Mathematics for Electronics and Computers - Softcover

Cook, Nigel P.

9780130811622: Mathematics for Electronics and Computers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130811629 ISBN 13: 9780130811622

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2002

Best-selling author Nigel Cook's new book Mathematics for Electronics and Computers provides a complete math course for those who want to learn technology. Employing an “integrated math applications” approach, this book reinforces all math topics with extensive electronic and computer applications to show readers the value of math as a tool. Specific chapters in the section on Basic Math cover fractions; decimal numbers; positive and negative numbers; exponents and the metric system; algebra, equations and formulas; geometry and trigonometry; and logarithms and graphs. Electronics Math chapters discuss current and voltage, resistance and power, series circuits, parallel circuits, series-parallel circuits and theorems, alternating current, capacitors, inductors and transformers, RLC circuits and complex numbers, and diodes and transistors. Finally, the section on Computer Math looks at analog to digital, number systems and codes, logic gates, Boolean expressions and algebra, binary arithmetic, and an introduction to computers and programming. For anyone pursuing a career in technology.

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From the Back Cover:

With 12 textbooks; 23 editions, and 20 years of front-line education experience, best-selling author Nigel Cook has written this text as a complete math course for high school, community college, or vocational/technical college students seeking a career in electronics and computer technology.

This finely tuned, carefully tested, and accuracy checked volume is organized into three parts:

PART A: Basic Math

Fractions; Decimal Numbers; Positive and Negative Numbers; Exponents and the Metric System; Algebra, Equations, and Formulas; Geometry and Trigonometry; and Logarithms and Graphs

PART B: Electronics Math

Current and Voltage; Resistance and Power; Series DC Circuits; Parallel DC Circuits; Series-Parallel DC Circuits and Theorems; Alternating Current (AC); Capacitors; Inductors and Transformers; RLC Circuits and Complex Numbers; and Diodes and Transistors

PART C: Computer Math

Analog to Digital; Number Systems and Codes; Logic Gates; Boolean Expressions and Algebra; Binary Arithmetic; and Introduction to Computer Programming

Text Features

As with any topic to be learned, the method of presentation can make a big difference between clear comprehension and complete confusion. Employing an "integrated math applications' approach, this text reinforces all math topics with extensive applications to show the student the value of math as a tool. Therefore, if the need for math is instantly demonstrated, the tool is retained.

Some additional features include:

Student-friendly writing style
Integrated math applications
Section self-test evaluation points
Circuit analysis tables
Extensive end-of-chapter test bank
Humanistic vignettes
Worked-out examples
Calculator sequence examples
Proto-board pictorials
Margin term definitions

INTRODUCTION

Since World War II no branch of science has contributed more to the development of the modern world as electronics. It has stimulated dramatic advances in the fields of communication, computing, consumer products, industrial automation, test and measurement, and health care. It has now become the largest single industry in the world, exceeding the automobile and oil industries, with annual sales of electronic systems greater than $2 trillion. One of the most important trends in this huge industry has been a gradual shift from analog electronics to digital electronics. This movement began in the 1960s and is almost complete today. In fact, a recent statistic stated that, on average, 90% of the circuitry within electronic systems is now digital, and only 10% is analog. This digitalization of the electronics industry is merging sectors that were once separate. For example, two of the largest sectors or branches of electronics are computing and communications. Being able to communicate with each other using the common language of digital has enabled computers and communications to interlink, so that computers can now function within communication-based networks, and communications networks can now function through computer-based systems. Industry experts call this merging convergence and predict that digital electronics will continue to unite the industry and stimulate progress in practically every field of human endeavor.

Mathematics is interwoven into the very core of science, and therefore an understanding of mathematics is imperative for anyone pursuing a career in technology. As with any topic to be learned, the method of presentation can make a big difference between clear comprehension and complete confusion. Employing an "integrated math applications" approach, this text reinforces all math topics with extensive electronic and computer applications to show the student the value of math as a tool; therefore, if the need is instantly demonstrated, the tool is retained.

OUTLINE

After 12 textbooks, 21 editions, and 19 years of front-line education experience, best-selling author Nigel Cook has written Mathematics for Electronics and Computers as a complete math course for technology students. To assist educators in curriculum chapter selection, the text has been divided into three parts to give it the versatility to adapt to a variety of course lengths.

Part A: Basic Math