Electrical Engineering: Know It All (Newnes Know It All) Review

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I have graduate degrees in physics and bioengineering and took several courses in electrical engineering as an undergraduate senior and in graduate school, but I am not a full blown electrical engineer. I know (knew?) enough for my needs. I purchased this book as a refresher and companion to Horowitz and Hill because this volume is available for my Kindle. The reviews convinced me this would be a good buy. I don't dispute the content and the writing style is good. There are, however, many, many typos in the figures, examples, and in line symbols. I am only 50 pages or so into the book and have been very frustrated that I am now proof reading a book when I wanted to be refreshing my understanding. Example, Figure 2.1 lists Mica with a resistivity of 1X10 ^ -13 ohms m, or 10 ^7 micro ohms m and glass as 1X10 ^ 8 ohm m or 10^4 micro ohm m. Fine, I can unwind things like this, but I am nervous as I get into the more advanced chapters where I'm counting on the book to give me accurate information. If you already know the material, you can read the book and correct the typos. If not, be careful. I don't know if the same errors exist in the hard bound version. Maybe someone who has it can check...

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The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer's first port of call for key information, design techniques and rules of thumb. Guaranteed not to gather dust on a shelf!The Electrical Engineering know it all covers the essential areas of electrical engineering, it is more practical than most of the large EE "handbooks," offering tips, tools of the trade, design and applications information along with summarized theory, equations and formulas that are normally found in such books.Contents:Chapter 1 An Introduction to Electric CircuitsChapter 2 Resistance and ResistivityChapter 3 Series and parallel networksChapter 4 Capacitors and InductorsChapter 5 D.c. circuit theoryChapter 6 Alternating voltages and currentsChapter 7 Complex NumbersChapter 8 Transients and Laplace transformsChapter 9 Frequency Domain Circuit AnalysisChapter 10 Digital ElectronincsChapter 11 Analog ElectronicsChapter 12 Circuit simulationChapter 13 InterfacingChapter 14 Microcontrollers and MicroprocessorsChapter 15 Power ElectronicsChapter 16 Signals and Signal ProcessingChapter 17 Filter DesignChapter 18 Control and Instrumentation SystemsChapter 19 Communications SystemsChapter 20 Principles of ElectromagneticsChapter 21 MAGNETIC FIELDSChapter 22 Electromagnetic Transients and EMIChapter 23 Traveling Wave EffectsChapter 24 TransformersChapter 25 Electromagnetic MachinesChapter 26 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)Chapter 27 Power GenerationChapter 28 Power Transmission and DistributionChapter 29 Power QualityAppendix A General referenceAppendix B . A 360-degree view from our best-selling authors. Hot topics covered . The ultimate hard-working desk reference; all the essential information, techniques and tricks of the trade in one volume

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