Fundamentals of Electric Circuits

Alexander and Sadiku's fourth edition of Fundamentals of Electric Circuits continues in the spirit of its successful previous editions, with the objective of presenting circuit analysis in a manner that is clearer, more interesting, and easier to understand than other, more traditional texts. Students are introduced to the sound, six-step problem solving methodology in chapter one, and are consistently made to apply and practice these steps in practice problems and homework problems throughout the text.

A balance of theory, worked examples and extended examples, practice problems, and real-world applications, combined with over 350 new homework problems for the fourth edition and robust media offerings, renders the fourth edition the most comprehensive and student-friendly approach to linear circuit analysis.

This edition adds the Design a Problem feature which helps students develop their design skills by having the student develop the question as well as the solution. There are over 100 Design a Problem exercises integrated into the problem sets in the book.

Alexander/Sadiku also offers you the convenience of ARIS -- the text-specific web site -- which allows you to assign homework online or create printed homework sets and solutions to your students. The website also features solutions and KCIDE software, which reinforces the books problem-solving approach.

Customer Reviews:

Fundamentals of Electric Circuits - International Edition

By Richard - October 8, 2010

The book as far seems to be satisfactory, however, the copy sent to me was an International Edition. It specifically states on the cover that "This International Student Edition is not to be sold of purchased in North America and contains content that is different from its North American version." I haven't found any difference in the problems, so far, and I'm up to Chapter 4. Though, it would have been preferred to not get such an edition (which is the only reason I'm giving a "ok" rating.

Almost same exact content as 3rd Edition

By Charlie - November 2, 2010

As far as the content goes, this book is word for word the same as the third edition. The only difference is that some of the paragraph headers are a different color and the non circuit diagram images may be different. All the circuits in all the examples are the same and most of the problems up until the 5th or sixth chapter are exactly the same or may have one or two values switched around.

Fundamentals of Electric Circuits International Editon.

By Engineering Major - October 3, 2011

This book is exactly the same as the US Edition. I purchased it recently for a class and compared it to my friends copy and the only difference is the cover. This book is a great money saver!