This is the thoroughly revised and updated second edition of the hugely successful The Art of Electronics. Widely accepted as the authoritative text and reference on electronic circuit design, both analog and digital, this book revolutionized the teaching of electronics by emphasizing the methods actually used by circuit designers -- a combination of some basic laws, rules of thumb, and a large bag of tricks. The result is a largely nonmathematical treatment that encourages circuit intuition, brainstorming, and simplified calculations of circuit values and performance. The new Art of Electronics retains the feeling of informality and easy access that helped make the first edition so successful and popular. It is an ideal first textbook on electronics for scientists and engineers and an indispensable reference for anyone, professional or amateur, who works with electronic circuits.
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"Full of clever circuits and sharp insights, but with a surprising minimum of mathematics... The depth is genuine, as is the richness of examples, data and apt tricks."
Scientific American
"Far and away the finest book on the subject of electronics ... in the last decade. I cannot recommend this book highly enough to anyone whose research or experiments require some electronics."
Optical Engineering
"A delightful book...The circuits actually work, the schematics are all readable."
Review of Scientific Instruments
"This book is filled with a tremendous diversity of valuable information. More importantly, this book is a joy to read...It's not at all like studying--it's too much fun."
EDN (News Edition)
"This book provides a painless way to learn about electronic design. It is also a good read for those already experienced in electronics."
EDN (Magazine Edition)
"..it comes as close as any book we've seen to fulfilling the promise inherent in its title...written as though to educate the novice, but practicing engineers will encounter many useful tidbits they didn't know, hadn't thought about, or had long forgotten."
Analog Dialogue
"...a refreshingly simple, practical and comprehensive textbook on the subject of electronic circuit behavior and design...one of the few contemporary practical reference handbooks on electronic design basics."
Physics in Canada
"A lovely book, it covers a wealth of electronic topics in a very readable style."
Richard Morin, Sunexpert
"The second volume carries on une grande tradition as well as adding 400 new pages to the original (already massive) text. It is, without doubt, the book for the practical engineer. No cerebral theorizing here, no long sections of abstruse mathematical derivations; just page after page of solid empirical engineering. It is also light hearted and anecdotal, with some wonderful pages of bad ciruit 'howlers' that the authors have encountered."
John V. Hatfield, IJEEE
"...an excellent general electronic textbook."
Poptronics
"The best self-teaching book and reference book in electronics... The beauty and fun of electronics shows through."
Radio Communication
"Another electronics textbook that became an international best-seller... the book is renowned for presenting the techniques that circuit designers actually use."
IEEE Spectrum
Scientific American
"Far and away the finest book on the subject of electronics ... in the last decade. I cannot recommend this book highly enough to anyone whose research or experiments require some electronics."
Optical Engineering
"A delightful book...The circuits actually work, the schematics are all readable."
Review of Scientific Instruments
"This book is filled with a tremendous diversity of valuable information. More importantly, this book is a joy to read...It's not at all like studying--it's too much fun."
EDN (News Edition)
"This book provides a painless way to learn about electronic design. It is also a good read for those already experienced in electronics."
EDN (Magazine Edition)
"..it comes as close as any book we've seen to fulfilling the promise inherent in its title...written as though to educate the novice, but practicing engineers will encounter many useful tidbits they didn't know, hadn't thought about, or had long forgotten."
Analog Dialogue
"...a refreshingly simple, practical and comprehensive textbook on the subject of electronic circuit behavior and design...one of the few contemporary practical reference handbooks on electronic design basics."
Physics in Canada
"A lovely book, it covers a wealth of electronic topics in a very readable style."
Richard Morin, Sunexpert
"The second volume carries on une grande tradition as well as adding 400 new pages to the original (already massive) text. It is, without doubt, the book for the practical engineer. No cerebral theorizing here, no long sections of abstruse mathematical derivations; just page after page of solid empirical engineering. It is also light hearted and anecdotal, with some wonderful pages of bad ciruit 'howlers' that the authors have encountered."
John V. Hatfield, IJEEE
"...an excellent general electronic textbook."
Poptronics
"The best self-teaching book and reference book in electronics... The beauty and fun of electronics shows through."
Radio Communication
"Another electronics textbook that became an international best-seller... the book is renowned for presenting the techniques that circuit designers actually use."
IEEE Spectrum
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43 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Excellent resource for all engineers/technicians who need quick solutions to common (and not-so-common) problems. The book is more an electronics "cookbook" than a textbook, in that the authors assume the reader is familiar with basic theory but might need help in identifying the best solution to a particular problem. It is not an "introduction to electronics" but, I would strongly recommend it to beginners who wish to augment a standard textbook or course with some good practical knowledge. The authors are very effective in reducing even some of the most complex aspects of electronics into easy-to-understand terms. This book is like having a good, experienced electrical engineer available 24 hours a day!
55 of 59 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I'm an undergraduate student in physics and electronic engineering. Although it hasn't been used as a textbook in my engineering course, it was used as the textbook for both second and third year electronics courses in my physics course. At any rate, it is regarded as the "Bible" of reference texts. Be aware that it is in reality a reference - although it can be used to learn electronics, there are other books that are probably more appropriate. However, for anyone between decent electronics enthusiast and professional electronic engineer, this is an indispensable tool, and I recommend it to anyone who considers themselves in this category. It has proved its worth over and over again (I purchased my copy in 1992, and despite its 10 year age, it is still highly relevant and useful). I anticipate the next version (should there be one) with great eagerness. This is one book that I couldn't be apathetic about reviewing. BUY IT!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I recommend this book to everyone I know interested in electronics regardless of their knowledge and skill level. This book is full of useful circuits that are simple and work great. Just the other day I needed an absolute value circuit and a peak value circuit, I looked in the index, and there they were. If you know absolutely nothing at all about electronics this book might move a little fast for you, but if you like to learn, and like to think, and want a fantastic electronics reference book, this is the book. I first learned of this book when I took an electronics class; the instructor had written his own book, which we had to buy, but he told us this book was less expensive and better! If you like electronics then buy this book and you will probably use it almost daily. I read some of the criticisms on this book and some said that the book didn't go into enough detail on its circuits - I disagree; the circuits are all explained well but the explanations are short and to the point to enable the authors to include more circuits in the book (it's already as big as most phone books). If you don't understand a circuit all you need to do is go back and read the chapters on resistors, diodes, capacitors, transistors. etc., and then look at the circuit again. Everyone I know that deals with electronics from the basic hobbyist to the top analog engineer has a (worn out) copy of this book on their shelf.
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A foundation reference for your electronics library
This is a great all-around reference and it's very useful for those who want to take a deeper dive into various areas of circuit design. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Circuit Hacker
Still Practical after all these years
This is the second copy of this book I bought. I lost the first one when I moved apartments. This book was written by a Physics Professor who has a TON of practical experience. Read more
Published 17 days ago by Engineer
The right balance between theory and practice
Don't take the no mathematics too seriously. Where they need it, they use it. It's doubtful you will ever need the Ebers-Moll equation in practical electronic design, but it does... Read more
Published 1 month ago by David Liguori
Incredibly good book
I'm a retired electronics engineer that wanted to get back into the field as a hobby. I had the good luck to learn about this book and I've been blown away by it. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Leo Burke
Lives up to its name as "The Bible of Electronics"
I. LOVE. THIS. BOOK. HANDS DOWN. THE BEST AND MOST STRAIGHT-FORWARD TEXTBOOK I'VE EVER READ IN MY LIFE. Read more
Published 3 months ago by B3stt
Still a very helpful guide on electronics for scientific researchers
This classic reference has now been in publication for over 30 years, and despite its age, has still not lost its usefulness for scientists (especially physical scientists) and... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Dr. I. R. Walker
Not for beginners
This is an extremely valuable book for any experienced hobbyist, student or professional in electronics. In fact unless you consider yourself a guru you shouldn't be without it. Read more
Published 5 months ago by maddog
An indispensable reference work, and a model for how tech books...
Others have already commented on the technical superiority of this book. I don't need to add to that chorus. But they're right. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Ray Depew
Useless
I used this book in college, and I found it fairly worthless. If you already know everything there is to know about electronics, you might look through this book and think it's... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Dr. Limfoma Mbweebwee
This book is just awesome.
This is *THE* electronics book. I don't know anyone in EE who doesn't have this book and does not use it. Read more
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Analog Devices, Type Mfga, National Semiconductor, Linear Technology, Texas Instruments, Micro Channel, United States, General Instrument, Courtesy of Motorola, Radio Shack, Supp Offset Drift, Ciss Crss, Silicon General, Voltage Acc'y New!
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