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Jim Thompson
My dear Mr. Thompson,
As I type this, I am literally -- LITERALLY -- no more than four
inches away from my copy of the book "Industrial Electricity, Part I"
(circa 1939). I mention this by way of assuring you that neither my
admiration for, nor accumulation of, "time tested" electronics books
is lacking. Still, it would seem that solid-state electronics is here
to stay, and that acquiring books whose treatment of such electronics
extends past copper oxide rectifiers might not be completely
unwarranted. <g> Furthermore, there is the sociological aspect to
consider. The repressive laws in my state ostensibly forbid
vivisection. How else am I to gain insight into the new breed of EEs
-- a wretched heard that it is my goal to eventually join, if I live
long enough and if I can find nothing more demeaning to do -- without
at least examining their fodder?
Cordially,
Richard Kanarek
P.S. I, too, have a "50 year-old MIT text book". It was meant to be a
definitive reference on electrical engineering (much as Dr. Knuth's
"The Art of Computer Programming" was meant to likewise for CS, except
that they actually finished their book ;-). Reading it thoroughly is
on my todo list (which currently has items on it dating back to the
1980s, sigh).
I guess I'm biased by my own experiences... when I was at MIT there
were just the beginnings of teaching solid-state. After graduation I
went directly to Motorola SPD for hands-on training in IC's.
Math books definitely have no age.
...Jim Thompson