Try instead Practical Electronics for Inventors, which is approachable if you remember Pre-Calculus. It covers a lot of basic stuff, explains how all the differ

Try instead Practical Electronics for Inventors, which is approachable if you remember Pre-Calculus. It covers a lot of basic stuff, explains how all the different parts work, and is a wonderful reference for someone who just wants to build some basic stuff. We had a copy of it in our Physics electronics lab next to AOE and as undergraduates we were more likely to reach for it than for AOE. https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Electronics-Inventors-Fourth-Paperback/dp/B014S3YIKM/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1524669118&sr=8-4&keywords=practical+electronics+for+inventors%2C+fourth+edition https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Electronics-Inventors-Fourt...