- Paperback: 500 pages
- Publisher: Newnes; 2 edition (10 Jan 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750675438
- ISBN-13: 978-0750675437
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 18.4 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,126,426 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"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
"A highly readable, well-illustrated guided tour through basic electronics."
- Science Books & Films
"There's something for anyone involved in anyway in electronics, whether as a mild interest or as a serious technician. . . . 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 the very first edition and it should be on the desk of everybody who is interested in digital electronics design."
- Electronics World, January 2006
- New Book Bulletin, Computer Literacy Bookshops
"A highly readable, well-illustrated guided tour through basic electronics."
- Science Books & Films
"There's something for anyone involved in anyway in electronics, whether as a mild interest or as a serious technician. . . . 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 the very first edition and it should be on the desk of everybody who is interested in digital electronics design."
- Electronics World, January 2006
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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.
"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.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Maxfield audaciously attempts to cover the fundamentals ofelectronic theory and components from atoms to large scale integration and beyond. He manages to pull it off brilliantly.
This is a book that anyone interested in the subject can read for pleasure, it is no stuffy textbook, and yet you find that you have received a comprehensive grounding in the subject, almost without realising it.
The authors off-beat style and liberal sprinkling of quirky facts keeps your interest while difficult concepts are presented in a way that makes them easy to understand yet manages to cover them in more than sufficient detail
There is also a pretty good Seafood Gumbo recipe.
The author has a website at http://ro.com/~bebopbb
See also Maxfields new book - Bebop Bytes Back (an unconventional guide to computers) at http://ro.com/~bebopbb/bbytesb.htm
Format:Paperback
One of the friendliest "textbooks" I've ever encountered, this is a superb introduction to digital logic followed by a description of how that logic is captured in silicon. The many historical sidenotes are fascinating.
The very liberal dosage of diagrams has a hand-drawn feel (no doubt due to the casual font) that makes you feel the author is looking over your shoulder explaining them to you.
A must for anybody curious about digital electronics who hasn't had any training in the area. I'll bet quite a few who know the subject well will also enjoy the book. And if you like this one, the author has followed it by the even better "Bebop Bytes Back" for those who want to understand (really) how computers work.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
MAXFIELD HAS MADE EVERY ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING OF ELECTRONICS A LIGHT HEARTED AND CASUAL AFFAIR. HE HAS STEERED AWAY FROM TRYING TO IMPRESS THE READER WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE AND INSTEAD TRIED TO SIMPLIFY EVERY ASPECT OF WELL KNOWN PROBELM AREAS FOR LEARNING. I HAVE FOUND THIS BOOK TO BE MY MAIN RESOURCE THROUGHOUT MY COURSES. THIS IS AS FAR AWAY AS YOU CAN GET TO A STUFFY TEXT BOOK!
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