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Introduction to Electric Circuits
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Manufacturer: Wiley
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.31924
EAN: 9780471730422
ISBN: 0471730424
Label: Wiley
Manufacturer: Wiley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 880
Publication Date: 2006-01-09
Publisher: Wiley
Studio: Wiley
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Build problem-solving skills for the real world
Revised with even more effective learning features, Dorf and Svoboda's Seventh Edition of Introduction to Electric Circuits introduces students to circuit analysis, and helps build strong problem-solving skills in a framework that is both engaging and accessible. Known for its practical emphasis on design, solid examples, and real-world problems, the text introduces students to the kinds of problems that electrical and computer engineers face in contemporary practice.
Interactive exercises and examples provide a rich learning environment
The book's website (www.wiley.com/college/dorf) provides resources to help students build confidence, and apply and learn the steps necessary to successfully complete homework problems.
* Interactive Examples show how to solve similar problems step-by-step.
* Interactive Exercises offer endless practice with immediate feedback.
* Interactive LearningWare helps students visualize difficult topics.
Also available
PSpice for Linear Circuits, 2E
James A. Svoboda, Clarkson University
0-471-78146-0, Paper, (c)2007
This introduction provides step-by-step instructions for using PSpice and Orcad Capture to analyze ac and dc circuits, circuits in the time domain to determine the complete response, and circuits in the frequency domain to determine the frequency response.
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Summary: Electric Circuits, 6th Edition, Dorf and Svoboda
Comment: "Electric Circuits," 6th Edition by Dorf and Svoboda rates as the WORST text I've ever used in my undergraduate or graduate training. While it has many helpful tables and illustrations, the core-material presentation is garbled and not easily understood. This is complicated further by an inexcusable plethora of errors contained throughout the text. Though the authors are obviously knowledgeable in the subject matter, from me they earn a grade of "F" for their ability as writers. When used as an adjunct or self-learning text, where the student's knowledge comes directly from the textbook and without the aid of live lectures, this book is useless.
The following three textbooks cover the SAME material as Dorf and are much better suited as adjunct and self-learning texts. These are presented in the order of recommendation to you: (Monier is by far the best of all)
1. "Electric Circuit Analysis," by Charles J. Monier, 2001, Prentice Hall.
This text is EXCELLENT. As the chapter material and the math progress in complexity (up to LaPlace Transforms) the author inserts "math review chapters," which are especially helpful. The material is presented clearly and in an exact fashion in this book.
2. "Electric Circuits," by Alenander and Sadiku
3. "Introductory Circuit Analysis," by Robert L. Boylestad
Unless you're taking a lecture course directly from the authors or have access to a professor familiar with all the errors and quirks of this text, don't waste your time with it.
Disclaimer: I have no financial or business relationship or interests in any of the texts discussed here.
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Summary: Horrible!!!
Comment: This is the worst book to teach basic foundation skills to future electrical engineers. It assumes that readers are genuises and is definitely not for beginners. It is very difficult to follow and understand. The examples are mediocre and the problems are difficult. It omits key steps in solving some of the problems. It's exponentially frustrating when your university prescribes it as a textbook.(Did the course coordinators even try to read it from a beginner's point of view?) It's only good as a doorstop, paper weight, a projectile to throw at a non-sensical, pretentious PhD student teaching the class(or at least that's what he/she thinks they're doing), or in extreme cases, a toilet paper. Horrible book! Good for bonfires though.
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Summary: This book is for skilled Electrical Engineering Students
Comment: If you want a book that holds your hand and babies you through circuit theory, than this book is not for you. Mastery of advanced calculus, and calculus based physics is necessary.
Having said that, being able to understand what is in this book will set you apart from an EET. You use this book because you want to be an EE. (You know, the guy who is the EET's boss. hehe)
This is a well presented book for a skilled enginering student.
You will know more about circuit theory than the average joe tech will ever know.
Saying you can't understand this book is like saying you can't understand Advanced Quantum Mechanics because it has too much math.
Don't be a baby. Just take your 3 semesters of calculus w/ differential equations and 2 semesters of calculus based physics
and then and only then will you be ready for this book. When you are done with this book, you will be a certified EE genius :)
And tell the EET's that they will be working for you. HEHE.
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Summary: Really just so so
Comment: This book ist not too different in quality from Nilsson, quite normal; some topics are explained okay, others lack a bit of depth in derivation. But the problems are not very fun to solve.
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Summary: Enjoyable textbook for passionate students
Comment: This is a very good textbook for passionate students who have a solid background in physics and mathematics. It is not suitable for the average freshman, nor is it suitable for technical or trades students.
When I say a solid background, I mean you had better be an A student in physics and mathematics otherwise you'll gradually be left behind.
Dorf doesn't baby students with this book. High school education has been dumbed down disgracefully these days as bright students are "streamed" with the not-so-bright. School education is politically correct and has been excessively feminized and made "inclusive." That means bright students should find a good school, or work by themselves, and work hard.
This is not to say that readers who have problems with this book are not very bright. It could mean they've had a bad high school education or their college/university dumbed down their mathematics and physics courses in response to the high drop-out rates. You need to be *very* good with, as a minimum, first year mathematics (calculus, linear algebra) and physics (calculus based physics). Don't make this text your first ever introduction to circuits and things like voltage, resistance, current, and so on. You should have met all these in your physics courses! (I *did* say you need a solid background in physics, didn't I?)
If you have a bit of time before using this book, or you want to repeat a class that uses this book, grab yourself a copy of Basic Technical Mathematics with Calculus (SI Version) 8th Edition by Washington, and work your way from there with more advanced engineering mathematics texts. Also pick up Grossman's Elementary Linear Algebra, or Strang's Linear Algebra. Now get yourself a good physics text, such as the Six Ideas in Physics series, and understand it. It may also help to familiarize yourself with basic electric circuits by working your way through a more elementary text that doesn't use calculus (assuming you need to work on your math before using this text, of course).
Go for it!
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