.net> wrote:
>> When AoE was released in 1980, the intended audience was electronics for a
>> non-EE major.  How this morphed into an engineering text shows how what is
>> 'core' has changed.  It had a friendly style, akin to having a instructor
>> with you.  AoE was best read in chapter sequence through the fundamentals,
>> and higher chapters expect readers to know material from previous chapters
>> without reference to it.  On occasion it used concepts a jump forward but
>> could be figured out by cross referencing its index.  It was a semester
>> course for us back in early 1980s.
>>
>> AoE v2 updated more in the digital domain with many corrected errata and
>> typos from V1.
>>
>> I'd wait for V3 2nd printing or later, as typos from 1st printing are being
>> reported as well as I read references to unpublished chapter "Xs" not in
>> this printing.
>>
>> T&S is an excellent text, if you already know the material and just need a
>> refresher.  It gets to the point quickly.
>>
>> Only 2 T&S editions were translated to English; German has ?10+ editions.
>> The only edition I ever looked at in print was v1, and it was $180+ in
>> 1990s, compared to $50 for AoE new, or $20+ used.  T&S used in the USA is
>> harder to find, and few V1 I've seen sell near $100+.
>>
>> Student or someone with a cursory interest, cost, writing style and similar
>> breadth could be a tie breaker, AoE V3 sells for ~$100 delivered, and V2
>> $20-30 used.  T&S V2 from 2008 is ~$US260 delivered.
>>
>>
>> At 04:33 AM 4/17/2015, Attila Kinali wrote:
>>> On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 08:24:38 +0000
>>> "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> How does it compare to the gold standard of the Tietze&Schenk?
>>>> No idea.
>>> If you know a bit of german, get yourself a copy of it.
>>> You will love the in-depth explanations of the various
>>> electronics compontents. Also you can use it to knock
>>> out any burglar, should the need arise ;-)
>>>
>>>> You have to remember that not everybody here are professional
>>>> electronics
>>>> people, I'm a software person who knows enough electronics to be useful
>>>> without being dangerous, and I've certainly learned a lot from AOE3
>>>> over breakfast this past week.
>>> True that. The AoE gives at least a nice overview of quite a few
>>> electronics techniques. And probably not the worst thing you can
>>> start with, when you are new to electronics.
>>>
>>> That said, I kind of miss the amateur radio/electronics literature
>>> that was so abundant in the 80s. They really did a good job of
>>> introducing various circuits and how successfully build them if
>>> you don't have any professional equipment.
>>>
>>>                          Attila Kinali
>>
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