[sdiy] electronics book

[Timothy Daugard]

> I started reading the book "Art of Electronics" a few days ago, but I
> feel there's a lack of information resistors, capacitors, basics,
> etc.. that I would like to studie deeply. What would be a good book to
> read before  "Art of Electronics"?
>
> Thanks
> Carlos
>

I bought the Mim's book for my grand daughter at Radio Shack. After she 
took a quick look at it and wasn't very interested, I took it back and 
bought the Make: Electronics book.

The Make: Electronics seems to be a much better book the the Mim's book. 
My grand daughter had fun with the first experiments, and we will 
continue - probably this week. The book has a good mix of hands on, 
theory, history and diagrams/photographs. We will see how it goes.

I'm also a fan (I believe) of Malvino. IFRC he wrote transistor circuit 
approximations which is the best book I found on transistors and 
circuits. I will have to find the book on the shel to confirm. I used 
the information from Transistor Approximations (IFRC the title) to 
create a unijunction transistor from two transistors and resistors.

Tim Daugard