I decided to get into electricity and green energy. When I started running into technical problems that required me to design my own circuit boards, I knew I had better get a fundamental education in electronics. I've always been self-taught by reading books and tutorials from experts and avoiding the expense of schooling. Its gotten me far in life. This book gave me a tremendous amount of useful information and a fantastic foundation about the basic elements of circuit design and their components. There are also superb explanations about the internal mechanics of various components, including how diodes work. I haven't read other books in this field yet, but I'm quite impressed with the presentation and breadth of information in this one. I found out about it because it was recommended by this guy: [...]
To make sure I was prepared for this book, I purchased the precursor book on Electricity. I thought it was outstanding. I found it to be simple, clear and a breadth of information. You can tell its dumbed down a bit -- not written to expect you to have high-level physics and calculus comprehension -- but it still makes use of some basic physics principles. Electricity: Principles and Applications