Re: Horowitz-Hill: Serious scholarly query

From: Winfield Hill (hill_a_at_t_rowland-dotties-harvard-dot.s-edu)
Date: 12/23/04 

Date: 23 Dec 2004 04:12:38 -0800

Ban in Italy wrote...
>
> Max Hauser wrote:
>> I first raised this matter by email but saw no response to date. ...
>> (Again my original effort with this query was private, in a January
>> 2004 email from my IEEE address to W. Hill's email address of record.
>> I later posted a reminder of the email, spelling out the address I'd
>> used, here on SED on February 1 as part of a technical thread in
>> which W. Hill participated. I've seen no response to either.)

 I'm sorry Max, I received neither of those emails you mention, nor
 did I see the post you refer to. My long-standing home email address
 has not been functional for about a year now, and my work email should
 be used instead, edit this: hill_a@t_rowland-dotties-harvard-dot.s-edu

 I do try to answer all my mail. However, at work I receive about 10x
 more spams than real mail, more than about 300 messages/day (at home
 this number exceeded 2000/day and actually reached 10000 one weekend).
 Now my email is automatically screened with a Bayesian filter before I
 see it. This makes living with spam more bearable, only a 2x ratio to
 go through, but it also means some legitimate mail may be rejected.

> I made the same experience. After buying AoE I was disappointed with it
> and wrote an Email to Win about his claim to teach electronic design
> with this book. In contrary to Tietze-Schenk AoE represents an unconcise
> collection of circuits from different sources, but missing is the red
> thread going through. It might be of value for the average hobbyist, but
> there is no didactical value IMHO.
>
> There was no reaction to this mail as well.

 Hmm, another email I don't recall receiving. I'd be interested in seeing
 a copy, to see how you phrased your complaint to me. Perhaps it was more
 along the line of suggestions? :>)

 All I can say for our book is we worked hard on it, and it has to stand
 on its own. We're making major modifications for the third edition, and
 are happy to hear suggestions, however it's not likely we will become a
 Tietze-Schenk look-alike. That's because our attitude and approach is
 completely different - for example, we prefer to talk about parts and part
 numbers along with theory, more along the lines of what your completed
 drawings will look like when ready for your technician to make. We're
 trying to teach you how to think about your circuit, live inside it, the
 art of the design, so to speak, rather than simply the dry theory.

 One complaint that's grown in my mind is that we've gone too far in this
 direction, often spelling out a design thought-by-thought, without simply
 writing down the equations. So we're adding those into the third edition,
 and tightening the text in places. We're also adding a set of concisely-
 written dense advanced "X" chapters, where we can pour more good stuff.
 It'll continue to be presenting electronic circuit design as we see it.

 We think if you could only have one electronics book, ours wouldn't be a
 bad choice, but we also think you should absolutely not own just one book.
 Along these lines, I have one suggestion for Ban, get hold of a copy of
 Peter Dunn's book, "Gateways into Electronics," ISBN 0-471-25448-7. 

-- 
 Thanks,
    - Win

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