The Art of Electronics 3rd Edition Errors !! - Page 1
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author: JacquesBBB
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 12, 2015, 07:51:16 am
content: Let it be clear, The Art of Electronics is a great book.I have read the 2nd edition, and I am very much enjoying the reading of the 3rd edition.But I already found some error in it, despite the 25 years of preparation of this edition.This is unavoidable in such a big book, and it may be nice to collect these error so they could becorrected in a new print of this edition.The error I found isin p. 32, Table 1.1, 1N4007 is given with a forward voltage drop of 0.8 mV .It should of course be 0.8 V or 800 mV.This is minor, but if an error is already found in p.32, there will be most probably others.

author: tggzzz
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timestamp: April 12, 2015, 08:11:03 am
content: Quote from: JacquesBBB on April 12, 2015, 07:51:16 amOf course. Seehttp://artofelectronics.net/errata/

author: JacquesBBB
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timestamp: April 12, 2015, 08:27:46 am
content: Quote from: tggzzz on April 12, 2015, 08:11:03 amThanks for mentioning. As the error I found is not yet reported in this list, I send them a note to add it.

author: atferrari
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timestamp: April 12, 2015, 09:26:23 am
content: Quote from: JacquesBBB on April 12, 2015, 07:51:16 amThat could take some 12 years to appear....?

author: jeroen74
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timestamp: April 12, 2015, 11:43:00 am
content: I believe the 15000 books from the first print have almost been used up and sold, and the next print is being prepared right now.

author: JacquesBBB
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timestamp: April 12, 2015, 03:17:18 pm
content: It looks like Winfield Hill is willing to correct all misprints as fast as possible.He already put the error I mentioned today in the errata listhttp://artofelectronics.net/errata/and says it will be corrected in the next printing.Quote

author: amyk
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timestamp: April 12, 2015, 04:21:46 pm
content: It doesn't look like they give outreward checksthough...

author: Zero999
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timestamp: April 12, 2015, 04:33:09 pm
content: Quote from: jeroen74 on April 12, 2015, 11:43:00 amThat's why I have decided to wait for the reprint before buying it.

author: dom0
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timestamp: April 12, 2015, 04:42:06 pm
content: Quote from: Hero999 on April 12, 2015, 04:33:09 pmIn the old times people made errata lists and fixed errors manually in their copies. Worked, too.

author: tggzzz
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timestamp: April 12, 2015, 05:02:06 pm
content: Quote from: dom0 on April 12, 2015, 04:42:06 pmStill works, and also works for the errata found after the second printing

author: JoeO
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timestamp: April 12, 2015, 05:07:27 pm
content: Quote from: Hero999 on April 12, 2015, 04:33:09 pmAnd maybe the reprint will not have wavy pages.

author: timofonic
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timestamp: August 28, 2015, 01:34:06 pm
content: Is the second print already done? Any news or dates or whatever?I see there are still erratas reports on that page, the list is still growing.Did they do enough proof reading? It seems disappointing for such expensive and mythical 3rd Edition of a big book , at least to me.

author: asg32000
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 05, 2015, 07:23:45 pm
content: I purchased a new copy of the 3rd edition and on the first page with all the publisher info, it says:First published 1980Second edition 1989Third edition 2015Reprinted with corrections 2015I can tell you that some of the errata have been corrected in my book, but a lot haven't. I will be making a new thread on that topic...

author: tooki
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timestamp: October 06, 2015, 09:37:07 am
content: Quote from: asg32000 on October 05, 2015, 07:23:45 pmWhy?Just use one of the existing topics.

author: asg32000
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2015, 12:54:56 pm
content: Quote from: tooki on October 06, 2015, 09:37:07 amI couldn't find one that suited my needs. I made this thread:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/aoe-3rd-edition-help-with-errata/