MIT Radiation Laboratory Series
Shares rank 9 of 12 electronics books by recommenders
People recommend it as an excellent set of electronics engineering books from the MIT Radiation Lab era, and the best resource for such work.
People recommend it as an excellent set of electronics engineering books from the MIT Radiation Lab era, and the best resource for such work.
3 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 3
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 3 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Among the greatest electronics engineering books
“probably the greatest set of electronic engineering books ever produced”
Comment from 28 Apr 2026 in “How I leared what a decoupling capacitor is for, the hard way” “They are indeed excellent, as are other MIT engineering publications of that era.”
Comment from 15 Apr 2026 in “MIT Radiation Laboratory” Best resource for such work
“The best resource for such work was a the MIT Rad Lab series of books”
Comment from 15 Apr 2026 in “MIT Radiation Laboratory” Excellent, like other MIT engineering publications
“They are indeed excellent, as are other MIT engineering publications of that era.”
Comment from 15 Apr 2026 in “MIT Radiation Laboratory”
Other electronics books people recommend
The four most recommended other electronics books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Secret Life of Circuitsby Michał Zalewski | 26 | 10 | 72% | 4 | — | Approved |
| The Art of Electronicsby Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill | 11 | 3 | 79% | 7 | — | Approved |
| PySDR: A Guide to SDR and DSP Using Pythonby Marc Lichtman | 8 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Getting Started in Electronicsby Forrest M. Mims | 5 | 1 | 83% | 4 | — | — |
| MIT Radiation Laboratory SeriesThis page | 3 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 3 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“probably the greatest set of electronic engineering books ever produced”
“They are indeed excellent, as are other MIT engineering publications of that era.”
“The best resource for such work was a the MIT Rad Lab series of books”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.