Bebop to the Boolean Boogie: An Unconventional Guide to Electronics (with CD-ROM), Second Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (592 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0750675438 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 500 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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wiredweird said Irreverent writing, good topics. Maxfield's book is unique, both in format and in content. And I'm not just talking about the gumbo recipe at the end.The first section, almost 150 pages, is "logic lite." It starts with transistors, both MOS and bipolar. From there it works its way up to simple latches and such, and scratches the surface of state machines, with side trips to boolean arithmetic and such. The breezy, informal style will work for people put off by more academic treatments, but the logic design content stops way . Fun, irreverent, interesting and informative. CJS Loved this book, a lot of normally dry information presented in a zany, memorable and happy way. A good intro to computing and a good refresher.. Excellent start Clive Maxfield is brilliant and has a great sense of humor. If you don't believe me, ask his mother (he tells us so in the book). As a person who has opted out of math and science since the age of 15, I felt I needed more background to continue on in computer programming. This book has not disappointed me, although for my level, I've used the Web site How Stuff Works.com to explain things as well, and the two complement each other perfectly. But this book is so much more than that. It got me
From reviews of the first edition:"If you want to be reminded of the joy of electronics, take a look at Clive (Max) Maxfield's book Bebop to the Boolean Boogie." --Computer Design "Lives up to its title as a useful and entertaining technical guide.well-suited for students, technical writers, technicians, and sales and marketing people." --Electronic Design"Writing a book like this one takes audacity! Maxfield writes lucidly on a variety of complex topics without 'writing down' to his audience." --EDN"A highly readable, well-illustrated guided tour through basic electronics." -Science Books & Films"Extremely readable and easy to understand, you'll wonder how people learned about this stuff before this book came along." --New Book Bulletin, Computer Literacy Bookshops * The difference between the analog and digital worlds.* What logic gates are and how to make them from transistors.
The book is an excellent and invaluable resource for anyone who's ever held a soldering iron and wants to know what makes current electronics technology tick, and where it's going in the future."- Everyday with Practical Electronics (U.K.) "This book is better than most college courses for learning electronics basics."- The Daily Spectrum "Maxfield shows the best of his style, mixing deep knowledge of technical history with a great sense of humor and a strong passion for finding some (almost) unbelievable nuggets of trivia. On the whole, this is a book that deserves the acclaim it received since