Basic Electronics de Grob, Bernard (RCA Institutes, Inc.); Kiver, Milton S. (Editor, Electrical Design News) - 1977

U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill, 1977. Ex-Library. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ; 768 pages with index; Fourth edition; Ex-library with usual library markings; Two-color text for equations; Textblock is tight with no marginalia; Pictorial boards with modest shelf and edge wear including rubbing; . (Has 32 chapters with Appendix A through Appendix I, Answers to odd-numbered problems followed by the index; This basic text is for beginning students without any experience in electricity and electronics. The first chapter is on elementary electricity with the last chapters covering integrated circuits and digital electronics. In between the topics progress through series and parallel dc circuits, networks, meters, magnetism, ac circuits with inductance and capacitance, vacuum tubes, and transistors. These fundamentals form the basis for the study of advanced applications, including communications electronics in general and radio and television in particular, industrial electronics, and computers. Each chapter has a section at the end to explain common troubles in components or applications of the theory. The entire book is written with shorter sentences, shorter paragraphs, and more subhead titles. And with the two-column format, the text should be easier to read.).