Schaum's Outline of Basic Electrical Engineering

The title of this guide may lead some to think that this is really a starting point for someone that is either at the beginning of an electrical engineering degree program or thinking about electrical engineering as a major. And it is really not that so much as it is a guide that takes the large concepts that you learn throughout the course of an electrical engineering degree like circuits analysis, electronics (circuits made of diodes, transistors, etc.) digital logic, electric drives, etc., and condenses them into one guide. So, it is more a review of the core concepts of an electrical engineering curriculum and can be used as a primer once you graduate to brush up on concepts, prepare for the PE exam (for those who will take it), etc. It is not necessarily a guide that will be extremely helpful to use in an introduction to electrical engineering class that many schools have that gives you an idea of what you can do with the major, may have you build a couple of basic soldering projects or the like. It has some calculation mistakes in it (which knocks it down a star for me), but if you need to brush up on the theory for some reason, this is an excellent guide to get the big picture without all of the fine detail.

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Vendor rated used book very good, For me it was excellent!

Basically, all of the reviews for this study guide is spot on. Its well formatted however, I would say this is a true to form Schaum's guidebook in its style. This is where the quality disparity begins however. There are some mistakes in calculation and explanation, at least if one is a beginner or college engineering freshman, would be incorrigible to understand why its wrong. This book is not written as a helping guide, rather its flow is similar to a semesters simplified syllabus. In other words, if you go in knowing these simple problems you will be ill prepared for an engineering exam which are undoubtedly worded the same and far more complicated.It is as if a professor just drills the basics and does not elaborate on purpose, theory or usefulness in design. If you can get a seniors notes from class from a previous year, they may be equivalent to what this book has to offer.

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I really relied on the Schaum's Outline series to prepare for my P.E. exam! I really like how many problems are included and the solution explanation.

Good.

The book was in good condition

thank you

Arrived in good condition. The subject matter is accessible to the layman.

Great