Electronics
The Art of Electronics
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1989, 1125pp, 2nd ed.
This is the thoroughly revised and updated second edition of the hugely successful The Art of Electronics introductory textbook. Widely accepted as the authoritative textbook and reference on electronic circuit design, both analog and digital, this book revolutionized the teaching of electronics by emphasizing the methods actually used by circuit designers -- a combination of some basic laws, rules of thumb, and a large bag of tricks. The result is a largely nonmathematical treatment that encourages circuit intuition, brainstorming, and simplified calculations of circuit values and performance.