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Ladyada interview with Paul Horowitz - The Art of Electronics @adafruit @electronicsbook

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1 HN user recommended this interview1 month2015–2019 score 1
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Pointed to as a companion to the Art of Electronics book, for people curious about the authors.

Adafruit's Ladyada interviews Paul Horowitz, co-author of The Art of Electronics. He discusses how the book came about and the third edition.

“where he goes into detail of how the book came about” (HN, 2015)

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@danesparza Aug 2015 Recommends
on HN thread Ask HN: Books with a high signal to noise ratio?
==For electronics: The Art of Electronics 3rd Edition (interview with the one of the authors, if you're unconvinced: [this video] ) ==For finances: The Millionaire Next Door (filled with a lot of interesting facts and habits from extensive research) ==For food/cooking: Alton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen BakeWise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking
Interview with an Art of Electronics author for the unconvinced.

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@skeuomorf Jun 2015 Cites it
on HN thread Concise electronics for geeks (2010)
Lady ada did an interview with Paul Horowitz (One of the authors) a couple of days ago [0] where he goes into detail of how the book came about and what's new in the 3rd edition,..etc. [0] [this video]
Interview with Art of Electronics author on the 3rd edition.
@lstamour Jun 2016 Cites it
on HN thread Make: Electronics Book Bundle
To be clear, though, it doesn't cover software, or what you'd need for Arduino-based projects. But it has quite a few sections at the end for micro-processor based projects and communication protocols, etc. I found it to be a good starting point for definitions or ideas, and to then head to the internet for more details. There's also: Ladyada interview with Paul Horowitz - The Art of Electronics ... [this video]
Companion interview with Paul Horowitz.

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