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From: bhoughto@cmdnfs.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: intro analog books
Summary: Ohhhh, I'm an engineer and I'm o-kay...
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Date: 11 Oct 90 16:41:03 GMT
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In article <1990Oct11.032231.25730@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
>
>Horowitz and Hill's "The Art of Electronics" is the definitive book on
>the subject for non-EEs, but it's a lot more massive and formal.

Don't limit that recommendation, Henry.

Horowitz and Hill is a great thing for any EE to have, too.

Nobody's an expert on everything.  (Even H&H includes a
number of sections written primarily by grad students --
Harvard grad students at that).

				--Blair
				  "For instance, I don't know
				   the formula to Coca-cola, how
				   to use far pointers, the pinouts
				   of half the chips I've designed,
				   or the middle part of the
				   Gettysburg address..."