The Art of Electronics

Overall, this book is really great. It covers a wide range of topics. It presents some relevant theory and historical perspectives. And, it contains schematics of sample circuits and references part numbers of components currently in production. Keep in mind that the 3rd edition of this book was published in 2015 so there are definitely some more contemporary components out there but often they are still made by the same manufacturer.One of my favorite parts about owning this book though is that it has often been quicker, less frustrating, and more illuminating than doing a simple online search when I first sit down to design a circuit. Of course, this statement should be treated with a caveat: I am not a professional electrical engineer. I don't have any educational nor vocational experience in analog electronics, and I'm not designing insanely complicated circuits. Most of what I have learned comes from this book, online forums, and technical datasheets from manufacturers.Because of this, I would say it is an incredibly beginner friendly text for those designing circuits. It does contain math, uses technical vocabulary, and asks you to read a schematic/graph/table, but these are all well labeled, accurately defined, and clearly depicted. I haven't found myself lost because of a simple omission that the authors felt was too obvious to mention nor a poorly defined or ambiguous term. Needless to say, it sits happily on my workbench full of notes and a couple burn marks from my soldering iron.

Amazing work and a classic for electrical engineers as well as makers, builders, and hobbyists.

Great book. Explanations are straight to the point and provide lots of detail.

Great book

A1 Seller. highly recommended ! ! !

Genuine copy of The Art of Electronics. The contents of this book are greatly edifying. Contains great amounts of knowledge passed on by experienced members of the field. As an undergraduate, I have found wonderful kernels of knowledge through the text that I have not found in other texts, making it worth reading sections covering topics I am already confident in. It is written in a casual style (compared to other engineering texts). I found the humor of the authors help keep me engaged. The text focuses more on the design of real circuits, making it a great addition to other texts more focused on analysis and proofs.Amazon's packaging was mediocre. The hardcover arrived with dented corners. Beware when ordering books on Amazon as their book packaging has dropped in quality.

Excellent book for someone with some electrical engineering, electronics or physics background. This book is well written for principle of circuits design however it is not for the beginner.The book has no available solutions which makes activities harder.

My background: Yeah, I know a little about electricity, some formulas, can fix some wires, use a multimeter for resistance, volts, amps, eric, but want to build some stuff that is more on the microprocessor side, so enter this book into the Amazon search bar…Results - You're going to be searching the interwebz a lot for some of the formulas he jumps into right off the bat. BUT… authors are good at taking a practical approach. You'll do understanding more and more almost immediately. He does start off with stuff most people looking into this would know, so it's kind of a review of basics before getting rolling. I can see very quickly why advanced guys consult other books, but search engines have same info to understand the book as well.