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 enlarge | Authors: Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $105.00
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Rating:  126 reviews
Sales Rank: 14970
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1125
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.3
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 7.2 x 2
ISBN: 0521370957
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.381
EAN: 9780521370950
ASIN: 0521370957
Publication Date: July 28, 1989
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Light-mild wear. Some edge wear and wrinkling on dust jacket, a tiny rip in jacket, otherwise light wear, no rips, folds, creasing or page markings.
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 The Art of Electronics November 6, 2006
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have a bookshelf full of electronics books, but this is the one that I reach for first every time. My first copy started to fall apart at the binding due to wear and tear. This is the only book that I can think of that I found so valuable that I would buy a second copy. The Art of Electronics is a highly-recommended book by this electrical engineer.
The content id Amazing November 6, 2006
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
The amount of theory it's attached with a lot of circuits, and all easy to estudy and also deploy.
Some circuit displayed are the easy way to have commmon problems in the electronic's life.
its a good choice!!
crystal clear distillation of years of solid experience November 3, 2006
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
Based on the biographical sketches of the authors, it was hard to believe that this book would have much more practical value than the typical skim-the-suface theoretical treatments that come from people with strong academic backgrounds.
This book is an exception, perhaps *the* exemplary exception to the rule.
Outstanding value, worth a spot on your reach-it-with-the-dominant-hand-without-getting-out-of-your-chair reference shelf. Whether you are a student, a freshly-minted wannabe engineer with a hole where you wish your experience lived, or an old rusty crusty know-it-all who hasn't re-invented a wheel in years, this book is a gem, and we can all learn a lot from time well-spent flipping through it. There is value here, not just in the hard/soft/firm/wet-ware nuggets that are scattered throughout, but from the clarity of expression and informal style of the textual presentation.
Buy one for a techy you love: (s)he'll love you right back for the gift.
 Still excellent, but old in the tooth, and preposterously overpriced October 2, 2006
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
Well, I guess it's been a while since I've been a college student. I'm a crusty old amateur radio hobbyist now, and all college texts seem to have ridiculous prices. This book used to be the best reference I've ever seen on basic electronics for non-EE's, and even for non-engineers. It's not much of a cookbook - instead, it will make you sit down and work through the fundamentals of the circuits you're designing or adapting. The second ed. is getting long in the tooth and it's preposterously overpriced. Another big drawback is that there are no answers to the (otherwise excellent) exercises, and you have to pay out again to get answers to the questions you're not sure about. It will be interesting to see what the 3rd ed. looks like. Maybe I'll start a web site and publish the answers online.
Essential for working engineers August 15, 2006
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is a book that belongs on the desk of every working
engineer who designs electronic products. It's an
essential reference to all the "stuff I learned once
and forgot", as well as an enjoyable read. It's not going
to be much help to a student trying to study for a high-end
college course, but the truth is that nearly all of that
complex math is utterly unused out here in the trenches. The
fundamental "rules of thumb" and "bag of tricks" focus that
AofE has is exactly what we really use when designing most
of the products that people use in daily life.
Some reviewers fault the lightweight treatment of complex
topics or the simplification of certain aspects of electronics.
If that's your big concern, then a more complex and rigorous
treatment would be a better choice. If you just want to learn
about electronics, and have a good reference on your desk to
check up on things while designing, then this is it.
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