Bebop to the Boolean Boogie: An Unconventional Guide to Electronics (with CD-ROM), Second Edition

Maxfield, Clive

ISBN 10: 0750675438 / ISBN 13: 9780750675437

Published by Newnes, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bebop to the Boolean Boogie: An Unconventional Guide to Electronics (with CD-ROM), Second Edition
• Publisher: Newnes
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750675438
• ISBN 13: 9780750675437
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Clive "Max" Maxfield received a BS in Control Engineering from Sheffield Polytechnic, England in 1980. He began his career as a mainframe CPU designer for International Computers Limited (ICL) in Manchester, England. Max now finds himself a member of the technical staff (MTS) at Intergraph Electronics, Huntsville, Alabama. Max is the author of dozens of articles and papers appearing in magazines and at technical conferences around the world. Max's main area of interest are currently focused in the analog, digital, and mixed-signal simulation of integrated circuits and multichip modules.