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 One of the best out there! November 21, 2009
T. Almadhi (Saudi Arabia)
This brief review is related to the 7th edition. I like the layout of this book and its clear presentation of vague concepts. Most important features include, carefully designed examples, how-to-check-your-answer sections, design examples and extensive use of major software packages in EE as tools for solving or double checking answers. I must say I have a master's degree in ee, so I don't know how this book will appeal to beginners.
Book Review June 11, 2009
Shreyans S. Shah
It arrived on time and was in good condition.
thank you
 Decent Book, but there has to be better May 3, 2009
A. Ellis (Davis, CA USA)
I needed this book for an introductory Circuits class. In my case, the instructor rarely used the book for anything other than chapter problems for homework. however, when I did use the book however, I felt that It did not explain some circuit basics well, making it hard to continue through the rest of it. Also, most of the problems have no example that is even remotely similar to the problem, which makes it hard to get through the tougher problems. If possible, Look for another book to learn circuits.
 Electric Circuits, 6th Edition, Dorf and Svoboda December 12, 2005
Apostle (Charlottesville, Virginia USA)
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
"Electric Circuits," 6th Edition by Dorf and Svoboda rates as the WORST text I've ever used in my undergraduate or graduate training. While it has many helpful tables and illustrations, the core-material presentation is garbled and not easily understood. This is complicated further by an inexcusable plethora of errors contained throughout the text. Though the authors are obviously knowledgeable in the subject matter, from me they earn a grade of "F" for their ability as writers. When used as an adjunct or self-learning text, where the student's knowledge comes directly from the textbook and without the aid of live lectures, this book is useless.
The following three textbooks cover the SAME material as Dorf and are much better suited as adjunct and self-learning texts. These are presented in the order of recommendation to you: (Monier is by far the best of all)
1. "Electric Circuit Analysis," by Charles J. Monier, 2001, Prentice Hall.
This text is EXCELLENT. As the chapter material and the math progress in complexity (up to LaPlace Transforms) the author inserts "math review chapters," which are especially helpful. The material is presented clearly and in an exact fashion in this book.
2. "Electric Circuits," by Alenander and Sadiku
3. "Introductory Circuit Analysis," by Robert L. Boylestad
Unless you're taking a lecture course directly from the authors or have access to a professor familiar with all the errors and quirks of this text, don't waste your time with it.
Disclaimer: I have no financial or business relationship or interests in any of the texts discussed here.
Horrible!!! October 25, 2005
spyder (IL)
This is the worst book to teach basic foundation skills to future electrical engineers. It assumes that readers are genuises and is definitely not for beginners. It is very difficult to follow and understand. The examples are mediocre and the problems are difficult. It omits key steps in solving some of the problems. It's exponentially frustrating when your university prescribes it as a textbook.(Did the course coordinators even try to read it from a beginner's point of view?) It's only good as a doorstop, paper weight, a projectile to throw at a non-sensical, pretentious PhD student teaching the class(or at least that's what he/she thinks they're doing), or in extreme cases, a toilet paper. Horrible book! Good for bonfires though.
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