Engineer’s Bookshelf
Book Review: Preacher by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
Clive Maxfield
1/19/2012 11:36 AM EST
This story in this graphic novel is gripping to say the least, and the graphics are nothing if not attention-grabbing...
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Book Review: Locke & Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriquez
Clive Maxfield
1/18/2012 1:17 PM EST
These books have proved to be so exciting (and scary) that I sometimes have to take a break and go for a walk to wind down a little before proceeding...
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Max the Magnificent
I saw somewhere on the Internet that the Fox TV network was going to make this into a TV series and ...
Book Review: Alone in the Universe by John Gribbin
Clive Maxfield
1/11/2012 2:49 PM EST
It may well be that we are “It”, which makes it all the more important that we take better care of ourselves and the Earth…
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Max the Magnificent
The Drake Equation is one of those things that when you see it you say "well, that's simple" but you ...
Book Review: Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
Clive Maxfield
1/2/2012 1:52 PM EST
After reading Robopocalypse – a hyper-realistic story of a robot uprising – I’m now keeping a very wary eye on my new computerized toaster…
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Max the Magnificent
(grin)
Book Review: Principles of VLSI RTL Design – A Practical Guide by Sanjay Churiwala and Sapan Garg
Clive Maxfield
11/9/2011 5:31 PM EST
There are several things to note about this book, starting with the fact that it’s written by people who actually know what they are talking about…
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Book Review: The Artificial Ape by Timothy Taylor
Clive Maxfield
10/20/2011 3:46 PM EDT
I was taught that our ancient ancestors started to become more intelligent, which allowed us to start creating tools, but maybe things didn’t occur in quite this way…
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Max the Magnificent
Hi Marv -- with regard to your comment: "Believing in human evolution requires one to believe that ...
Book Review: Napoleon’s Privates by Tony Perrottet
Clive Maxfield
10/13/2011 3:26 PM EDT
All-in-all, this is a very interesting read and I’ve learned all sorts of interesting nuggets of knowledge about all sorts of things…
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Max the Magnificent
I do that too -- if I'm under the "free shipping" amount I look for another book to add to the ...
Book Review: 100 Power Tips For FPGA Designers by Evgeni Stavinov
Clive Maxfield
7/25/2011 4:06 PM EDT
In many ways this is an unusual book – one that will provide something of interest to almost every reader…
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You're right: I've published that article in Xcell earlier this year. One more thing I'd like to ...
Book Review: Idea Man by Paul Allen
Clive Maxfield
5/22/2011 4:24 PM EDT
Idea Man is billed as “A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft” – and this is actually a really good way of presenting a book that’s sort-of, but not quite, an autobiography.
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I found "The Microsoft File" fit in with what I knew of the company. ...
Clive Maxfield
3/26/2011 12:29 PM EDT
Acclaimed journalist Michael S. Malone relates an in-depth story of Bill and Dave and HP based on exclusive access to corporate and private archives, along with hundreds of interviews.
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Max the Magnificent
I love hearing stories like this - thanks for sharing. I only wish I could have met Bill and Dave ...
