Basic Electricity (Dover Books on Electrical Engineering)

Very great book to learn the basics on electricity.

I am a 76 year-old man who tries to maintain brain function by studying schollarly topics. DC electricity is the present obsession,so the knowledge can be applied to an entheusiasm for solar panels.I bought several texts to be able to benefit from different author's versions of how to solve the variety of math problems. I was never satisfied with any of them, so kept looking.On Amazon Books was listed an old US Navy Textbook, used by the entire Seventh Fleet, which included my ship, during the Korean war.Feeling good about the idea, I purchased it.The other texts, all partly read, now sit on a shelf.The Navy book, talks to your thinking like one man speaking to another, covers EVERY topic in such a thorough manner that I never have used any of the other resource books . . . which were all originally bought, one at a time to be the only text.The book speaks logic and reason to this old mind, and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to be as good as the military Men and Woman who run our present day technology in the war zones.

I haven't been able to find my father's original book that he received from the Navy in the '70s but this book is very similar and is a great resource. The book is laid out in a way that someone could teach themselves electronics but for many it would be helpful to have a "lab" in order to really understand some of the theory. There is some math in this book as well but like I said, if you have a test lab that you can use while working through some of the theories you will be fine.

Good read

It explains the concepts so well. It is written is precise, yet approachable language. Every sentence has a purpose. There are many very helpful and simple diagrams. Key ideas are reiterated succinctly when referenced again, so they really get hammered in. I enjoy reading it immensely, and it has certainly helped me understand electricity better than any overpriced textbook has.

Easily one of the absolute BEST informative books I've ever read...and it's so cheap!! I wish I could buy books like this for school instead of textbooks easily costing $100-$200 each - and they're much less clear than this book. This is an awesome resource for anyone interested in electricity, or someone who just needs a nice reminder. It covers plenty of the "electricity" field, and gets into some stuff that's not so "basic" for sure. Within two weeks, I bought 4 more books by Dover Books because they're so well written and laid out; some smart authors! I would recommend this to anyone with any remote interest in electricity. Don't waste your time and money with other books!

Im a trade school student and I wanted some extra knowledge on electricity. This book accomplished that, be warned it does get pretty complicated but if you pay attention it will teach you everything you need to know.

I bougth this book because when I started to study analog & digital electronics I did not know anything about electricity. Just Ohm's law..Now, after a few weeks that I have it in my technical library, I can say that I know MUCH MORE about that.The contents are very well explained in detail with a lot of pictures as examples, from Resisteances, Parallel & Series Circuits Analisys, Capacitors, Impedance, DC & AC, AC & DC motors etc.I found the book very easy & clear to read.Also, a good thing I immediatamently noticed, the original current flow direction is used in all the book, from - to + , not as many books use the conventional flow direction.Strongly suggested.

Good

It's a good introduction.

Prefer paper format

Ouvrage très concret , ne développe pas les aspects théoriques de l électricité et de le l électromagnétisme mais ses applications concrètes , complémentaire d ouvrage universitaireTrès didactique

Lieferung geschah blitzschnell. Buch ist gebraucht und sein Zustand so wie beschrieben. Vom Inhalt her ist es das beste mir bekannte Buch über Elektrizität, auch wenn es älter als 50 Jahre ist bleiben die Grundlagen der Elektrizität dieselben wie heute. Hervorragende Erklärungen lassen Zusammenhänge erkennen. Parallel dazu las ich die zweite Auflage (1964) der "Fachkunde Elektrotechnik" (liegt heute in 30. Auflage vor) müsste ich mich zwischen beiden Büchern entscheiden so fiele meine Wahl auf "Basic Elecricity".