That's a pretty nice book. It gets right down to it in Chapter 1 with the various differential equations for circuit components, KCL, KVL and a host of other topics that other books put off for a while.
Interesting...
fortunately i didn't start with this book or i would have become a gardener ...
who on earth thinks it is appropriate to start with those kind of shenanigans .... must be some theoretical guy that thinks theoretical maths is 'elegant'. there is nothing elegant about maths. even the numbers we use look like ugly scribbles. nobody ever looked at a number and said , wow 404 is much more 'elegant' than 315.
There is a reason you don't see paintings of equations or numbers in the Louvre.
Math is a necessary evil. It is necessary , but can be annoying as hell.
The alternative is to dance around derivatives and integrals and liken circuits to some kind of hydraulic analog. When I went to EE school, we were doing Calculus I concurrently with Electronics 101. There is a tendency today to consider Calculus I & II as prerequisites for EE 101.
I am of the view that engineering is ALL about mathematics. You go nowhere in EE without a solid math background.
As to the cost of textbooks - it's highway robbery! The funny thing is that the same book sold in the US for $200 will be reprinted, by the same publisher, in India and sold for $20. It has the disclaimer on the cover that it is not to be sold in the US. I have bought several texts from India (via Alibris) just to save some money. But somehow, it seems off. Why are US textbooks reprinted, by the same publisher, and sold cheaper in foreign markets?
Pharmaceuticals are the same story...