Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition

This is a heavy weight book. It weighs 2.07kg and has 1027pages (including the index) It was larger than I was expecting. It is a very comprehensive book about electronics. For a budding electronics engineer, it will be excellent. It is very thorough. Being thorough necessitates a lot of mathematical theory. The book assumes knowledge of elementary calculus (differentiation and integration), trigonometry and radians. You will struggle if you aren't familar. Complex numbers are described. It would be advantageous to have prior experience of complex numbers. Being an electronics book, it uses j instead of i. A passing reference to matrices is present. Another review commented there was no colour. Colour would be nice but it would have the book more expensive. Personally, I consider excellent value for money, very thorough and would contribute to excellent designs.

Very good book with best content

This book is insane! I need to have a proper look through it but I can say so far its unbelievable... the amount of knowlege in this book is second to none! This book would be perfect for anyone in any electronics field as it covers so much from basic components to schematics and how to design your own boards for your very own designs/projects, I also really like all the equations as I feel like im studying theorethical physics or something along those lines.... I'm about as far from sheldon cooper as can be but its nice to imagine 😂

It’s over 1000 pages and a large book. It contains some cartoon style images to give us a little break from the impressive detail of the content. Starts at the beginning with ‘what is electricity’ moves on through an in-depth teaching of everything you need to get a good understanding of the subject. Now, I’m going to point out that this is electronics, so expect a lot of maths - if you don’t have good maths skills, then this subject (and this book) may not be for you - you’ll see some formula which will scare you - but the book does an effective job of trying to get you to understand it. The best electronics book I have (and I have a few). Loses one star for me for being all black and white - sorry, but I like a bit of colour in my books, and when you’re having to describe colours to get across resistor values, then it’s a bit of a chore. However, in every other respect- it’s great. Covers SMD’s in case anyone is interested.

Good stuff!

Bought this book because I was heading into an Electrical & Electronic Engineering degree, it's been serving as a very handy accompaniment thus far. The basic theory chapter at the start of the book is very comprehensive and the later, more application-focused chapters serve as a patient introduction to the various aspects of electronics that doesn't presumptuously hurtle off into advanced concepts in the same way 'The Art Of Electronics' does. The writing is very clear and concise, in general it has a very no-nonsense, plain-English approach to explaining things that doesn't require a lot of tangential thought experiments like some other books, but still detailed enough to give you a very robust understanding of the subject matter. I will say that it is a purely Electronics focused book, don't expect much coverage on the theory behind electrical machines like motors and generators, or power electronics. So while this has been a big help so far, and it will probably be all the information a home tinkerer will need, it's not a one-stop solution for a EEE student.

Handy book for reference.

Excellent value for money. It's a long and comprehensive book (1000+ pages) with many illustrations. Paper is quality semi-gloss and the printing is razor sharp. The illustrations are greyscale, but are very clear and have good contrast. Recommended. Would make a great gift for a beginner interested in electronics / inventing.