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Appropriate for introductory college courses in electrical engineering for major and nonmajors alike. Assumes that students have already completed one year of college-level calculus and physics.This text presents the basics of electrical engineering from the perspective of the primary principles behind the subject, rather than dwelling on superficial details. It is based on three objectives: to explain the fundamental ideas behind electrical engineering, to emphasiz… More >>
Foundations of Electrical Engineering, 2nd Edition
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The style is pretty basic and bland. It provides not a whole lot of material.
It could probably be condensed to a smaller text if it were more concise and instructive
Rating: 2 / 5
As with many books on this sort of subject, this book starts out with the assumption everyone reading it has had calculus or higher. Not necessarily a bad assumption, but it’s a poor starting place (math heavy).
Most books start out with talk about resistors, Ohm’s law, KCL, etc etc. which I’m sure turns off many students to the subject. Instead they should get into the functional and literal uses for each component they will encounter, describing how it works, describing how the electrons would flow in each, etc. That kind of description is lost almost everywhere (and does not even appear in this book at all).
Rating: 2 / 5
This book is perfect for the use in a course called “Electrical Engineering for Non-Majors”. The material is “math based” and as such it is an engineering text and not a technician’s text. It also serves as a great desk reference for an electrical engineer who would like to see the major fundamentals covered in just one book. All topics are clearly written and after the first 5 chapters an instructor can easily choose topics pending on the need of the students. I have used this text for a junior level Civil Engineering curriculum where it gave the students a good base to tackle electrical questions on a PE exam. Myself I carry it with me to serve as a quick review source for the main electrical engineering topics. Last but not last: About 50% of the problems have answers at the end of each chapter. This, as well as the clear writing, makes this text also perfect for self study.
Rating: 5 / 5
Item arrived as described. Excellent price on this book as well. Shipping took longer than expected. next time I will pay more for faster shipping. Good communication with seller.
Rating: 4 / 5
Not for the COLLEGE level student, nor the “soon to drop out” university student. Very good calculus based introduction to circuits and devices. If you are looking for a algebraic introduction to circuits and devices, I suggest Electronics Fundamentals: Circuits, Devices, and Applications
by Thomas L. Floyd
Rating: 5 / 5