Electronics is everywhere, and it touches everyone. Everyone knows electrical engineers need to know electronics, but there are also millions of employees of electrical utilities, telephone companies, the broadcast industry, and TV, radio, computer, and appliance repair industries, as well as electronic hobbyists who use their knowledge of electronics every day. Where have these people learned the electronics they know? Many have taken course in high school and/or college, but many others are self-taught, drawn to electronics by their interest in the field. It is as close as you can come to getting electronics made simple enough to understand on your own. This book has been prepared both for those who have no background whatsoever in electronics and for those who already know something about it and would like to put their bits and pieces together in a logical, sequential fashion. It can serve as a supplement to any textbook you may already have, in as much as it will expand on some ideas and present a new approach for others. Contents : Introduction to Electronics Inductance, Capacitance, and Alternating Current Resonance Changing Alternating Current to Direct Current Semiconductors Electrical Power Audio Amplifiers Other Types of Amplifiers Stereo Equipment Oscillators Modulation and Demodulation Transmitters, Transmission lines, and Antennas Receivers Television Lasers and Fiber Optics Radar and Microwaves Computers Applications of Electronics Cellular Phones, Pagers, Faxes and Printers Electronics in the Future Glossary, Answers to Review Questions, Index