ramKatori Posted November 12, 2004 Report Share Posted November 12, 2004 I am looking for a book or web-site that can give me good explanations of certain concepts: Resistance, Inductance, Capacitance, Inductive Reactance. My hobbyist Electronics book does not do a very good job of this. Ideally, the reference give me more than a few paragraphs. It would provide examples that help "chew" the concepts and even to visualize them. Also, ideally, the treatment will be as non-mathematical as possible. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_speicher Posted November 12, 2004 Report Share Posted November 12, 2004 I am looking for a book or web-site that can give me good explanations of certain concepts: Resistance, Inductance, Capacitance, Inductive Reactance. My hobbyist Electronics book does not do a very good job of this. Ideally, the reference give me more than a few paragraphs. It would provide examples that help "chew" the concepts and even to visualize them. Also, ideally, the treatment will be as non-mathematical as possible. Thank you There are much better sources which go into much more depth, along with more mathematics, but for a short and simple introduction this site seems close to what you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramKatori Posted November 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 ... for a short and simple introduction this site seems close to what you want. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_speicher Posted November 13, 2004 Report Share Posted November 13, 2004 Thank you. You're welcome. But note that these sort of presentations only scratch the surface, and I would still recommend any of the current crop of "physics for poets" sort of books for the next level of understanding. Many of these books require a minimal amount of mathematics, and some I believe teach the required mathematics along with the physics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay P Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 Here's an "online textbook" that has explanations of electricity and electronics concepts: All About Circuits In particular, chapters 1 and 2, on basic DC and AC circuits give a good explanation of inductance and capacitance. It does use some math, but the electric circuit concepts are introduced with lots of explanation. (Speaking of math, if you want to eventually solve AC circuit problems, using complex numbers makes the task a lot easier than it would be without them - they're a very useful concept. This web site does give an introduction to complex numbers as they apply to AC circuits.) A first-year physics textbook would also be helpful if you want to better understand the theory behind inductance and capacitance, though it would probably require more math than you'd want at first. I don't have any particular suggestions here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramKatori Posted November 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 Here's an "online textbook" that has explanations of electricity and electronics concepts:Â All About Circuits Thank you. I will check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Rarden Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 I am now going through Feynman Lecture Series, Vol 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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