Electrical Engineering 101: Everything You Should Have Learned in School...but Probably Didn't

This is a great book for the layperson. I've been doing hobby electronics for the better part of my life, but I've always just cobbled together my understanding of what I needed to know when I needed to know it, but this lays it all out for you as a body of knowledge. The concepts are still a little complex because the subject matter is complex, but this books makes is easier to understand, it seems modern in the approach the author takes to illustrate concepts. Still trying to make my way through it, but if you really want to understand electronics, other than going to a college and taking courses, this is probably on of the best ways to learn, and you always have a handy reference manual.

Very good knowledgeable book. P.s. quality of the book is so perfect.

This book covers many things that "fall through the cracks" in electrical engineering. It covers the basics (as a refresher or a primer depending on your experience). It is useful to novices entering the field BUT ALSO for veterans wanting a bigger picture (I'm in the latter category). What is so impressive about this text is how incredibly approachable Darren makes it - he foregoes the endless references to a far-off bibliography, writes to the user, and annotates with ample (often humorous) footnotes. He manages to take difficult topics (such as Thevenin's Theorem) and break them down into digestible elements - synthesising the complex into the simple(r). And like a true engineer, he starts at chapter 0. I highly recommend this book.

This has taught me so much in two weeks! Deffo worth buying for electrical engineering basics and refreshing your memory

I purchased this book to brush up on some electrical engineering concepts for my new job. The book focuses most on developing an intuitive knowledge of the theory behind electronic circuits. It also covers common issues encountered during the design phase and how to solve them. The result it seems, made me less error prone and enables me to understand other people’s work better. The book has an informal tone and covers the basics well while leaving the more advanced stuff up to the reader. There are some topics I wish were elaborated better but that did not seem to disrupt my ability to understand them. I would certainly recommend this book for people needing to fill up holes in their existing knowledge base. This book is decent for absolute beginners, but there are some topics in later chapters that seem (to me) require some prior knowledge to comprehend fully.