Electronics book

[osnarf]

I was originally going to take some electrical engineering courses along with my aerospace but have decided to just pursue it as a self study instead. I really just want to be able to do things at the hobby level. Could you recommend a good book or several books that would help get me started? Thanks, I appreciate it.

[berkeman]

I was originally going to take some electrical engineering courses along with my aerospace but have decided to just pursue it as a self study instead. I really just want to be able to do things at the hobby level. Could you recommend a good book or several books that would help get me started? Thanks, I appreciate it.

The Art of Electronics, by Horowitz and Hill. It's a good book for self study, and takes you from very basic concepts up through microcontrollers and analog circuits.

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Electronics-Paul-Horowitz/dp/0521370957/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253307225&sr=8-1

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[Feldoh]

I'll second Horowitz and Hill, unless you've never done anything with circuits before. It's (arguably) not a complete beginners book, but if you do know the basics it's, as berkeman said, a very good book.

[n!kofeyn]

There is also a student's manual (http://www.amazon.com/Art-Electronics-Student-Manual-Exercises/dp/0521377099) for this book.