Martin Gregorie  wrote:
> How does 'Practical Electronics for Inventors' by Paul Scherz & Simon Monk
> compare with H&H?
>
> I've seen reviews that give the two books equal star ratings and say
> there's enough content overlap that you only need one of them.

I wouldn't trust star ratings for anything like this, but there's a PDF copy
of Scherz & Monk 3rd Ed around so I had a brief look.

I think the main difference is S&M is an _encyclopaedia_ and H&H is a
_cookbook_.  S&M has lots of pages on 'what things are', while H&H is full
of examples of 'here's how to solve problem X'.

Of course, to do that H&H is also pretty encyclopaedic, but you can then
follow through into the applications.  It's also feasible to dip into like
that: you don't need to fully understand the chapter on the behaviour of
eggs before finding a recipe for souffle.

Suffice it to say, since I bought a copy of H&H 2nd edition there's only
been one practical electronics book to top it - and that's H&H 3rd edition.

Theo

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