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Introduction to Electrical Engineering: Book and CD-ROM (The Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering)

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I found this book to be difficult to follow due to lack of examples and meandering subject matter. The author seems to have problems focusing directly on the topic at hand. What examples do exist have errors, which is enough to confuse any student. The difficulty of the end of chapter problems is a bit tough at points which is confounded by the lack of provided solutions. the book has 0 solutions with a promise that 20% of the problems are solved online. Instead, what is found on line are hand scribbled answers with no explination. This book is a work in progress at best.

This book is very tough for someone just starting Electrical Engineering to understand. The book reqires a lot of previous subject matter knowledge that can be very frustrating if you don't have it. The mathematical derivations of the equations are somewhat choppy and skip many steps. Also, the problems at the end of each chapter are extremely difficult compared to what was taught in each chapter.

This book is full of errors and the subject matter presentation is far from an introduction. I used this in an intro class and it was one of the most useless textbooks I have ever bought. If it is a required book, do yourself a favor and buy some additional reading material.

I'm a mechanical engineer so electrical engineering stuff like resistors or capacitors definitely aren't my forte. This book did, however, teach me one thing: various suicide techniques. Put simply, this book literally could not have been written worse. Do yourself a favor and don't even think of buying this book.

For all undergrad freshmen students or anyone stepping into this ocean of electrical engineer, the first thing you should do is to keep distance from this useless book. This book will just create an aversion in you towards EE. You will not solve 90% of the problems by reading the chapter, because the chapters lack clarity.

You will be wasting money without learning anything.
Read other reviews and then decide yourself.

The best book for basic electrical engineering is the book by ALLAN HAMBLEY.