A richly illustrated deep dive into how electricity and circuits really work — from the physics of charge and fields to the messy truth of real-world component behavior — by acclaimed security researcher and electronics obsessive Michal Zalewski.

Real circuits don''t behave the way textbooks say they do. <The Secret Life of Circuits< is a physics-first deep dive into why &mdash; covering not just the theory behind fields, charge, and signals, but the parasitics, coupling, ringing, noise, and failure modes that cookbook electronics education systematically ignores.

Michal Zalewski, a self-taught polymath who spent 11 years leading Google''s product security program, brings hundreds of original diagrams, photographed experiments, and step-by-step mathematical models to bear on the real behavior of electronic components. The result is a book that builds working mental models rather than a collection of memorized rules &mdash; rigorous enough for working engineers closing gaps in their foundational knowledge, readable enough for makers and self-taught hobbyists who are tired of following tutorials they don''t fully understand.

Inside the book, readers will find:

• </l<lGuidance on reasoning about unfamiliar circuits from fundamental principles rather than pattern-matching to known designs

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Michal Zalewski

Inhalt
Introduction

Part I: The Fundamentals
Chapter 1: A Primer on Conduction
Chapter 2: The Curious Case of Semiconductors
Chapter 3: Time-Invariant Circuit Characteristics
Chapter 4: Signals That Change Over Time
Chapter 5: Ideal Inductors and Capacitors
Chapter 6: Electronics at the Speed of Light

Part II: Circuit Building Blocks
Chapter 7: Voltage and Current Sources
Chapter 8: Common Passive Components
Chapter 9: Basic Electromechanical Devices
Chapter 10: Discrete Semiconductors

Part III: Exploring Analog Circuits
Chapter 11: Creating Circuit Schematics
Chapter 12: Arrangements of Passive Components
Chapter 13: Applications of Diodes
Chapter 14: Working with Transistors
Chapter 15: Operational Amplifiers
Chapter 16: Supply Regulation
Chapter 17: Other Analog ICs

Part IV: The Digital Realm
Chapter 18: Logic Gates
Chapter 19: Adders and Binary Math
Chapter 20: Memory
Chapter 21: Sequential Operations
Chapter 22: Analog to Digital and Back
Chapter 23: Clocks in Digital Circuits
Chapter 24: Toward a Rudimentary Computer

Part V: Software Eats the World
Chapter 25: Exploring Microcontrollers
Chapter 26: Talking to Peripherals
Chapter 27: Hello, World

Part VI: Making Your Dream a Reality
Chapter 28: Surface-Mount Components
Chapter 29: The Basics of PCB Design
Chapter 30: High-Speed Signals
Chapter 31: Electronics That Last

Epilogue
Index