Electricity: Principles and Applications

by Richard J. Fowler

Part of the Basic Skills in Electricity and Electronics Series, Electricity makes the introduction to this discipline easy to understand. The program assumes no previous training in the subject; only arithmetic and an introduction to algebra are used in explanations and problems. The text begins with a coverage of the fundamentals of direct current. This leads to a unified presentation of subject generally associated with alternating currents. Throughout the text, concepts build from one chapter to another. This important feature enables students to develop a unified understanding of electricity and the applications of electricity.

A dedication to student learning is evident throughout the text. Every page features a vertical color bar that focuses on key words. Many illustrations with a unique four-color design highlight the most important elements. Short self-tests (with answers provided) are presented throughout the text to offer immediate reinforcement and build students' confidence. Another valuable feature is the summary of key concepts found at the end of each chapter. This new edition also includes performance objectives and critical-thinking questions for every chapter.

The Activities Manual offers a wide variety of hands-on applications, including experiments that emphasize practical aspects of troubleshooting. It also includes pretests and posttests, research projects, and construction projects.

The Instructor's Manual is designed to help you present a unifed course. It contains answers to all problems in the text and representative data for all the experiments. New to this edition of the Instructor's Manual is a computerized test generator.

390 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1979

Reviews

[Eli Mounteer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Electricity principles and applications by Richard Fowler is a 300 page book, about electric principles, applications, measurement devices, and how to use said instruments. It describes the different equations and formulas most commonly used when working in the field of electricity, and the differences between them when working with direct current or alternating current. It also explains the basic components and the electrical operation principles of several different types of electrical hardware, and their correlation to theoretical electric principles.

This book was a challenging read, as it is a textbook, and was written in textbook format. As a reader who mostly reads for enjoyment, such a book was difficult to finish in the allotted time, due to the dull language. Because of this, I would recommend it to those who specifically enjoy physics, especially electricity, are willing to read a more formal book, and have a good time frame to finish it by. I give this book 4 out of 5 stars, as I did like this book, but it had some downsides, such as dull language. I think this book would have been a much better read if I had more time to read it, so as to absorb the information with thought process, and understand the principles better.

[Bryon Russel · Rating 5 out of 5]

its good

[Muhammad Abdal · Rating 4 out of 5]

it is a good book