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If you find yourself struggling to understand the basic concepts of electricity, I can warmly recommend the book "There are no electrons" by Kenn Amdahl. It's a very silly book, which attempts to explain electricity through allegory and humour

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THERE ARE NO ELECTRONS is incredibly excellent.

Another is Darren Ashby's "Electrical Engineering 101: Everything You Should Have Learned in School...but Probably Didn't"

ALSO SEE:

Are we teaching electricity the wrong way 'round? http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/02/05/3937083.ht...

Understanding electricity and circuits: what textbooks don't tell you http://web.archive.org/web/20080730063549/science.uniserve.e...

FIELDS OF ELECTRONICS: understanding circuits via physics https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0471433934

That looks extremely interesting - I see so many people misled by electron misconceptions.

It really is. Though I guess I should clarify that it gives you practical understanding of electricity and the basics of electronics. Working knowledge, as it were. It won't teach you about the actual physics of electricity. Kind of like how you can learn downhill skiing without understanding Newton or Einstein.

Note that this is not the same Amdahl as the famous Amdahl's law in computing.

But they're related (nephew?)

I have that book, and agree, it's fantastic.

Thanks! I can't stop reading.

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