Ever wondered about the inner workings of everyday gadgets, from computers to automatic teller machines? Get the answers from The New York Times Circuits: How Electronic Things Work.

Hardcover, 208pp

St. Martin's Press, October 2001

ISBN-13: 031228439X

Barnes & Noble online price: $29.95

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SYNOPSIS

From the Publisher
If you’ve ever wondered how the high-tech gadgets we encounter in our daily lives work—from the computers on our desks, the CD players in our homes, the automatic teller machines at the bank, to the machines that sort our mail—this is the book that has the answers.
Every other week the editors of the Circuits section of The New York Times devote a column to explaining the inner workings of each of these and many more electronic devices. Cutting-edge technology is changing how we relax at home, the way we communicate with each other, how we travel, even how doctors treat our illnesses. Some devices, such as remote controls for our televisions and bar-code readers at the supermarket have become ubiquitous; we can barely remember what life was like without them. Others, like electronic ink and remote-control surgery, are harbingers of bigger changes to come. Many behind-the-scenes applications of the newest technology improve the efficiency of services we often take for granted.

Collected here for the first time, these clear, concise essays and close to one hundred full-color illustrations will greatly enhance your understanding and appreciation of the many ingenious recent developments in electronic technology.

Author Biography: Henry Fountain is the deputy editor of Circuits, The New York Times’s weekly section on personal technology. He also writes Observatory, a column of science news for the paper’s Science Times section.

Synopsis
Writers from the weekly Times section on personal electronics describe and illustrate in color the inner lives of devices for the home, computers and the Internet, entertainment and sport, business and industry, transportation, and science and health. Each article comprises a two-page spread. There is neither index nor bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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