Electric Circuits - Softcover

James W. Nilsson; Susan A. Reidel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1269949322 ISBN 13: 9781269949323

Publisher: Pearson, 2015

Synopsis

From the Preface of this 792 page book: "The goals of this book are to build an understanding of concepts and ideas explicitly in terms of previous learning. Students are constantly challenged by the need to layer new concepts on top of previous ones they may still be struggling to master. This text provides an important focus on helping students understand how new concepts are related to and rely upon concepts previously presented. Another goal is to emphasize the relationship between conceptual understanding and problem-solving approaches. Developing problem-solving skills continues to be the central challenge in a first-year circuits course. In this text we include numerous examples that present problem-solving techniques followed by assessment problems that enable students to test their mastery of the material and techniques introduced. The problem-solving process we illustrate is based on concepts rather than the use of procedures. This encourages students to think about a problem before attempting to solve it. Additionally, this book provides students with a strong foundation of engineering practices. There are limited opportunities in a first-year circuit analysis course to introduce students to realistic engineering experiences. We continue to take advantage of the opportunities that do exist by including problems and examples that use realistic component values and represent realizable circuits. We include many problems related to the practical perspective problems that begin each chapter. We also include problems intended to stimulate the students' interest in engineering, where the problems require the type of insight typical of a practicing engineer."

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1269949322
• ISBN 13: 9781269949323
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 792