Description of Bebop to the Boolean Boogie

	Bebop to the Boolean Boogie An Unconventional Guide to Electronics By Clive "Max" Maxfield
	*Bebop* boldly goes behind the beyond, behind which no electronics book has boldly gone beyond before!	to visit our EPE Online store and purchase your very own copy!

Question: What introduction to electronics and computer engineering has been used in courses at Yale and the University of Texas-Austin, and also has a recipe for the best seafood gumbo you’ve ever tasted?

Answer: Clive "Max" Maxfield’s mind-bending Bebop to the Boolean Boogie! It’s friendly, funny, quirky. . . . and also a solid, comprehensive introduction to contemporary electronics and computing technology.

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Bebop to the Boolean Boogie is packed with hundreds of lavish, painstakingly drawn illustrations that clearly show the important points of each topic.

Be warned! This is not your classical, electronics book. In addition to the superbly presented technical content, you'll find a treasure trove of interesting and enlightening nuggets of trivia.


Max writes clearly with humor and zest, and there are hundreds of clear diagrams that clarify even the most difficult subjects. The exhaustive glossary is almost worth the price of the book by itself. If you are a student, electronics hobbyist, an experienced engineer wanting a handy reference to new technologies, a software engineer wanting a better understanding of hardware, or are just an ordinary Joe or Jill who wants to know how all this electronics and computer stuff really works, this is the book for you! As Computer Design magazine said, "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." Over 470 large-format pages of really great electronics information! As you rampage your way through this book you will discover:

The difference between the analog and digital worlds. What logic gates are and how to make them from transistors. Where numbers come from and why the Babylonian's counting systems gave them so many problems when it rained What integrated circuits, circuit boards, hybrids, and multichip modules are, how they are made, and what they're used for. How to survive the experience of assertion-level logic, positive logic, negative logic, and pass-transistor logic, and still keep a sense of humor! Where computers came from and what Charles Babbage and his lady friend did in their spare time. Superconductors, diamond substrates, optical interconnection technologies, virtual hardware and much, much more!

Bebop boldly goes behind the beyond, behind which no electronics book has boldly gone beyond before! Bebop is the only electronics book where you can simultaneously learn about state machines, musical socks, Reed-Müller logic, and the best time of the day to eat smoked fish.

a	Atoms ... Transistors ... Logic Gates ... Eskimo Counting Systems ... Fuzzbuttons ... Smoked Fish ... Musical Socks ... Reed-Müller Logic ... Seafood Gumbo ... Integrated Circuits ... Circuit Boards ... Hybrids ... Multichip Modules ... Optical Interconnects ... Protein Memories & Switches ... Diamond Substrates ... Virtual Hardware ... Holographic Interconnects ... Superconductors ... Nanotechnology ... and much, much more!

As one Bebop fan says: "The concepts presented in this book are reasonably sophisticated, so it is a pleasant surprise to find explanations which are understandable! Get this book if you are not content to merely "play" your computer or other electronic devices. This book is for the curious among us who want to learn how these devices really work!"

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