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Re: QUERY: Electronics Dictionary RECOMMENDATION

Subject: Re: QUERY: Electronics Dictionary RECOMMENDATION
From: Steven Oppenheimer <Steven -at- OppenheimerCommunications -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 11:13:09 -0500


At 02:00 AM 1/22/2005, you wrote:

Subject: Re: QUERY: Electronics Dictionary RECOMMENDATION
From: "Erica Sullivan" <docudiva -at- hotmail -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:39:41 -0500
X-Message-Number: 24

I think I asked this wrong. I'm getting lots of information on how to find
an electronics dictionary and how to find cheap books. What I was hoping
for was a recommendation from someone who actually uses one.

Erica

There is the Penguin Dictionary of Electronics, edited by Valerie Illingworth, (ISBN 0-14-051402-3) which I think is pretty good with one caveat:

I think electronics is one of those highly technical fields (like aviation or telecomm or genetics) where it's hard to have any idea what's going on, or to follow any definitions, without some prior training. I'm studying electronics right now as a way to bolster my tech writing, and there's all kinds of things that I'm learning on a week-by-week basis, with careful study, that I could never have grasped by reading the quick dictionary definition.

Still, the Penguin Dictionary is out there, and you can give it a try.

Regards,
Steve O.

Steven Oppenheimer, M.A.
Oppenheimer Communications
Technical and Business Writing: From Complexity To Clarity (SM)
Steven -at- OpComm -dot- com www.OpComm.com (301) 468-9233

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