Rudolf Svorenu - 89! How the book "Electronics step by step" - changed the lives of people

About Rudolph Svoreny (author of the book "Electronics step by step") we made several posts. And in particular about the campaign to reprint this cult book. Almost 500 people have already been noted on the pre-order form, the coverage is amazing - cities from Kaliningrad to Sakhalin. From Canada and the USA. From Estonian Tallinn. Kiev, Kharkov. Minsk. Vilnius. Several applications from Kazakhstan.

And in particular, some reviews:

" I read several times and each time I discovered something new. Even after the art of circuit engineering, which is essentially a university textbook, it was instructive to reread Step by Step. How it affected me: I started as an electronics engineer, but now I work DSP “Programmer. If I hadn’t read it and grabbed her spirit, I’d hardly become a developer. Thanks to this book, I was inspired by the value system of engineers and became an engineer. "
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" I read almost all the books. Changed life ... "

" My first electric primer :) "

" This book gave me a ticket to the future, if at one time it did not fall into my hands, I do not know what I would do now. "

" Read to the holes. The book gave a serious impetus to further development in this area. It was because of this book that I connected my life with electronics. Thank you! "

" Electronics step by step - inspires creativity. "

This Sunday, May 29 - Rudolf Anatolyevich had a birthday - 89 years !, In honor of this day - we decided to make a small gift - and asked people to write a review on how exactly R.A. influenced their lives - the choice of future profession. And for those who have not read the book - it would be interesting to know what is so special about this book that she was able to unite so many people?

Igor, Moscow

My name is Igor. I live in the Moscow region, in the city of Chekhov. I work as a programmer in Moscow. Of all the hobbies, there are only computers left: assemble / disassemble, configure and program a little.

This red book has always been on my bookshelf. At least when I learned to read. Those. I do not remember that they gave it to me or presented it to me somehow. My father was fond of amateur radio and I could not stand aside when my dad was soldering something there. Apparently, this book was bought to familiarize me with this world.

Before I went to the radio circle at school, I collected various schemes from radio designers, mainly receivers. From early achievements - added to the radio from the designer circuit, which lights the LED at a critical battery level. Scheme peeped in the factory radio. And when he began to go to the radio club, he twice took gold at a competition that was held in the city house of creativity.

He even sold one of his projects to a classmate - a VHF radio. Everything was assembled from modules: some were released as assembly kits, others were taken ready. In particular, the settings were set using an eight-channel electronic tuning unit from the TV. In my opinion there was even a remote.

The first impressions of the book are entertaining illustrations. Together with a clear presentation of the material. Understandable even schoolchild.

Actually this book taught me electronics. Some time ago, I realized that for me, both programming and electronics are just another kind of children's constructor. If I were born before the age of 20-30, I would most likely be somehow connected with electronics.

Artem, Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod, 26 years old, a programmer, a stern techie.

Suddenly it came to the realization that I absolutely do not remember how I first became acquainted with this book! I have never had my own copy. All I can remember is that I did not return this book to the library for months, but by returning it for a couple of weeks I took it again. This piece of paper (calmly, this is a photocopy on a cardboard in scotch) has been around for about 15 years. And it is better than any Internet (which I did not have) helped to collect the first amplifiers.

Is the book out of date? Partly. Take at least the section on computers and television. These sections need to sort out, update. Weakly imagine how to update the reference section. But since the laws of electrical engineering are not going to change, the rest of the material will remain relevant.

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Timur, St. Petersburg

Hello, Ilya, the book Electronics Step-by-Step certainly influenced me: on the worldview, on the fate in part, on the attitude to work and people. Here is my story:

My name is Timur. At the moment I live in the city of St. Petersburg. I work as a DSP engineer. This abbreviation may not sound very clear, so I will explain in more detail: DSP is digital signal processing. Previously, the processors were slow and they had little memory, so it was easier to process the signals in an analog way: using voltage dividers, integrating and differentiating chains, transistors, operational amplifiers. This method had one drawback: each scheme after the installer assembles it - you need to give it to the installer, who will spend some time setting it up. Now all the equipment works "in digital". Those. An analog signal is digitized at the input, then all the transformations over it are done programmatically, and then the result is again converted to analog form (voltage on the smartphone’s dynamics, pixel brightness on the TV screen, brake caliper force, controlled by an anti-lock system, etc.). ) Digital circuits almost do not need to be adjusted (and if they do, they do it themselves), so they won. On the one hand, the transition to DSP very sharply reduced the need for people who would understand how electronic circuits work. On the other hand, when writing programs for signal processors, the understanding of radio electronics is not even superfluous.

I grew up in a military family. Therefore, among friends and comrades of my father there were people who are knowledgeable in radio electronics. Since my five years probably, my dad bought me radio designers, books on electronics, we tried to solder something with him, although it didn't work out very well - he was not an electronic engineer or an avid amateur radio ... At that time (late 80s) we lived in a military town and a shop where we would not sell radio components. Details were taken from the garbage. I collected the schemes, but did not understand how they work. To be precise, I thought I understood. I could even repeat the word for word explanation from some book. But I had no real understanding. Despite the rather large number of accumulated radio components (I’ve been saving up or collecting them rather than collecting something from them) it wasn’t possible to use them for their intended purpose. There was always a lack of a resistor, a transistor or a capacitor, as a result, the circuits were half assembled and waited for the right part to appear.

At about 14 years old, by chance, while traveling in the city of Izhevsk, while waiting for a train at the railway station, I walked through the lobby and saw a book camber. If you go to any today's railway station and see what they sell on the collapse of books, you can hardly believe that at that time you could buy “Step-by-Step Electronics” at the station, nevertheless at that time you could . So she was with me.

Then I began to read it. Right at the train station, and then on the train. Despite the fact that it was night. When I looked at these pictures, where the parts mounted by the mounted assembly were painted, I almost felt the smell of rosin ... Some things that I hadn’t understood before, as if loading my head with reading a book, like knowledge heroes in the movie "The Matrix".

The undoubted advantage of this book is that it can be read as an art book and at the same time absorb the knowledge of the author. She is kindly unreal and helpful. For the first time, it was then that the thought occurred to me that when we read, we actually communicate with the author. Let this communication one-sided. But on the other hand, this author can be a very rare person, so much so that in real life you will never meet such a person

Konstantin, Omsk

Hello, my name is Konstantin, I am 27 years old, I live in the city of Omsk, I work as a service engineer in one large company, one of my main hobbies, of course, radio electronics))

The book of Rudolf Anatolyevich came into my hands, you can say casually, and maybe not very casually, who knows. As a child, I was always drawn to all sorts of glands, something to twist, something to disassemble, see how it works, so that all my toys sooner or later turned into a bunch of spare parts)) Years to 12 my interests from “learning” toys smoothly moved into the area of ​​something “electric”, probably because the father’s soldering iron and a handful of some kind of electrical trash from the grandfather (he was an aircraft technician) was found in the house. I twisted these wires, connected some kind of light bulbs to the batteries, poked up motors, poked around, tried to understand something)) And then one day my father told me "that you just twist these wires, you need to learn how to figure it out, let's buy book and you will learn "he himself is not a technician, he is generally a cook by education, so he could not help me))) Some time later we went with him to the bookstore, since then technical literature was still sold in our city, not that that now, and asked the seller to find us a book about electronics, here thus, I was the proud owner of Rudolf Anatolyevich's book “Practical Encyclopedia of the Young Radio Amateur Electronics Step by Step Edition 4”

At first, I probably, like everyone, wanted to quickly practice, gather something interesting, I began to read the book in pieces, then this section is this, but I quickly realized that this would not work and that I did not understand anything, I had to concentrate and start reading first, delving into every sentence. I would like to express my gratitude to the author, for his style of presentation and ability to easily convey information to young readers in an easy game form, without this I would probably have thrown all this activity into the far corner))

Dmitry, Kazan

Hello!My name is Dmitry. I am 24 years old. I was born in the city of Kazan, where I still live. At the moment I am working in the field of unmanned aircraft as a design engineer.

My fascination with electronics began in 2004, when my uncle presented me with a soldering iron and the book "Electronics step by step" of the 4th edition of 2001. This book paved my first path into electronics, introduced the alphabet of electronic circuits, inspired and inspired me to further study this area of ​​science.

The greatest value of this book is not only that it provides the basics of complex phenomena, but also that it teaches to reason and think logically, to develop the ingenuity, composure and accuracy in oneself. Moreover, it contains the finest examples and illustrations that help to present and understand even the most complex physical laws and phenomena.

Until now, from time to time I return to this book and re-read its individual chapters. Without a shadow of doubt, it has long been my faithful companion in solving any practical problems in electronics and circuit engineering.

The content of this book is still relevant and useful. However, in my opinion, it should be updated with the new element base, the basics of programming, new approaches and principles for the development of electronic circuits and systems.

I will definitely save this book for my children, but still I really hope for its new reprint. For all those who dream and wish to plunge into the world of useful and interesting science, this book is priceless.

Thanks Rudolf Anatolevich!

Alexander, Yekaterinburg

From early childhood I was always interested in various techniques and mechanisms.

In my memory, even now certain moments come up, as I fiddled with various techniques, disassembled toys, and collected something new.

I remember at the age of about 3 years watching my father and grandfather sort out a garden hand pump for pumping water. And once I saw that my father dismantled this pump for repair. And I laid out all the details in order to dry. I chose the moment when no one would disturb me, I collected the whole structure. The father was then surprised for a long time that it was me alone who gathered it.

And also, I had an adult second cousin who was fond of electronics at that time. And he always had a lot of interesting things. Disassembled radios, tape recorders, color and sound installations, etc. All these things captivated my weak mind of children. They seemed to be the magical and mysterious fruits of great people - engineers!

Time passed, the yard was 1990, I was almost 7 years old. Then I dreamed of going to school as soon as possible, because all promised a new interesting and adult life! And at some point I noticed that a new thick book in a red cover had appeared in the bookcase. I glanced through the book and I realized that I had found something for myself in the near future. Though I still couldn’t really read, the vivid pictures of physical experiments and experiments spoke for themselves.

Initially, I thought my father bought this book for himself. I thought that it was for adults, so I secretly took it from the closet, climbed under the bed in my room and, under the light of a flashlight, plunged into the world of electronics. Leafing through the book, I studied the structure of the atom, how current flows in an electrical circuit, how radio waves propagate in the atmosphere of the earth, and how computers are arranged.

Alexey, Smolensk

I live in the city of Smolensk, I am 27 years old, I am a software engineer by profession, but I mostly deal in digital electronics (in particular, FPGA). In my spare time I do what is called IoT now.

With the purchase of a paper edition, a separate story was published. Searches began with Avito, found an option in Yekaterinburg, a book battered, but quite readable. I signed with the seller, almost agreed, but I decided to look for more. And he discovered one second-hand book resource, where a copy was found for 500 rubles (1986 edition, with a beige cover). Bargained for 400 - did not work :-) The seller quickly sent everything, I gave 500 rubles and after a couple of days I took the book from the post office. The edition is in excellent condition, by the way. And then this seller wrote to me that he had specifically sold a book, a rarity book :-)

What I like most about it is that the author is not at all embarrassed to explain on the fingers how a particular component works. After all, as Einstein said, “If you can’t explain a 6-year-old child, you don’t understand it”. Svoren himself understands everything and explains that there are practically no obscure places left. Other authors are often guilty of this, again - in my opinion, they hide behind their complex explanations their own misunderstanding of the topic. In terms of accessibility, a comparison with another author, the American author, Charles Petzold, and his book Code, seems appropriate to me. They even have a manner of presenting the material.

about the content - I would add material about the Internet of things, perhaps a description of any interesting projects on Raspberry Pi or Arduino. After all, starting from scratch in electronics is now quite difficult (I mean collecting the devices myself). And on single board - simple.

Sergey, Verkhnyaya Tura

For the only book Svorenya, which was in our village library, "Electronics step by step. Transistor ”my friend and I hunted for several months, it was so popular. In the end, the librarian was persuaded to hold it for us, and not just like that, we had to pretty much move the “foundation” from one hall to another. But it was worth it. We received the book ... and for a long time argued over who would read it first. It is still a shame in front of the library (which (not) by the way, is no longer in sight) and in front of the author :), but we “shared” the book: a friend got from the middle and on, and everything else, that is, the beginning. A week later had an exchange. I still remember illustrations, colorful pictures - 3D schemes :) on a yellow background. In the end, the “one to one” design was repeated on the same yellow background - plywood.Our amateur radio "top" at the time was an amplifier with an output power of about 3 watts. This amplifier determined the interest in low-frequency technology. Then there were self-made tape recorders (both reel and cassette) and a “turntable” with a self-made tonearm and of course a bunch of different amplifiers. Then there was a break and nostalgia.

Memories of the enthusiasm caused by the working construction led to the fact that after almost a 20-year break, I again took up a soldering iron. Now I am “half a century”, on the table is a self-made DAC, self-made tube buffer on Senha’s head 650, and before my eyes there is an article on Habré about a wonderful author and an excellent book, which of course it would be nice to have both the current and those boys.

PS We glued the book so that even the attentive eye of a professional did not notice anything. Amateur radio can do anything.

Valery, Novosibirsk

My name is Valery, I am 21 years old and I live in the Moshkovsky district of the city of Novosibirsk, and I am also a student of the NGPU IFMIOO of the IIM department. I am interested in electronics and programming from the 5th grade.

I learned about the books of Rudolf Anatolyevich from a teacher who led physical electronics. I had previously read various books on this subject, but they felt a lack of agreement on various phenomena. They mainly had schematic diagrams and a description of how to solder them. But why this happens, it was told fluently.

When I opened and looked through them electronically, I realized that these books tell us exactly what is happening in the circuit and why. These books tell how everything is arranged and only the necessary information is written; they didn’t have the habit of saying water in them. These books impressed me with clarity and accessibility.

I often re-read books and constantly find something new for myself. In my opinion, these books will live forever because everything is clear and understandable in them, there are no gaps in information and jumps from one place to another. I printed these books for easy reading. It is a pity that these books no longer produce, and in fact they benefit more than soap detectives, which are printed as newspapers, these books are suitable for any age. If you have not read these books, MUST READ THEM!

Vyacheslav, Voronezh

I started to get involved in electronics from early childhood, since my father was also fond of this, he is self-taught by the way. We had a lot of literature at home, several books, magazines, and my father also had enough radio components. However, I also had to master everything myself, it turned out that there were very few, a lot of failures. Sometimes threw this hobby, then returned.

Once, in the city library I found the book Rudolph Svoreny “Electronics step by step”. By the way, I was born in a small provincial town in the Volgograd region. And I am glad that one could find such a wonderful book in Uryupinsk. At first I paid attention to the drawings and diagrams, and then I read everything else. Everything is very simple and clear, it was possible to read from the middle, in chunks or moving from a diagram to a diagram. And then, I wanted to take the soldering iron in my hands and start creating. How hard it was to give the book back to the library.

Now I understand how the book caught me. The simplicity of the text, visual diagrams and drawings - this is of course important for any book, but for me the most important thing is the source of inspiration. The book incredibly encourages you to create with a soldering iron in the hands of unimaginable schemes, I want to conduct experiments and get pleasure from it.

These feelings, probably, could be experienced by a young scientist, who peered over Leonardo da Vinci’s shoulder, whose drawings and works also induce him to create. Rudolf Svoreny’s book had a tremendous impact on me, I began to appreciate the beauty of the schemes. Now it is fashionable to call the word "infographics", and to everyone who studies this science, I would recommend to pay attention to the book "Electronics step by step."

Alexey, Ekaterinburg

My name is Alexey Valeryevich Alekseev, born in 1972 in a family of geologists (the personal site of father alekseevvp.ru). Since 1976 I live in Sverdlovsk. By specialty radio systems engineer (Department of "RTS").

The book of Rudolf Anatolyevich came into my hands in 1986 as a gift from my father’s uncle, Gleb Porfiryevich Alekseev (alekceev.narod.ru). He is a radio engineer, for many years headed the department of technical means of education at the Chelyabinsk Polytechnic University. Through him, I became interested, in about 5th grade, in radio electronics.

The books were very tight, so at first I used V. Borisov, “Young Amateur Radio”, “Practical Young Amateur Radio Workshop”, then my uncle handed me his copy of “The Art of Circuit Engineering” Horovitsa and Hill, but for a 6-7 grader, this is still too “scientific »Book. And only when I received the book Svorenya, all other sources became faded and uninteresting.

I, of course, soldered not only and not so much about Electronics Step by Step, but also on Radio, on Young Technician and his application for skilled hands, and on the Model Designer. But nowhere did I come across such a deeply analytically verified text. Undoubtedly, logical thinking and relations with the real world were largely supplied by the texts of Rudolf Anatolyevich. Clarity, coherence, versatility, imagery, constant attachment to life and events in it. Scientific nature, accuracy and correctness of presentation. Examples are credible and real. There are no words how this book helped me in my life. One of the very few that I will never throw away from the personal library.

Congratulations

On behalf of all who left feedback, who noted in the questionnaire - we congratulate Rudolf Anatolyevich on his birthday!

We wish you health and creative power!

And as one of the participants said: His books have become something more than just books on electronics, because they have a soul, the desire to convey the material in such a way as to read one or another of his books until the end even those whose activities in general not related to electronics. Thank you very much for the invaluable contribution to the development of knowledge of many generations!

Links

* Rudolf Svoren - a man of legend (part 1)
* Rudolf Svoren - a man of legend (part 2)
* Pre-order form for the book