Re: College EE Textbook Recommendations

"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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On 29 Mar 2007 11:17:54 -0700, jmc8197@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Circuit compendia, "original books" such as by Win Hill et al "teach"
only to cut and paste... NOT how to think.

Circuit compendia, sure, but I think you're selling Win a bit short. Yes, he
has plenty of design examples, but those come *after* the theory and some
attempt to get you to think for yourself. Additionally, the design examples
are presented in such a way as to try to get the user to *think* about what
the circuit does, rather than just blindly copying it. The fact that we see
people here occasionally trying to analyze one of Win's circuits is proof of
that.

Clearly you're a very good designer, Jim, but surely you'd admit that you'd
probably be nowhere near as good as you are if you hadn't had the opportunity
to view other peoples' designs, analyze them, and learn from them? I.e., if
you'd just been taught electronics theory and had to derive every single
circuit toplogy you've ever used from scratch?

How many books are on your shelf? :-)

---Joel


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