Written in a down-to-earth style, using humor and easy-to-comprehend language combined with real-world experience, the author builds a genuine understanding about fundamental principles for readers and shows how they can be used to handle complex problems. If you want: To refresh yourself on the basics and possibly pick up a few new ways to make understanding electronics easier, To understand what an electron is, To know how to succeed in the corporate world of engineering, A book that was written to be easily understood. this book is for you! This new edition opens with a lesson on what electricity is and where it comes from. It eliminates common misconceptions and replaces them with intuitive and profound understanding of this seemingly "magical world." From there it builds on that base and gives you the tools to solve everyday EE challenges, including: Unit Math and how it can make you look really smart, How to imagine electronic components intuitively using everyday objects, How to turn your brain into a circuit simulator to get the right answer just by looking at a design or a signal, The secrets of successful troubleshooting techniques, How to use the tools of the trade to get the right results so as not to cause confusion, Secret corporate survival skills that can help you succeed in this profession, Analog versus digital motors, controls, micros, and much more. As an added bonus, throughout the book you will find golden nuggets of information called "Thumb Rules" that condense the lessons into bullet points making them easier to remember and apply. Book jacket.