After my talk, I went back to the #NoStarchPress booth for a book signing - which was *amazing*, so many beautiful hackers, plus I got to share a signing table with nostr:npub14wrle584xda6wzacscuxd7xvurmckcd9nn0nhr00rrnd8mf29gtqs5cjar. As I was leaving, #BillPollock slipped me a giant hardcover art-book, and said, "You're gonna love this."
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I did. The book is *Open Circuits: The Inner Beauty of Electronic Components*, by nostr:npub19qlafpudvd9dsreq6l4rtzddqujsh7fhurawvz46ese3tpy0gwgszgvurc and #EricSchlaepfer, and it is a drop-dead gorgeous collection of photos of electronic components, painstakingly cross-sectioned and polished:
https://nostarch.com/open-circuits
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The photos illustrate layperson-friendly explanations of what each component does, how it is constructed, and why. Perhaps you've pondered a circuit board and wondered about the colorful, candy-shaped components soldered to it. It's natural to assume that these are indivisible, abstract functional units, a thing that is best understood as a reliable and deterministic brick that can be used to construct a specific kind of wall.
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