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Grob Basic Electronics [Student's Edition]

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The new edition of Basic Electronics has been completely revised with a new look and new information to keep students at the forefront of basic electronics education. It includes new problems and questions at the end of each chapter, sidebar features throughout the text, and a critical thinking component. The new full-color design makes it easy for students to read circuit diagrams and other important visuals. HyperGraphics, an interactive multimedia program designed to correlate with Glencoe electronics texts, is available for Basic Electronics.

960 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1959

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December 6, 2011
This is a pretty dense book, but I am reading it out of interest.
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December 17, 2012


A very good book for beginners in electronic. Easy to understand without flooding reader with too much technical knowledge.
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September 3, 2014
This book covers three semesters of electronics. I've made it through one semester. It's structured pretty well with enough overlap that you can pick and choose what you want to focus on. Lots of opportunities to test yourself, or pause for reflection :)
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January 21, 2014
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December 31, 2024
As this is the only electronics book I've ever read it's hard to review.

I will say that the difficulty picked up around chapter 6. I recommend all school students to study the first 6 chapters obsessively to get down the basics and ace the early tests so you can coast through the increasingly difficult ones thereafter. Me? I gave up on the self study as I couldn't reliably absorb the material thenceforth. But I lay the blame a deficient brain, not the book. The book I'll rate 4 stars. Go, book.

I just wish I was up to the challenge of learning electrical schematics. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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July 17, 2018
I love this book.
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October 6, 2024
I studied this book back in the 80s. I think it was the 3rd edition.
Now that I am retired from electronics (mostly Avionics) I am reading and studying it again to keep my brain sharp.
I also have about 30 other basic electronic text book.

So, my review in a nutshell....
"I DARE YOU TO FIND ANOTHER BASIC ELECTRONIC TEXT BOOK BETTER THAN THIS ONE!!!!!!"

It is step by step, starting at the very basic all the way up to operational amplifiers.

You will have to go to another textbooks for digital electronics (like Malvino) and electronic communications (Shrader) and i also recommend Basic Mathematics for Electronics (Cooke)

NOTE: I started working through the 12th edition, as stated at the start of this read, however, I happened to come across and am finishing up with the 13th edition,which contains a new chapter on three-phase AC power systems along with some technical updates.
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October 27, 2015
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December 28, 2015
like grob's Basic Electronics

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January 17, 2018
little bit old style writing but have good information
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