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List Price: $107.40 | | Publisher: Prentice Hall
Salesrank: 753420
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| Media: Hardcover |
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Editorial Review:
Part of the popular Science of Electronics series, DC/AC presents clear and comprehensive coverage of fundamental elements of DC/AC circuits with a strong emphasis on the science and necessary math. Concepts are well supported by many worked out examples and illustrations. Instruments such as digital oscilloscopes (as well as the analog scope) and the function generator are covered in detail. In addition to passive circuit coverage, there are discussions of programmable logic controllers, motors, and generators, as well as other devices. The volume examines mathematics for electronics, electrical quantities and measurements, Ohm's law and Watt's law, series and parallel circuits, combinational series/parallel circuits, magnetism and magnetic circuits, motors and generators, sine waves, capacitors, inductors, series and parallel ac circuits and transducers. For electronics technicians and assemblers or operators.
The Science of Electronics: DC/AC Reviews:
Good, but not great 
2009-09-18 - This is going to be brief...The book walks you through the lab project and asks you to record your observations and/or calculations, but in my humble opinion they could've given more detailed instructions with the project setups. In other words, this is where the instructor comes in and fills in the gaps. To get this for personal use is not necessarily a good choice as there are other more exciting books out there, though for school use it is good enough. I own it, I am going for an electronics major, I personally thought this book was good, but not great.
Expensive but well organized and easy presentation to read 
2005-07-09 - I like building circuits and playing with electronics. It is one thing to build a circuit board from scratch and solder all the pieces into place and quite another to understand WHY it works.
I therefore recommend this book if you want to know WHY.
I found it concise, easy to understand, and well presented. A very organized book which starts from first principles and introduces diodes, then BJT and FET and then Diff amps which is a natural segue into op amps and active filters.
Plenty of worked examples and exercises to test your knowledge.
Highschool math prerequisite.
A very practical introductory book the hobbyist such as myself can understand and appreciate.
Expensive which is why I gave it 4 stars.
