Book Review: The Essence of Analogue Electronics

The Essence of Analogue Electronics: COLIN LUNN (Prentice Hall, The Essence of Engineering Series, 1997, 325 pp., £14.95 paperback) This is the second book of this new series which I have reviewed. The series is intended to provide a concise, practical, and uniform introduction to the core components of an undergraduate engineering degree. About six titles have been published to date, and about four more are in preparation. This book has ten chapters in all. The first introduction chapter deals with passive components and some simple concept and principles of circuit theory. It sets-the style and tone of the book with: