Poor quality electronics books

[Dean]

Does anyone else get annoyed at the number of reference books on electronics
that are chock full of simple errors ? I find many books seem to be rushed
onto the market without being proof read beforehand. You'll see plain
obvious mistakes like voltage polarity the wrong way round, wrong numbers
used to identify figures and tables, illogical logic statements and worst of
all - text that stops halfway through a sentence at the bottom of a page
with a new chapter beginning on the next ! Could it be that publishers cut
costs by using some Microsoft spill checka ( sorry, spell checker ) and
think thats good enough ? Girlie magazines have fewer errors......so I've
heard.

Dean.

 

[Ken Taylor]

"Dean" <dbd@cyllene.uwa.edu.au> wrote in message
news:bu285b$elb$1@enyo.uwa.edu.au...

Does anyone else get annoyed at the number of reference books on
electronics
that are chock full of simple errors ? I find many books seem to be rushed
onto the market without being proof read beforehand. You'll see plain
obvious mistakes like voltage polarity the wrong way round, wrong numbers
used to identify figures and tables, illogical logic statements and worst
of
all - text that stops halfway through a sentence at the bottom of a page
with a new chapter beginning on the next ! Could it be that publishers cut
costs by using some Microsoft spill checka ( sorry, spell checker ) and
think thats good enough ? Girlie magazines have fewer errors......so I've
heard.

Dean.

You don't need to spell-check bitmaps.....

I bought some satellite training videos for my tech's once and was given the
same publishing company's book on same subject as a sample, them hoping to
sell a heap of them. It was such crappy quality that I nearly sent the
videos back as well on principle! The cheaper 'texts' seem to suffer this,
but the more exotic subject texts seem to do okay.

Ken

 

[The Real Andy]

Look for a book in the AUD100$+ vicinity and you might find thigs are a
little different. Also try the well known books used by the Uni's, such as
"Art of Electronics" by Winfield Hill.

"Dean" <dbd@cyllene.uwa.edu.au> wrote in message
news:bu285b$elb$1@enyo.uwa.edu.au...

Does anyone else get annoyed at the number of reference books on
electronics
that are chock full of simple errors ? I find many books seem to be rushed
onto the market without being proof read beforehand. You'll see plain
obvious mistakes like voltage polarity the wrong way round, wrong numbers
used to identify figures and tables, illogical logic statements and worst
of
all - text that stops halfway through a sentence at the bottom of a page
with a new chapter beginning on the next ! Could it be that publishers cut
costs by using some Microsoft spill checka ( sorry, spell checker ) and
think thats good enough ? Girlie magazines have fewer errors......so I've
heard.

Dean.

 

[David L. Jones]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:05:31 +0800, "Dean" <dbd@cyllene.uwa.edu.au>
wrote:

Does anyone else get annoyed at the number of reference books on electronics
that are chock full of simple errors ? I find many books seem to be rushed
onto the market without being proof read beforehand. You'll see plain
obvious mistakes like voltage polarity the wrong way round, wrong numbers
used to identify figures and tables, illogical logic statements and worst of
all - text that stops halfway through a sentence at the bottom of a page
with a new chapter beginning on the next ! Could it be that publishers cut
costs by using some Microsoft spill checka ( sorry, spell checker ) and
think thats good enough ? Girlie magazines have fewer errors......so I've
heard.

Dean.

You forgot the ones that just have a silly random mix of stuff that
makes the thing next to useless. I have plenty of those. No point
having a fantastically presented and edited error free book if the
contents are scattered all over the place and not relevant.

Not all uni/tafe recommended books cut the mustard either, some of
them are just plain silly. But on whole, most of them are the pick of
the crop.

When is the third edtion of Art of Electronics coming out?

Dave
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(remove the "_" from my email address to reply)

 

[Vermin]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:05:31 +0800, "Dean" <dbd@cyllene.uwa.edu.au>
wrote:

Does anyone else get annoyed at the number of reference books on electronics
that are chock full of simple errors ? I find many books seem to be rushed
onto the market without being proof read beforehand. You'll see plain
obvious mistakes like voltage polarity the wrong way round, wrong numbers
used to identify figures and tables, illogical logic statements and worst of
all - text that stops halfway through a sentence at the bottom of a page
with a new chapter beginning on the next ! Could it be that publishers cut
costs by using some Microsoft spill checka ( sorry, spell checker ) and
think thats good enough ? Girlie magazines have fewer errors......so I've
heard.

Dean.

Certainly do.

I recently read a book called "The secrets of RF circuit design".

I'll get the publisher and authors name from work tomorrow and post
it as a follow up, so that all of you can avoid this spectacularly
crap book.

Every chapter without fail had errors. From wrong reference
designators when talking about circuit elements, to the misuse of
terms like power and voltage.

Absolute rubbish.

V.

 

[Mark Harriss]

Vermin wrote:

Certainly do.

I recently read a book called "The secrets of RF circuit design".

I'll get the publisher and authors name from work tomorrow and post
it as a follow up, so that all of you can avoid this spectacularly
crap book.

Every chapter without fail had errors. From wrong reference
designators when talking about circuit elements, to the misuse of
terms like power and voltage.

Absolute rubbish.

V.

"Secrets of RF circuit design" Joseph Carr, McGraw-Hill?
sold by Dickies

 

[Brian Goldsmith]

"Vermin" wrote

Does anyone else get annoyed at the number of reference books on
electronics
that are chock full of simple errors ?>Dean.

Certainly do.

I recently read a book called "The secrets of RF circuit design".

I'll get the publisher and authors name from work tomorrow and post
it as a follow up, so that all of you can avoid this spectacularly
crap book.

Every chapter without fail had errors. From wrong reference
designators when talking about circuit elements, to the misuse of
terms like power and voltage.

Absolute rubbish.

**** Are you sure you're not getting a book or two mixed up with the
Aus.Electronics newsgroup?



Brian Goldsmith.

 

[Jeff]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:04:52 GMT, tronnort_@yahoo.com (David L. Jones)
wrote:

<snip>

When is the third edtion of Art of Electronics coming out?

According to Win 'no time soon'! His advice is to get the 2nd edition
because the 3rd will contain so much new stuff you'll need/want them
both anyway!

Jeff

 

[Dean]

"The Real Andy" <i_luv_beer_especially_pilsners@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:4004ed61@dnews.tpgi.com.au...

Look for a book in the AUD100$+ vicinity and you might find thigs are a
little different. Also try the well known books used by the Uni's, such as
"Art of Electronics" by Winfield Hill.

Yes, Art of Electronics is an absolute gem. An example of how to get it
right.

Dean.

 

[Vermin]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:48:22 GMT, Mark Harriss
<ningauble@removethis.bigpond.com> wrote:

Vermin wrote:

Certainly do.

I recently read a book called "The secrets of RF circuit design".

I'll get the publisher and authors name from work tomorrow and post
it as a follow up, so that all of you can avoid this spectacularly
crap book.

Every chapter without fail had errors. From wrong reference
designators when talking about circuit elements, to the misuse of
terms like power and voltage.

Absolute rubbish.

V.


"Secrets of RF circuit design" Joseph Carr, McGraw-Hill?
sold by Dickies

Yep that's it.

 

[The Real Andy]

"Brian Goldsmith" <brian.goldsmith@nospamecho1.com.au> wrote in message
news:hJ9Nb.12038$Wa.1326@news-server.bigpond.net.au...

"Vermin" wrote

Does anyone else get annoyed at the number of reference books on
electronics
that are chock full of simple errors ?>Dean.


Certainly do.

I recently read a book called "The secrets of RF circuit design".

I'll get the publisher and authors name from work tomorrow and post
it as a follow up, so that all of you can avoid this spectacularly
crap book.

Every chapter without fail had errors. From wrong reference
designators when talking about circuit elements, to the misuse of
terms like power and voltage.

Absolute rubbish.

**** Are you sure you're not getting a book or two mixed up with the
Aus.Electronics newsgroup?

Probably getting it mixed up with you.

Brian Goldsmith.