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Editorial Review:
An introduction to DC and AC electricity covering series, parallel and series parallel circuits, Parrett's text is accessible to students with little mathematical background. The book's descriptions help raise the maths level and encourage further study. With a balance amongst its maths, reading and vocabulary, this volume includes coverage of inductors and transformers, capacitors, RCL circuit analysis, batteries, filters and resonance.
DC/AC Circuits: Concepts and Applications Reviews:
Excellent Author 
2009-06-24 - Having received my BSEET degree back in 1983, I am going back and refreshing my skills. What I especially like about this author is that not only are there many problems to solve with answers provided, the most important feature is that the author provides a big picture view of why a certain equation or theorem would be applied. For example, in his section on Delta and Wye circuit conversions, Mr. Parrett illuminates the fact that these circuit configurations are called Y and Delta when used as motor or generator windings, but called Tee or Pi when used as filter circuits. Also, in the Thevenin & Norton Theorems section, Mr. Parrett explains that Thevenins & Nortons Theorems are used in the analysis of semiconductor circuits, where they can be combined with the Superposition Theorem to form an ac model of a transistor circuit.
These observations never came easy for me and I'm very thankful to the author for providing them. I was hoping I could find other electronics books written by this author, but alas, this was the only I listed by Amazon. I believe this book is a MUST for the beginning electronics enthusiast. At a minimum, it is a GREAT SUPPLEMENT to other materials. To be fair, I am finding a couple errors in some of the example problems, but they are fairly obvious as your working through the material and shouldn't dissuade you from purchasing this book. This is the first time I've ever taken the trouble to write a review of an Amazon book. That is how highly I believe in this Author.
A good elementary introduction 
2001-05-13 - This book would seem to be aimed at the beginning student of electricity/electronics. The level of mathematics required is a mastery of algebra and some trigonometry, no calculus knowledge is required although the author does use (effectively I think) calculus concepts in a few places. There are many problems with answers to the even numbered problems. This book would be particularly good for a person who is trying to learn this subject without the benefit of a formal class because it explains in great detail and as I mentioned provides many problems with solutions. Caveat! I have not delved deeply enough into the book to have a sense of how many errors there are in the problems and their solutions. This is often a rather serious problem with textbooks. The "textbook binding" is a very cheap sort. Overall this is a good book and a good buy. Ralph J. Pledger, Ph.D.
