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The Art of Electronics 2nd Edition

by Paul Horowitz (Author), Winfield Hill (Author)
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 360 ratings
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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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  1. ISBN-10
    0521370957
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0521370950
  3. Edition
    2nd
  4. Publisher
    Cambridge University Press
  5. Publication date
    July 28, 1989
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    7 x 2 x 10 inches
  8. Print length
    1125 pages
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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."
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"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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The thoroughly revised and updated second edition of the hugely successful first edition.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; 2nd edition (July 28, 1989)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 1125 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0521370957
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521370950
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.41 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 2 x 10 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 360 ratings

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    Paul Horowitz (born 1942) is an American physicist and electrical engineer, known primarily for his work in electronics design, as well as for his role in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (see SETI).

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    From the book's 1st page: Winfield Hill is by inclination an electronics circuit-design guru. After dropping out of the Chemical-Physics graduate program at Harvard University, and obtaining an E.E. degree, he began his engineering career at Harvard's Electronics Design Center. After 7 years of learning electronics at Harvard he founded Sea Data Corporation, where he spent 16 years designing instruments for Physical Oceanography. In 1988 he was recruited by Edwin Land to join the Rowland Institute for Science. The institute subsequently merged with Harvard University in 2003. As director of the institute's Electronics Engineering Lab he has designed some 500 scientific instruments. Recent interests include high-voltage RF (to 15 kV), high-current pulsed electronics (to 1200 A), low-noise amplifiers (to sub-n V and pA), and MOSFET pulse generators.

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Customers find the book explains concepts well, is perfect for all levels of knowledge, and handles many topics with great detail. They also describe the writing as well-written, easy to read, and comprehend. Readers mention the content is priceless, and the book is well worth the price.

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Customers find the explanations in the book really well. They say it's a handy reference book perfect for all levels of knowledge in electronics. Readers also mention the book is full of nuggets and substantial information, and is a good blend of theory and practice. In addition, they say it covers all the basics.

"A very complete "handbook" (1k+ pages) that starts where it should begin and ends beyond what you likely need...." Read more

"...the formulas or theory , im saying that this book will help you do things easier and quicker, based on doing what has been proven to work, it will..." Read more

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Customers find the book well-written, easy to read, and comprehend. They also appreciate the human and conversational style.

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"I am only a fairly novice hobbyist, but i find this book's style to be very approachable whilst containing a TON of valuable info, advice and..." Read more

"...Math has been kept to a minimum. Some of the formulas get pretty long, but that is because they are made up of a lot of previously defined..." Read more

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Customers find the book well worth the price. They say the content is priceless and informative.

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Customers find the book amazing and lucid. They say it covers real-world design ideas and mistakes in a logical and down-to-earth way.

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Guillaume
5.0 out of 5 stars Clear and comprehensive
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2024
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A very complete "handbook" (1k+ pages) that starts where it should begin and ends beyond what you likely need. It is oriented on the practical side of the field, so you can quickly start to put bits and bops together and make something useful.
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AnalogJoe
5.0 out of 5 stars Book for the EE or technician who wonders if there is a simpler, quicker way to design
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2012
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In my opinion this is not a total beginners book, as it is a shortcut for those who already know the theory..

However this book is perfect for the EE student or designer who thinks: "There must be an easier way to design this", If you are an engineering student, you must have wondered at some point if there is an easier way to design say a simple linear power supply without having to go through 12 different equations and 3 or 4 pages of solving algebra.

Now, im not saying you shouldnt know the formulas or theory , im saying that this book will help you do things easier and quicker, based on doing what has been proven to work, it will show you a lot of tricks that will be very useful if you already know some theory. In my opinion this book is the authors way of saying "ok, you worked throught the math, you know the theory, now... lets do something with it". Its a short cut, and a shortcut only makes the most sense when you already know the long path.

Im surprised by the bad reviews in this page by the physicists who complain that theres not much insight in this book, I dont know what kind of insight they expected from a book called "the ART of electronics", it would be like buying a book called "the Science of music" and complaining that theres too much theory and little on how to play a commercial pop song with your guitar.

This is a book that should be used along other books, this book wont teach you everything you need to know about electronics (but then again, no single book teaches you that). This book will make an EE or electronics technician life easier, but it wont make a theory hungry physicist happy, if you want to read another great book which among other things has tons of formula that you probably wont ever use in a design, then look at Sedra/Smith's "Microelectronic Circuits", but be aware that some people complain that its too complex and lacks practicality, cant make everyone happy...
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Robert R. Depew
5.0 out of 5 stars An indispensable reference work, and a model for how tech books should be written
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2011
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Others have already commented on the technical superiority of this book. I don't need to add to that chorus. But they're right.

Some have complained that the book was difficult to learn from, that it assumed too much prior knowledge. I disagree. The first chapters are written in such a way that anyone who passed high-school maths and physics should be able to understand them. Later chapters may require more outside knowledge, but for the most part the chapters build on each other.

H&H is a reference work that every electrical engineering professional should own - and should be intimately familiar with. It's as useful to an EE as Perry's is to a chemical engineer, or the CRC Handbook to a chemist.

One of the things I like about the book is that, where it lacks depth in a subject, it gives the reader some clues about where to go to find the answers he seeks. Being a good engineer doesn't so much depend on your knowledge as your ability to look things up.

Besides its exalted status as a bible among EEs, though, H&H deserves a great deal of praise for the quality of its writing. Most electrical and electronics books today, and way too many computer books as well, are written so poorly that it hurts to read them. Not so with Messrs. Horowitz and Hill. Their ability to turn a phrase, in order to clarify an esoteric point, is something that all tech writers should emulate. The only person whose words come close to H&H is the late, great Robert Pease - who, like these authors, also happened to be a master teacher.
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Omer Agmon
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for intermediate users
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2013
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I was under the impression that going through the book from A to Z would teach me all I need to know to start with electronic circuits. After reading the first 40 pages and skimming through the rest, it seems that many stages are assumed to be trivial, especially in the more mathematical parts. Although there's a nice appendix about complex numbers, the equations and different steps taken with them are trimmed to minimum (the book keep saying that if you don't understand the math completely it won't be a problem, but I felt obligation to mention that).

Also, it seems to lack many definitions, or to presume prior knowledge (you can see that by comparing the book's definitions for "impedence" to wikipedia's, or the defenition of "reactive circuit" for example).

Despite all that, I still rated it as 5 for two reasons:
1. As mentioned earlier, I'm still in the beginning of the book. What I read so far is very informative and I cannot deny the contribution this book provides.
2. The books is divided to "analog circuits" and "digital circuits". I've read on many websites correspondeces between professional electronic engineers, and there's seem to be consensus about the "digital circuits" part, which is too obsolete. Although I'm not against that, the principal is the same, and I don't think this should undertake from the general experience this book provides.
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Jason
5.0 out of 5 stars The go to book for electronics.
Reviewed in Canada on April 11, 2022
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Excellent book for studying or referring electronics.
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DD60
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent achat
Reviewed in France on December 16, 2018
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Volume neuf , une référence en électronique malgré le fait que ce n'était pas la dernière cersion (je le savais en l'achetant)
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Rodrigo
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in Spain on May 28, 2015
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Good quality, as described. Arrived on time. No complaints at all.
Book was absolutely well packaged, as I would like to receive a present.

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Salvatore Barone
5.0 out of 5 stars Ti cambia la vita!
Reviewed in Italy on May 6, 2014
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Se sei un appassionato di elettronica e/o uno studente questo libro mi ha cambiato la vita ... nel senso che ti offre una prospettiva diversa da quella che avevo rispetto ai componenti elettronici e al modo di concepire il loro funzionamento. Un libro da avere.
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Giovanni Mazzocco
5.0 out of 5 stars As the title says: a piece of art!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2014
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The book gives a very solid introduction to both analog and digital electronics from a very clear and practical point of view.
The math is used with parsimony where is really needed to clarify some pivotal concepts.
In my experience to get a clear understanding of how something works, a "practical approach" is usually more useful than detailed mathematical formalisms. Using this book I understood some concepts way better than using the classical academic textbooks.

In my opinion this is totally a must have for everyone serious about electronics!
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