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This book would be better if it had all the answers in the back as opposed to just the odd problems. It gives you problems in the back of the book that it didn't cover very well in the examples. This is the book my school is using so I am stuck with it. You will go nuts with significant figures while trying to learn from the problems. It could use a little more depth. Or maybe even the website having additional "examples" reading material, more problems wouldn't hurt either.

I guess the book is okay, but this is just from a frustrated college student who works full time, and has a teacher that just reads from the book. I have 8 computer/internet certifications and this book just confuses me. (Not the material as much as the ommission of certian possiblities/questions/etc)

oh well.

First of all,this is the best introductory book I have ever read. Boylestadt does an excellent job of getting to the point on the subjects he talks about.The tools he explains in network theorems are very good for the ones who wish to bone up on their skills. You might want to have some other books that explain the subject a little simpler,but you have to work any way to get at that knowledge level.This is a good class room book where one is in a group and can communicate the thoughts they have leaned from the book.
This book is not about devices such as transistors and diodes but its about how accurately you can analyze the circuit. On top of that every mistake he makes in one edition,he corrects it in another edition. So you can guess that this book is pretty good.You don't necessarily have to have a TI-86,but it makes the work flow pretty easily.You need to know what an integrand sign means but for the most part it is a very readable book.
Boylestadt has books out on devices,too. If it's like this book
you know its very knowledgable.

I used the 9th edition in beginning an AAS program. They only used Boylestads book for 2 years and then switched to Floyds book(blah).
They reason why this book could be considered hard to navigate, as stated by the previous reviewer, is the fact that Boylestad talks way too much! He is protraying himself to be some sort of technical literary genius, while sometimes talking down to you, which could be contradictory considering that fact this is suposed be an "Introductory" Circuit Analysis text. The spaces become filled up with the words "hence", therefore, refer to figure etc..., and the high color graphics( which arent that great I might add. If I want to see pictures of Ohm, Hertz, and Thevnin, i can find it elsewhere). Just state the portions of the problem, give the algebraic explanation, and move on!
The book is a good coverage of circuit analysis however and can be a decent reference down the road, but Im not huge on the combined presentation of the publisher and particularly the author ;). Although the material is thorough, they should streamline it a bit more for the modern age of electronics. Im am glad I got to use this book instead of Floyds book. Its great on Circuit Analysis, but not as good on presentation.