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Ashby, Darren.
Electrical engineering 101 : everything you should have learned in school . . .
but probably didn’t / Darren Ashby.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-85617-506-7 (alk. paper)
1. Electric engineering. I. Title.
2009
—dc22
2008045182
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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN-13: 978-1-85617-506-7
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Preface
THE FIRST WORD
Wow, the ess of the original edition of Electrical Engineering 101 has been
amazing. I have had fans from all over the ment on it and how the
book has helped them. The response has been all I ever hoped for —so much
so that I get a chance to add to it and make an even better version.
Of course, these days you don’t just get a second edition, you get a better edi-
tion. This time through,