Engineering Circuit Analysis Review

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(More customer reviews)Good book, tough problems.
The chapters themselves are very well written and provide good example problems to help illustrate the various techniques. The problem that I have with this book is the difficulty level of the excersises in the back of each chapter. They are, I think, a bit too challenging for the typical student.
Don't get me wrong: of course there should be some difficult problems to challenge us. But there should also be some easy ones along with a few of middling difficulty. This book, though, pretty much slams you with some very tricky stuff right away.
I highly recommend using one of the Schaum's outlines (Basic Circuit Analysis) to supplement this book. They seem to provide a more gradual approach to learning the material--giving you tons of practice problems to drive the point home.
Overall, a good book. But maybe a few "confidence builders" to start each problem set would improve things a bit.

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The hallmark feature of this classic text is its focus on the student – it is written so that students may teach the science of circuit analysis to themselves.Terms are clearly defined when they are introduced, basic material appears toward the beginning of each chapter and is explained carefully and in detail, and numerical examples are used to introduce and suggest general results.Simple practice problems appear throughout each chapter, while more difficult problems appear at the ends of chapters, following the order of presentation of text material.This introduction and resulting repetition provide an important boost to the learning process.Hayt's rich pedagogy supports and encourages the student throughout by offering tips and warnings, using design to highlight key material, and providing lots of opportunities for hands-on learning.The thorough exposition of topics is delivered in an informal way that underscores the authors' conviction that circuit analysis can and should be fun.

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