ever heard of book- Basic Elec, Van Valken Nooger & Neville

I was digging through some old boxes of books and came across this series of
books yellow/red

basic electricity (1-6 volumes)
by Van Valkenburgh Nooger & Neville Inc.
pub Hayden
date 1954
ISBN 0-8104-003-0

is this stuff to old to learn/re-learn fundamentals of electricity theory ?

i remember thumbing through these books when i was a kid but nothing stuck,
well not that i remember
just curious if they are worth keeping or throwing out ?

robb

 

Keep, store them away in a dry spot, give them to someone that will hold
on for another 50 years

 

is this stuff to old to learn/re-learn fundamentals of electricity
theory ?

Not unless electrons have changed in the last 50 years ;-)

 

haha, i was thinking more along lines that our understanding of electrons
has changed in past 50 years, so that might make these books explanation
incorrect or misleading ?

I was reading some article (maybe a newsgroup thread) about the misleading
and confusing use of terms in electricity/electronics and was wanting to
avoid any pitfalls

robb

 

I guess it depends on how basic they are, and whether there's some
revolutionary new development that takes place. One such event happened
around the date of the books. The invention of the transistor. If they talk
about tubes, maybe it's time to think of the material as of historical
interest rather than educational. I have some of my old EE books from 45
years ago and they still are relevant; however, I suspect a EE student today
would find that there are a number of new things taught. Another item that's
coming into play now is quantum mechanics, and has been for many years.

The focus changes, but for the most part good facts remain as good facts.
Maxwell's equations still work. Euclidian geometry still works too.

Check Amazon and see if any are offered there. They have quite a bit of
value to someone as rare books.




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A Van Valkenburgh book was on our book list when I studied Electronics at
Southhampton University in 1979-81.

 

Those old books may shortly be the only source of
fundamental operation info available.
Tubes and transistors might look different, but the
working principles are still the same today.
Just keep them and read them to enjoy and refress
your knowledge.