Basic Electronics for Scientists and Engineers

Well written and clear. The problems at the end of each chapter reinforce the material. My only complaint is that few of the problems have answers in the back of the book.

I used this book as a refresher, to better remember the material I learned when I took electronics in my physics bachelors degree program (the original softcover textbook that I used for that course, which was a different book from this one, fell apart a long time ago). I found, however, that I often simply did not understand what the author was saying and why a certain electronics device works the way the author says it works. I have read a lot of Physics textbooks on my own, without help from a teacher, and I often am able to understand the book without help from an instructor. In this case, however, I found that I couldn't learn the material from this textbook. The author wasn't clear enough. I would pass on this book.

I've been looking for a while for a good undergraduate electronics textbook for use in a physics majors class. I've been making do with Horowitz and Hill and lots of notes, but this book is fantastic. It is brief but includes the explanations that are absent in H&H. The subject matter fits neatly into a semester. Fantastic.

So far, the first 60 pages are excellent. This is the only electronics text I've ever read. So I'm not sure if it's "missing" a lot of material. But the material that is presented is presented in good fashion. Easy to follow along.Problems are at the end of each chapter. And there are odd answers in the back of the book.All around nice text. Not too expensive either.