[bsder]

The one problem I see is "The Art of Electronics".

I Horowitz and Hill is a LOUSY textbook. And, personally, I find its usefulness as a cookbook overrated.

Going through the Forrest Mims notebooks/cookbooks/etc. for a solution to your problem is generally a way better idea than Horowitz and Hill. The Mims stuff does a really good job of pointing out the pitfalls you're likely to hit as well as the basic pedagogy.

[throwaway348422]

Totally agree it’s a lousy textbook, but it’s not a cookbook either. It’s more like the Cliff’s Notes version of many many many application notes. One needs to be somewhat experienced to take advantage of it. For example, you might be decent at amplifiers but now you need to do a low noise measurement. Read the low noise chapter on AoA first. Now you know the lay of the land and you can understand the vocabulary of the area and navigate the actual datasheets and application notes.