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5 Comments on “Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics, Fourth Edition”

1. Olumide J. Ajayi
   May 18th, 2010 at 1:50 pm

   I just placed order for the book having read through the content online. Just reading through the content alone gave me assurance that it’s gonna be a fantastic book. Rating: 5 / 5

2. Mordy
   May 18th, 2010 at 4:42 pm

   This book has the seeds to become a fantastic book, right now it’s above average. I would have given it 3 stars but there is just so much information you can learn from this book.

   The real problem is there is a lot that is over-explained for the purposes of teaching oneself and lots of it is disorganized, he needs some pedagogy in his work and to think like a total clueless person – how would you take someone that knows absolutely zip and build and relate the beginning concepts step by step, for your students to build a framework?

   In the real world our ancestors did not start with electron theory or physics theory, they went from generalizations to theory. This is keenly forgotten by explaining theory first, instead of going from generalizations and then explaining theory. Humans learn in the former way first, not the latter, theory is for after you’ve had your “folksy” understanding of electronics. This idea of theory first is a bit preposterous considering how we actually learn in the real world. I hope he takes my criticism not as a slight against his book (which is good), but to improve his communication, organization and teaching of electronics.

   It’s great as a reference and to teach yourself, but you’ll find yourself going to the Web using google and wikipedia will bring you to a better understanding (in combination with the book) by finding other publically available books / articles, written by people who understand how the process of learning works.

   I think Stan has excellent writing skills, if not a bit pedantic and academic. This is why I think he should Wiki-Book is book and open it up to other teachers/experts/novices in the field, Wikipedia is so great because errors in expression, and repeting sentences get culled and deleted by many minds.

   He should check out Metaphors we live by, by George Lakoff, and do some research into cognitive linguistics to help his pedagogy / communication and teaching skills.

   Doing a monolithic work by yourself is hard work, hence I suggest Stan that you open it up for others to edit, organize, and help make THE resource for beginners for the next edition.

   Thanks for your hard work! Rating: 4 / 5

3. Michael Reiner
   May 18th, 2010 at 6:49 pm

   I bought this book along with several others to refresh my skills in basic electronics for a job test. Found it ok but the one I bought from HeathKit was far superior for re-learning the material. Best bet to learn basic electronis is to get the HeathKit one. Rating: 3 / 5

4. Phil Hutchinson
   May 18th, 2010 at 9:29 pm

   Every great once in a while (not often enough), you’re lucky enough to come across the right book at the right time. This is that book for me and probably a ton of other people who are in the same place I am. I am just starting an electronics technician degree program, and this book complements my “Intro to Electronics” course perfectly. It should have been our textbook! Rating: 5 / 5

5. rich graiko
   May 19th, 2010 at 12:06 am

   I’m no electronics pro, and honestly I haven’t even finished reading the book yet. But I really like the lay-out and quizzes at the end of each chapter. One of the things that caught my attention was how it started with such basic information. “Chapter one; Atoms”, this was a great and logical place to start. Keep your calculator handy though, because by chapter two you’re knee deep in, what was for me, pretty advanced calculus. Rating: 4 / 5

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