Signals and Systems Made Ridiculously Simple:

by Zoher Z. Karu

Signals and Systems Made Ridiculously Simple is designed to be an easy-to-read study guide and concise reference book for making learning or relearning introductory signal processing and linear system theory as simple as possible. Basically, this book tells you what you need to know and tells it to you fast, without having to wade through a 700 page textbook.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0964375214
• ISBN13: 9780964375215
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Zizi Press
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

pretty decent book

I believe this is a good book. It provides insight. But let's put things as they are; if you are a newcomer to this subject, or someone who wishes to expand knowledge by studying general concepts, you will be disappointed. This is not a fun, novel-like read. You need to keep your calculator and pad at hand while studying it, and make some stops to study the examples by yourself. If it tells you to go back and solve that example again, just do it. Otherwise you are just kidding yourself. There are some reference issues in the sense that tha author skips several steps and doesn't tell you the formula he got the result from. But there is nothing an engineering student can't handle. If you are like the kind of person who has taken 2 courses and read couple texts and still have no clue what on earth people are talking about, this book is useful and insightful. It will make things fall into place, if you already have the pieces ready. But it does not create the pieces for you. That's probably the problem with the title, it's simply not an intro.

Necessary book

I've taken 3 control systems/ signals and systems type courses now, 2 in mechanical engineering and 1 in electrical engineering at MIT. People have tried to teach me Bode plots and whatnot before and I could follow them, but when it came to tests or applying it at a job, I had maybe a 50% chance of getting it right. I was basically making educated guesses. Near the end of the 3rd course I decided to get this book. It's clear and explicit on how to do things. More importantly, it makes clear what is important and what isn't. I find that professors who have taught for years and years too often forget what's important and what needs to be stressed for the students to do well and to understand. This book clarifies those issues along with giving explicit instructions on how to understand and solve problems. Definitely get this book if there's any chance you might use signals and systems in the future.

The only way to learn signals and systems

This book is the only thing that got me through Signals and Systems. While most text books get bogged down in the mathematics, this book clearly and concisely explained the logic behind working through the problems.Every MIT student who takes Signals and Systems buys this book. I can't think of a better recommendation.

finally, a clear concise intro to signals

This book does a really nice job explaining difficult concepts of an introductory signals/systems course. Clearly written, with excellent diagrams, this book is a must for anyone studying signals at an undergraduate level.

Brings out the key points in an easy-to-read manner.

This is the best book I have found which gives you the best explanation. If you really want to understand how it works this is a must have. This is a quote from the book page 70 : "it is important to maintain an intuitive understanding, otherwise, you will likely just get buried in mathematical details and will fail to understand its practical applications". I couldn't agree more.