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(BQ) Part 1 book "Electrical engineering" has contents: What is electricity really, three things they should have taught in engineering, basic theory, pieces parts. | Newnes is an imprint of Elsevier 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400 Burlington, MA 01803, USA Linacre House, Jordan Hill Oxford OX2 8DP, UK Copyright © 2009, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone: (+44) 1865 843830, fax: (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail: permissions@. You may also complete your request online via the Elsevier homepage (), by selecting “Customer Support” and then “Obtaining Permissions.” Recognizing the importance of preserving what has been written, Elsevier prints its books on acid-free paper whenever possible. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data 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 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN-13: 978-1-85617-506-7 For information on all Newnes publications visit our website at . 08 09 10 11 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in Canada iv 10/21/2008 12:20:55 PM Preface THE FIRST WORD Wow, the success of the original edition of Electrical Engineering 101 has been amazing. I have had fans from all over the world comment 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 edition. This time through, you will get more