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Principles of Electric Circuits: Conventional Current Version (9th Edition)

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This books focuses on the fundamentals of electric circuits. It walks students very carefully through the basics of electric circuits. What I liked in particular was that the book provides examples of things like: "why would you place resistors in parallel" or "why would you place resistors in a series".

It has a CD in the back that I haven't tried yet, but looks interesting. The CD has more experiments with circuits using a simulator or two.

This book explains in great detail every concept but when it comes to math , the author replaces it with an intuitive manner (such as : experimentaly it is know that ... so ... ; think at the water as being electric current ...).The only thing that can be considered as being math are formulas and some exercises (require basic calculus) , nothing more.So if you want to reach that formula by yourself then you must choose another book.The math beyond Electric Circuits in general is very simple but it seems that Floyd preffered to use those 1k pages to write aditional explanations instead of demonstrations.So this book is a great deal for those who want to begin designing.This book has a target audience but I think everyone in this field must own this because no other book has so many coloured graphs , explanations , many real electric components (schematics and descriptions) , experiments drawn in a real way.I'm glad that I bought this.I give it 4 stars because of no math (some portions requires it).

there are many quality first course textbooks for electric circuits...
but did u notice that these books have some gaps..

the books that cover COUPLED NETWORKS (x,y,z parameteres) don't cover much on filters or waveshaping circtuis (RC/RL integrators and differentiators) ..

and the books that cover the waveshaping and filters.. don't cover the coupled networks topic

this book covers waveshaping and filters very well.. but no mention of COUPLE NETWORK techniques... which are integral to TRULY understanding the subsequent ELECTRIC DEVICES courses...

otherwise.. the rest is very well presented

As a college professor I use this book in support of text used for the class. It has additional problems for me to use as sample exercises. For the price, it is a great investment.

The book covers everything and then some. Very easy to understand, formulas are explained, this is a no brain-er!!!!Would highly recommend for class or as a self taught adventure. Has website links, i mean what else do you need. :)

I'm about to be a sophomore in college majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering. I haven't taken any circuit courses yet so this is all new to me. Boy, let me tell you, this is an awesome book if you're just learning. I got my used copy for 1 cent and it ended up being like 4 bucks total (including shipping.) It's a great book with not of a lot of complicated math to bogg your intuition of the subject down. Just for the price, get it!

In order to take additional classes in Telecom, like fiber optics, and other types of hardware classes this AC/DC Electricity class is required and this is the Text Book for the Class. Floyd is the author and he seems to do a good job. I'm not a fan of this field but it is very necessary. You MUST be motivated to read this book and work the problems to get a good understanding of AC/DC Electricity. I work with my cousin who tutors at the local Vo-Tech for AC/DC Electricity. This is not the text book they use, I'm at PACE University, he was surprised to see a convential current version vs. the electron flow. Doesn't seem to cause a big problem. I think I found numerous errors in the book on the answers to problems which can really get you stuck for hours on the math. The chapters are very long for my taste but match very closely to other AC/DC electricity books. The other books we have looked at sometimes provide simpler examples that are easier for me to understand.

This is one of those books that a person like myself from the Information Technology World would appreciate more in time. This is my first class dedicated to electricity. I will keep this book around for years to come to see if it gets better in time.

I don't know that I'd ever want to take another electricity class again! It is a lot of work! The other day at the 9-1-1 Center I work at needed new circuits connected to the generator and the UPS batteries changed. I had to work with the electrician and I certainly knew more about electricity than I ever did in the past. That is directly related to this book!

excellent condition, barely used, its like they bought it and never opened it! It came in super fast compared to last time. 4-5 days just like it said. AMAZON rocks!

Once again.... THis book is da bom

Hi. principles of electric circuit book is very usefull book.but I would like to have a guideline for the problems in every chapter, like step by step, or problem solve guide line. plese e-mail me with the information about that. thank you.