US$39.99 (Plus S&H)
512 pages, ISBN: 0-7506-7543-8

This book gives the "big picture" of digital electronics. This in-depth, highly readable, up-to-the-minute guide shows you how electronic devices work and how they're made. You'll discover how transistors operate, how printed circuit boards are fabricated, and what the innards of memory ICs look like. You'll also gain a working knowledge of Boolean algebra and Karnaugh maps, and understand what Reed-Muller logic is and how it's used. And there's much, MUCH more (including a recipe for a truly great seafood gumbo!).

Max writes clearly with humor and zest, and illustrates his points with 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." 482 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, nanotechnology, 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.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Fundamental Concepts
Chapter 1: Analog versus Digital
Chapter 2: Atoms, Molecules, and Crystals
Chapter 3: Conductors and Insulators; Voltage, Current, Resistance, Capacitance, and Inductance
Chapter 4: Semiconductors: Diode and Transistors
Chapter 5: Primitive Logic Functions
Chapter 6: Using Transistors to Build Primitive Logic Functions
Chapter 7: Alternative Numbering Systems
Chapter 8: Binary Arithmetic
Chapter 9: Boolean Algebra
Chapter 10: Karnaugh Maps
Chapter 11: Using Primitive Logic Functions to Build More Complex Functions
Chapter 12: State Diagrams, State Tables, State Machines
Chapter 13: Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog

Section 2: Components and Processes
Chapter 14: Integrated Circuits (ICs)
Chapter 15: Memory ICs
Chapter 16: Programmable ICs
Chapter 17: Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs)
Chapter 18: Circuit Boards (PWBs and DWBs)
Chapter 19: Hybrids
Chapter 20: Multichip Modules (MCMs)
Chapter 21: Alternative and Future Technologies
Chapter 22: History of Electronics and Computing (on CD accompanying the book)

And yet more great info!
Appendix A: Assertion-Level Logic
Appendix B: Positive Logic versus Negative Logic
Appendix C: Reed-Muller Logic
Appendix D: Gray Codes
Appendix E: A Reed-Muller Extraction Utility
Appendix F: Linear Feedback Shift Registers (LFSRs)
Appendix G: Pass-Transistor Logic
Appendix H: No-Holds-Barred Seafood Gumbo

Abbreviations and Acronyms
Glossary
Index