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The Art of Electronics 2nd Edition

by Paul Horowitz (Author), Winfield Hill (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars 369 ratings
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
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 28, 1989
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 2nd
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 1125 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0521370957
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521370950
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.41 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 2 x 10 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #714,207 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 369 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).

    Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by ServiceAT (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

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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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4.7 out of 5 stars
369 global ratings

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Customers find this electronics book to be an indispensable reference work that handles topics with great detail and is perfect for all levels of knowledge. They appreciate its intuitive approach to the subject, well-written content, and consider it worth the price. The book covers real-world design ideas, with one customer noting it takes readers through analog to digital design. While some find it extremely readable, others report it's impossible to understand, and opinions about its erasure are mixed.

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52 customers mention "Information content"49 positive3 negative

Customers praise the book's extensive content, describing it as a comprehensive electronics reference that serves as an indispensable guide.

"Good reference but a tough tutorial book..." Read more

"What can I say! One of the Great Classics! Packed with information. Will take quite a while to digest." Read more

"For anyone interested in electronics, this is the definitive book on the subject...." Read more

"...It's extremely well written and covers a wide range of topics...." Read more

44 customers mention "Education level"41 positive3 negative

Customers find the book suitable for all levels of electronics knowledge, serving as both a learning tool and reference. One customer notes it provides a good blend of theory and practice, while another mentions it's particularly useful for practical circuit design.

"Great book for practical electronics. Full of nuggets and substantial information...." Read more

"...to be very approachable whilst containing a TON of valuable info, advice and learning...." Read more

"...But for many, many analog and digital topics, this is a very handy reference book." Read more

"...This would make a good textbook for a class. And if you've never had an electronic design class then buy this and teach yourself." Read more

17 customers mention "Ease of use"12 positive5 negative

Customers find the book easy to use, with one mentioning it provides an intuitive understanding of the subject, while another notes it serves as a link between beginner and advanced levels.

"...The material is covered in depth, and explained well...." Read more

"...no JTAG no I2C etc The basics are solid however. Buy the hardcover if you can find a good used copy...." Read more

"...courses (all a long time ago though), but WOWee is this book complicated...." Read more

"...The overall objective is to give you an intuitive understanding of the subject." Read more

13 customers mention "Writing quality"13 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the writing quality of the book, with one noting it is written in everyday language and another mentioning it was written by a Physics Professor.

"This book is very impressive, well written and complete, explaining most electronic concepts with ease...." Read more

"...The clear straight forward approach, written in everyday language, with a deemphpasis on mathematics, can truly take one from a novice, to a well..." Read more

"This isn't really a textbook as much as a handbook. It's extremely well written and covers a wide range of topics...." Read more

"Great text. Very good reference." Read more

11 customers mention "Value for money"9 positive2 negative

Customers find the book well worth its price.

"...This book is expensive, but worth it. It is the one time I did not feel like I paid to much. I rejoyce each time I use it...." Read more

"...This is a great bargain book that contains most you will ever need." Read more

"...It's totally worth the investment, and can be quite affordable when used...." Read more

"Excellent book, EXCELLENT price." Read more

7 customers mention "Design ideas"7 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's coverage of real-world design ideas and consider it one of the best electronics design books, with one customer noting it takes readers through analog to digital design.

"The best electronics design book. Every hardware EE should have one. Especially for analog...." Read more

"Art of Electronics - Excellent Reference..." Read more

"...Lots of design ideas and discussions on chips such as the 555 thru microprocessors." Read more

"...It actually goes over real world design ideas and blunders in a logical down to earth way...." Read more

10 customers mention "Erasure"4 positive6 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the erasure aspect of the book, with several noting that the content is outdated.

"...the book itself is old...but my professor said that he could not find the better one than this..." Read more

"...It was last updated more than 20 years ago, but is remarkably current...." Read more

"...This is an iconic book in electronics even though it could use an update, it is very thorough and helps the understanding of basic electronics...." Read more

"Brand new, still even had the price tag on it. Looks amazing and was handled with great care. I was very satisfied." Read more

10 customers mention "Readability"6 positive4 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the book's readability, with some finding it extremely readable while others report poor readability and find it impossible to understand.

"Well written and easy to read and comprehend. Emphasis is on understanding basic principles, not on detailed mathematical analysis and proofs...." Read more

"...dreaded reading it, as it is very dry and some times flat out impossible to understand...." Read more

"This is a classic, widely cited, and extremely readable / accessible Electrical Engineering textbook." Read more

"A good reference piece but not as readable as sedra and smith. The index is very useful and accurate although the examples are not well phrased." Read more

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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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  • Maxwell Bach
    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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  • 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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  • Robert
    5.0 out of 5 stars If you've been looking for a book to teach you electronics, this is it.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2013
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    The Art of Electronics is pretty much the go-to when it comes to electronics text books. The material is covered in depth, and explained well. The companion lab manual that is used with some college courses is a little strange, and can be quite demanding as far as lab work is concerned. The textbook, on the other hand is well written and very clear. It contains lots of useful circuits and would be handy for a hobbyist or someone who is looking to understand electronics. If you've bought a bunch of "Teach yourself electronics books", and are still yearning for a deeper understanding of how circuits actually work, this is the book to get. It's totally worth the investment, and can be quite affordable when used. The sections pertaining to digital technologies are very out of date, but the basic concepts are still applicable today. If you plan to construct the circuits described in the book, be aware that some of the parts may not be manufactured any more, but equivalent parts are usually available.
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  • Yash Maharaj
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book but TORN.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2024
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    The book by the author is good, but the seller stated that it's in good condition...., it is kind of good but the book it separated from the spine of the Hardcover.
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  • Salvatore Barone
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ti cambia la vita!
    Reviewed in Italy on May 6, 2014
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    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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  • Chris Pac
    5.0 out of 5 stars Arguably one of the best electronics books ever written.
    Reviewed in Australia on February 26, 2025
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    This is edition 2 which has a couple of things which do not appear in edition 3 but having said that both editions are very very useful so I recommend buying both editions, 2 and 3.
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  • ayoko
    5.0 out of 5 stars 大人向けの、「こども電気なんでも大辞典」だ!
    Reviewed in Japan on June 6, 2011
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    この本をパラパラとめくって、何かとても懐かしい気がしました。なぜだろうと考えたら、これは、大人向けの「こども電気なんでも辞典」なのです。
    子供の頃、「なんとか百科事典」のような本に夢中になったことはありませんか? 理科少年だったら経験をお持ちの方も多いと思うのです。世の中の何か知らないこと、つまり、電車はどうやって走るの?、電気はどうして伝ってくるの?、ガラスはどうやって作られるの?、テレビはどうして映るの? そんな質問に対して、ページを繰る毎に解決してくれる魔法の本です。
    別の角度から見ると、この本の偉大さは、アカデミックな雰囲気を徹底的に排除しながら、しかし、本質を正しく追究している点です。インダクタやキャパシタを説明する際、フェイザーを導入すれば綺麗に説明できるのに、それをあえて雰囲気だけでごまかしてしまう。読者が脱落する「チャンス」を、可能な限り排除しているのです。フェイザーやベクトル表記を知っている学生は、優越感に浸りながら読み進んでしまう。実は、それが著者の思惑なのでしょう。
    しかし、生半可な知識で書かれている類書と違うのは、技術の本質をこぼさずに明らかにしている点です。例えば、電圧や電流を「増幅」できるトランスと、能動素子トランジスタの本質的な違いは何か? 前者は電力ゲインを得ることはできないけど、後者はそれができるのだ! 明確な説明です。
    ともすれば、最近の学生や技術者は、なんでもインターネット（特に Wikipedia）で解決してしまいがちですが、この書の優れた点は、冒頭から読み進めることによって、体系的な知識を得ることができる点です。また、各所に参考回路例が掲載されていますが、「良い回路」に加えて「間違った回路」が例示され、読者には、なぜそれが間違っているのか、考える余地が残されているのです。
    最後に、この本は英語で書かれているのですが、複雑な言い回しやボキャブラリーをできるだけ避けているので、英語の苦手な日本人でも十分に読み進められます。（英語のデータシートを読める技術者なら、問題なく読めます。） また、英語なので細部は汲み取れませんが、非常にフランクな文体で書かれている点にも好感を覚えます。
    英語圏の学生や技術者に強く支持されている理由が分かった気がしました。最初、この本に加えて、トランジスタのモデリングやら物性上の働きを述べた本も併せて購入しようと思ったのですが、この本だけでしばらく楽しめそうなことが分かったので、中止した次第です。
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  • Michael Hauser
    5.0 out of 5 stars Auf Empfehlung hin gekauft ...
    Reviewed in Germany on December 3, 2012
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    ... und sehr glücklich damit. Der Auslöser war die "Einstiegsdroge" "Electronics for Dummies" (ebenfalls sehr zu empfehlen). Horowitz & Hill spielen jedoch in einer ganz anderen Liga. Auch wenn - angeblich - die 3. Auflage schon vor der Tür steht, diese 2. Auflage (aus den 1980ern) ist - auch wenn man manches heutzutage bereits anders löst - ein sehr solides Fundament. Ein feiner Humor hilft über manch trockenes hinweg, und auch die "10%-Fehler ist OK Regel" (bei den Überschlagsrechnungen) ist ein Augenöffner gegenüber manch verstaubten und trockenen Werken deutscher Autoren zu diesem Thema. Wenn es einen einzigen "Nachteil" gibt, dann den: Das Buch ist dick und schwer und somit nur beschränkt für's Lesen in Bus, Bahn oder Bett geeignet ;-) Denn, einmal begonnen ... lässt es nicht mehr los!
    Ich habe mir zusätzlich noch das "Student Manual for the Art of Electronics" gekauft - in Kombination mit dem Hauptbuch ist es unschlagbar (schon alleine wegen der anschaulichen Lösungswege zu den Beispielen - dies vermisse ich in anderen Büchern!). Da juckt es in den Fingern, das Breadboard wird gezückt und bestückt ... und die Aha-Erlebnisse sind garantiert!
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  • Rodrigo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great
    Reviewed in Spain on May 28, 2015
    Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
    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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