Schaum's Outline of Basic Electricity, Second Edition

This is a great book for those looking to develop an intuition around electricity and related practical applications. I come from an Ivy league background, computer science with some light EE classes. I've been tinkering in the house with electrical work, and realizing I lacked the grounding I want for understanding how things work together. I initially looked at the online courses from MIT and others. Several thousand greek letters and formulas later, I was feeling refreshed on my calculus and algebra, but no better at figuring out what the white wire does in my light switch :) I also looked at some electrician practitioner courses online, but they all seemed to start with things like "this is how you use a linesman plier", something I'm comfortable with, and way too slow for the crash course I'm interested in. This book was a nice happy medium...I also purchased a codebook explanation alongside this, that I've yet to crack the spine on.

This will most likely be THE best money you'll ever spend for a high quality refresher on basic electricity. The author, Milton Gussow, does an absolutely outstanding job covering the fundamentals with enough detail and clarity to make this a definite "go to" reference manual for the electrician, the technician, or the field engineer. Rather than listing the topics, I strongly suggest all potential buyers utilize the "Search inside this book" application. Reading through the Table of Contents will give you a good feel for the subject matter and how it is laid out. A cursory read of the those portions of text that are provided in the search application will give you a good understanding as to how the author clearly and concisely presents each subject. And, reading through the Index gives ample reference to those topics you most likely would want to look up on the spur of the moment. I highly recommend this is book!

I was looking for a basic book for my grandson. This book goes beyond basic That is good in one way and bad in another for someone who wants to learn basics for DIY. He likes the quizes at the end of each chapter.

is very good at acquiring basic knowledge and has many problems.it is very pedagogic,it is a good book for beginners.

Well written and broad coverage of electrronics

I know a small amount about electricity so I was looking for a beginning book, this was not it. This would be great for review if you have already taken a class but it was way over my head .

Very helpful for studying and reviewing basics of electronics.

excellent review if you have taken electrical course long ago and require refresher. Would also be a good supplement to a beginer's text.

The book was in a good condition.

Texte très clair, comme tous les volumes de la Schaum's

Good text. Works well with the AoE books and Practical Electronics for Inventors.

Yes. A book I am getting to grips with. Excelkent book. Thank you Amazon.

Explains the things I was dodgy on to more depth than my college course and is easy to understand. A good reference book for revision etc. Could have done with a few more examples and more detailed explanation of Kirchoff's Law. That was the only minus