The H&H AoE book

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Wed Jan 29 23:18:00 2003

At 06:29 PM 1/29/03 -0600, Jeffrey Sharp wrote:
>Due to the recommendation of several on the list, I went to the local Barnes
>and Noble and picked up Horowitz & Hill's _The Art of Electronics_. You guys
>weren't fibbing: this thing's great! I've only read about 10 pages so far,
>but it already kicks the complete _at_#$% out of the book I previously had. I
>give many thanks to those who recommended this book.
>
>The other book I had was _Understanding Electronics_. I don't remember the
>author's name but the publisher was TAB Books. I wouldn't recommend it to
>anyone except maybe for use as a firestarter. That book sucks giant donkey
>balls (IMHO of course).

   That's generally true of all the TAB boks. I've found few that were worth even taking home and I certainly wouldn't PAY for them.

    Joe
Received on Wed Jan 29 2003 - 23:18:00 GMT