# MIT Radiation Laboratory Series

3 Hacker News commenters recommended MIT Radiation Laboratory Series and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as an excellent set of electronics engineering books from the MIT Radiation Lab era, and the best resource for such work.

## Why people recommend it

- Among the greatest electronics engineering books (2 comments): "probably the greatest set of electronic engineering books ever produced" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47932292)) "They are indeed excellent, as are other MIT engineering publications of that era." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47782589))
- Best resource for such work (1 comments): "The best resource for such work was a the MIT Rad Lab series of books" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47780498))
- Excellent, like other MIT engineering publications (1 comments): "They are indeed excellent, as are other MIT engineering publications of that era." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47782589))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Secret Life of Circuits by Michał Zalewski](https://hackerapproved.com/p/secret-life-of-circuits.md): 26 recommend
- [The Art of Electronics by Horowitz and Hill](https://hackerapproved.com/p/art-of-electronics.md): 11 recommend
- [PySDR: A Guide to SDR and DSP Using Python by Marc Lichtman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pysdr-a-guide-to-sdr-and-dsp-using-python.md): 8 recommend
- [Getting Started in Electronics by Forrest Mims](https://hackerapproved.com/p/getting-started-in-electronics.md): 5 recommend
- [Practical Electronics for Inventors by Scherz and Monk](https://hackerapproved.com/p/practical-electronics-for-inventors.md): 4 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=MIT+Radiation+Laboratory+Series&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "MIT Radiation Laboratory Series", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mit-radiation-laboratory-series/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).