Bridge Engineering

Authors: Jim Zhao, Demetrios Tonias
ISBN: 9780071752497 / 0071752498
©2012 | 3rd Edition | 544 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: APR-12
Price: US$ 125.00
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This thoroughly revised, definitive guide addresses efficient and cost effective engineering design, rehabilitation, inspection, and repair of existing bridges.

Bridge Engineering, Third Edition discusses recent highway bridge design code changes in the United States. Continuing the style and essential content of the previous editions, this revision replaces dated material with new codes and focuses on Load Resistant Factor Design (LRFD). Rehabilitation, inspection, and design remain key requirements to keep bridge systems safe and functional–these are fully covered in this book.

This updated volume addresses the state of art of bridge engineering, highlights major concerns, and offers explanations and solved examples for day-to-day design issues. The book is ideal as both a textbook and a reference for the needs of the bridge and highway engineering community.

New to This Edition

• The latest analytical and design techniques, using Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD)
• Includes the most recent AASHTO LRFD design methods
• Design examples and tips used as side bars throughout
• Introduces new bridge design and existing bridge load rating
• Uses both SI and US units
• Covers the latest design techniques and repair methods, including available specialized software
• Discusses new materials and maintenance methods

About the Author

Jim J. Zhao, P.E., Chief Bridge Engineer with Nolan Associates, Inc, (Ellicott City, MD). In charge of bridge design and overall project management. Mr. Zhao is experienced in design, teaching, and research in structural engineering and serves on the ASCE-ACI joint committees on “Concrete Bridge Design” and on “Prestressed Concrete Design”. He is also the President of the Structural Engineering Institute, ASCE Maryland Chapter. Is the author of two books on Bridge Design and one on Risk Management.

Demetrius Tonias, P.E. (Concord, New Hampshire) – award-winning author of numerous works pertaining to civil engineering, in general, and transportation engineering in particular. As a member of the Adjunct Engineering Faculty of Union College, Mr. Tonias taught a variety of courses ranging from Bridge and Highway Engineering to Infrastructure Management Systems to refresher courses for the E.I.T. and PE professional licensing examinations. In addition to engineering design experience, Mr. Tonias is an accomplished software developer with extensive experience in the development of civil engineering computer applications.

Table of Contents

Section 1 – The Structure
Use and Functionality
Origin of the Modern Highway Bridge
Bridge Designers and Their Projects
The Bridge Engineering Lexicon

Section 2 – Project Inception
Project Funding
Types of Design Standards
Site Inspection
Site Survey
Physical Testing
The Inspection Team
As-Built Plans and Other recorded Data

Section 3 – The Superstructure
Superstructure Types
Deck Types
Wearing Surface Types
Deck Joint Types Design Loads
Design Methods
Internal Forces
Concrete Deck Slabs
Composite Steel Members
Plate Girders
Continuous Beams
Protecting Steel Superstructures
Load Rating
Pre-stressed Concrete
Pre-stressed Concrete Maintenance

Section 4 – Substructure
Abutments
Piers
Bearings

Section 5 – Implementation and Management
The Highway
Contract Documents
Bridge Management Systems

Lean Supply Chain and Logistics Management

Author: Paul Myerson
ISBN: 9780071766265 / 007176626X
©2012 | 1st Edition | 288 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: MAR-12
Price: US$ 40.00
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This unique guide shows a true, full-scale implementation of Lean supply chain and logistics management for professionals, using a special “SCOR” (Supply Chain Operations Reference) model of plan, source, make, deliver, and return.

Lean Supply Chain and Logistics Managementdemonstrates how to effectively use this powerful strategy to realize significant, long-term improvements and bottom-line savings. Written by a supply chain professional with extensive experience implementing Lean in a supply chain and logistics environment, this practical guide includes real-world examples and interviews with industry executives.

Lean Supply Chain and Logistics Management

• Includes real-world examples based on the experiences of the author and other experts
• Offers downloadable PowerPoint slides to use as templates for Lean supply chain projects as well as an Excel Lean supply chain and logistics assessment tool to help you identify implementation opportunities
• Provides strategies that can lead to significant long-term improvements and bottom-line savings and efficiencies

About the Author

Paul Myerson has been a successful change catalyst for a variety of clients and organizations of all sizes. He has more than 25 years of experience in supply chain strategies, systems, and operations that have resulted in bottom-line improvements for companies such as General Electric, Unilever, and Church and Dwight (Arm & Hammer). Myerson holds an MBA in Physical Distribution from Temple University and a BS in Logistics from The Pennsylvania State University. He is currently Managing Partner at Logistics Planning Associates, LLC, a supply chain planning software and consulting business (www.psiplanner.com). Myerson serves as an adjunct professor at several universities, including Kean University and New Jersey City University. He is the author of a Windows-based Supply Chain Planning software, and co-author of a new Lean supply chain and logistics management simulation training game by ENNA. 

Other books you might be interested:

1. 9780071410311      Managing the Supply Chain
2. 9780071479424     Lean Six Sigma for Supply Chain Management

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction – Using Lean to Energize your Supply Chain

Chapter 2. Historical Perspective – From Lean Manufacturing to Lean Enterprise… The Need for Speed.

Chapter 3. 8 Wastes – What, a Waste? “Value Added” vs. “Non-Value Added” activities from the customer perspective; The 8 wastes and how they apply to SCM.

Chapter 4. Lean Opportunities and Applications in Supply Chain & Logistics Management – The Forest for the Trees. Where Lean applies in today’s Supply Chain & Logistics Management areas

Chapter 5. Basic Lean Tools – You Can’t Build a House without a Solid Foundation. Universal concepts and tools; How they work in the SCM environment; How to use the tools. Standardized Work; 5S – Workplace Organization; Visual Workplace; Layout

Chapter 6. Advanced Lean Tools – It’s Not Rocket Science. Applicable advanced Lean tools and how they can work in the SCM environment examples; How to use the tools. Batch size reduction and Quick Changeover; Quality at the Source; Point of Use Storage, Pull/Kanbans (JIT), Workcells and TPM

Chapter 7. JIT in Supply Chain and Logistics – This JIT’s Good

Chapter 8. Lean Warehouse – Low-Hanging Fruit

Chapter 9. Lean Global Supply Chain and Logistics – The Long and Winding “Road”

Chapter 10. Keys to Success – The Patient Gardener. Lean Culture and Team-based Continuous Improvement. Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process and its relation to Lean SC & Logistics

Chapter 11. Getting Started – Lean Forward. Value Stream Mapping; Kaizen Events

Chapter 12. Lean and Technology – Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Chapter 13. Beyond the Four Walls – I Can See Clearly Now…

Chapter 14. Metrics and Measurement – So, How Am I Doing?

Appendix A – Lean SC & Logistics Case Studies

Appendix B – Lean SC & Logistics Excel Assessment

Electrical Safety Handbook

Authors: John Cadick, Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer, Dennis Neitzel, Al Winfield
ISBN: 9780071745130 / 0071745130
©2012 | 4th Edition |  704 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: APR-12
Price: US$ 79.95
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An essential, fully updated on-the-job safety resource covering every major electrical standard—NEC, NESC, NFPA 70E, IEEE 1584, and OSHA

Electrical Safety Handbook, Fourth Edition is written by experts in electrical construction safety and medicine as a practical guide for electrical workers and others exposed to electrical hazards. This easy-to-use, illustrated guide provides vital safety information for industrial, commercial, and home-office based electrical systems. With its wealth of information on all the major electrical standards, it is the comprehensive reference professionals can trust.

New to the Fourth Edition:

• Chapters on the basic physics of electrical hazards and electrical safety for home offices
• Added sections with research on shocks received from sources of less than 50 volts, arc fault circuit interrupters (AFCI), AEDs
• New self-check safety procedures

About the Authors

John Cadick, P.E., is a registered professional engineer and the founder and president of the Cadick Corporation. He has specialized for more than three decades in electrical engineering, training, and management. Mr. Cadick is the author of Cables and Wiring(Delmar Cengage Learning).

Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M.D., M.P.A., is a board-certified physician in general preventive medicine and public health. She is also a consultant to both the NJATC (National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee of National Electrical Contractors Association and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) and IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Standards Committees.

Dennis K. Neitzel, C.P.E., is a certified plant engineer with more than 30 years of experience in the electrical field. He has served as a principal committee member for NFPA 70E standards since 1992 and is currently working on the revision of OSHA regulations.

Al Winfield, of the Cadick Corporation, has more than three decades of electrical power experience, having conducted more than 4,500 Electrical Safe Work Practices Seminars.

Table of Contents

Ch. 1. Hazards of Electricity
Ch. 2. Basic Physics of Electrical Hazards
Ch. 3. Electrical Safety Equipment
Ch. 4. Safety Procedures and Methods
Ch. 5. Grounding of Electrical Systems and Equipment
Ch. 6. Electrical Maintenance and Engineering and Their Relationship to Safety
Ch. 7. Regulatory and Legal Safety Requirements and Standards
Ch. 8. Accident Prevention, Accident Investigation, Rescue, and First Aid
Ch. 9. Medical Aspects of Electrical Trauma
Ch. 10. Low-Voltage Safety Synopsis
Ch. 11. Medium- and High-Voltage Safety Synopsis
Ch. 12. Human Factors in Electrical Safety
Ch. 13. Safety Management and Organizational Structure
Ch. 14. Safety Training Methods and Systems

Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture

Author: Ernest Burden
ISBN: 9780071772938 / 0071772936
©2012 | 3rd Edition | 576 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: MAR-12
Price: US$ 60.00
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Now in full color—the new edition of the preeminent dictionary of architectural terms features definitions for green, sustainable, and ecological architecture.

The Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture, Third Edition is uniquely focused almost entirely on design, unlike other dictionaries which are filled with construction-related terms. This unique, full-color resource features 10,000 definitions—including terms pertaining to green/sustainable and ecological architecture—and biographies of hundreds of architects accompanied by classic examples of their work.

This impressive reference covers everything critically important to those in the architecture/design field, including architectural styles, details, building elements, forms, building systems. Meticulously written, heavily cross-referenced, and unique in that it is a truly visual resource, the Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture, Third Edition is the best way for any designer to gain a full understanding of architectural elements.

Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture, Third Edition

• Full color throughout
• Includes updated terms and new and updated photographs
• Contains new definitions relating to interior architecture
• Features new definitions for green, sustainable, and ecological architecture

About the Author

Ernest Burden is an architect and consultant specializing in media and marketing strategies. He is the author of many books on design and presentation, including Entourage, now in its fifth edition.

Other book you might be interested:

1. 9780071375290     Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture

McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology 2012

Author: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 9780071774031 / 0071774033
©2012 | 1st Edition | 464 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 199.00
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An annual roundup of the amazing breakthroughs in science and technology

The McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology 2012 continues its tradition of making information on the latest advances in science and technology accessible to the nonspecialist through concise, richly illustrated articles. With entries written by international leaders in their respective fields, this new edition covers a braod range of scientific and technical disciplines from Astronomy to Zoology.

• 190 experts in science and technology keep you informed about key developments and trends in more than 50 major disciplies
• Coverage includes forefront topics in areas such as biomedical sciences; cell and molecular biology; computer science; environmental science; genetics; materials science and engineering; neuroscience; polymer chemistry; theoretical physics; and more
• 300 images, two-color illustrations, and charts complement and enhance the text
• An extensive index makes finding information easy
• Features numerous cross-references to the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition, in each article for background reading as well as references to key literature
• All articles are invited, reviewed, and signed to ensure quality of content, then edited and illustrated to ensure comprehensibility for the nonspecialist reader

About the Author

The McGraw-Hill Editorial Staff (New York, NY) is also responsible for the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, the world’s premier science reference.

Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Guide

Author: Philip Kiameh
ISBN: 9780071772211 / 0071772219
©2012 | 1st Edition | 768 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 99.00
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A comprehensive guide to all types of power generation plants, their design, operation, systems, equipment, and maintenance

Power Plant Equipment Operation and Maintenance Guidefocuses on the sizing, selection, operation, diagnostic testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, and refurbishment of power plant equipment such as steam turbines, gas turbines, steam generators, condensers, feedwater heaters, compressors, pumps, valves, advanced electrical generators used in wind power stations, and more.

This book also provides thorough coverage of the various types of advanced combined cycle plants, plants that allow burning of coal, petroleum coke, biomass, and municipal waste in combined cycles. The economics of these plants, as well as all their power enhancement methods, are discussed in detail.

Advanced power plant instrumentation and control systems are also covered along with computer simulation of power plants. Ten computer simulation exercises and solutions are presented. All features used to enhance reliability and maintainability of power generating plants are discussed in detail.

About the Author

Philip Kiameh, M.A.Sc., B.Eng., D.Eng., P.Eng., has been a teacher at the University of Toronto, Canada, for 18 years. He also teaches courses and seminars worldwide to more than 4,000 engineers across Europe, North America, and the Middle East. Professor Kiameh has written four books for working engineers and has won excellence in teaching awards from the Professional Development Center at the University of Toronto and TUV Akademie. He performed research on power generation equipment with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and has more than 26 years of practical engineering experience with Ontario Power Generation, formerly, Ontario Hydro, the largest electric utility in North America.

Machinery’s Handbook Toolbox Edition

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129002 / 083112900X
©2012 | 29th Edition |2800 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 94.95 

Machinery’s Handbook Toolbox and CD ROM Set

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129040 / 0831129042
©2012 | 29th Edition |2800 pages | Hardback with CD ROM
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 164.95 

Machinery’s Handbook Larger Print Edition

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129019 / 0831129018
©2012 | 29th Edition |2800 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 115.00

Machinery’s Handbook Large Print and CD-ROM Set

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129057 / 0831129050
©2012 | 29th Edition |2800 pages | Hardback with CD ROM
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 181.95

Machinery’s Handbook has been the most popular reference work in metalworking, design, engineering and manufacturing facilities, and in technical schools and colleges throughout the world for nearly 100 years. It is universally acknowledged as an extraordinarily authoritative, comprehensive, and practical tool, providing its users with the most fundamental and essential aspects of sophisticated manufacturing practice. The 29th edition of the “Bible of the Metalworking Industries” contains major revisions of existing content, as well as new material on a variety of topics. It is the essential reference for Mechanical, Manufacturing, and Industrial Engineers, Designers, Draftsmen, Toolmakers, Machinists, Engineering and Technology Students, and the serious Home Hobbyist.

The Machinery’s Handbook 29 CD-ROM contains the complete contents of the print edition, presented in Adobe PDF format. This popular and well-known format allows viewing and printing of pages that are identical to those of the printed book, permits rapid searching of the entire Handbook, and includes the ability to magnify the view of any page. Navigation aids in the form of thousands of clickable bookmarks, page cross references, and index entries take you quickly to any page referenced. Besides the full print edition, the CD-ROM includes over 500 pages of additional data, mostly material that was published in previous print editions but subsequently removed due to space restrictions. The 29th Edition CD-ROM also provides an expanded array of the popular INTERACTIVE MATH EQUATIONS. Users will be able to instantly calculate cutting speeds, dimensions of bevels, moments of inertia, the measurement of various screw threads, the center of gravity for any shape, hardness of material, volumes, taper angles, matrices, … and much, much more. Minimum requirements: Windows Operating System, 32-and 64-bit; Internet connection for authorization and Interactive Math.

Features

• New to this edition … micromachining, expanded material on calculation of hole coordinates, an introduction to metrology, further contributions to the sheet metal and presses section, shaft alignment, taps and tapping, helical coil screw thread inserts, solid geometry, distinguishing between bolts and screws, statistics, calculating thread dimensions, keys and keyways, miniature screws, metric screw threads, and fluid mechanics.
• Numerous major sections have been extensively reworked and renovated throughout, including Mathematics, Mechanics and Strength of Materials, Properties of Materials, Dimensioning, Gaging and Measuring, Machining Operations, Manufacturing Process, Fasteners, Threads and Threading, and Machine Elements.
• The metric content has been greatly expanded. Throughout the book, wherever practical, metric units are shown adjacent to theU.S.customary units in the text. Many formulas are now presented with equivalent metric expressions, and additional metric examples have been added.
• The detailed tables of contents located at the beginning of each section have been expanded and fine-tuned to make finding topics easier and faster.
• The entire text of this edition, including all the tables and equations, has been reset, and a great many of the figures have been redrawn. The page count has increased by nearly 100 pages, to 2,800 pages.
• Updated Standards.

Table of Contents

• Mathematics
• Mechanics and Strength of Materials
• Properties, Treatment, and Testing of Materials
• Dimensioning, Gaging, and Measuring
• Tooling and Toolmaking
• Machining Operations
• Manufacturing Processes
• Fasteners
• Threads and Threading
• Gears, Splines, and Cams
• Machine Elements
• Measuring Units
• Index

Machinery’s Handbook CD-ROM 

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129026 / 0831129026
©2012 | 29th Edition | CD ROM
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$94.95

The Machinery’s Handbook 29 CD-ROM contains the complete contents of the print edition, presented in Adobe PDF format. This popular and well-known format allows viewing and printing of pages that are identical to those of the printed book, permits rapid searching of the entire Handbook, and includes the ability to magnify the view of any page. Navigation aids in the form of thousands of clickable bookmarks, page cross references, and index entries take you quickly to any page referenced. Besides the full print edition, the CD-ROM includes over 500 pages of additional data, mostly material that was published in previous print editions but subsequently removed due to space restrictions.

The 29th Edition CD-ROM provides an expanded array of the popular INTERACTIVE MATH EQUATIONS. With a simple Internet connection, users will be able to instantly calculate cutting speeds, dimensions of bevels, moments of inertia, the measurement of various screw threads, the center of gravity for any shape, hardness of material, volumes, taper angles, matrices, … and much, much more.

• Features complete text searches to locate information quickly and easily.
• Includes interlinks to connect to related topics and examples, including a live index.
• Prints pages exactly as they appear in the book.
• Displays text and graphics exactly as created.
• Contains zoom features for detailed viewing.
• Provides cut and paste capabilities for inserting text and graphics into other documents and programs.

Machinery’s Handbook Guide 

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129033  / 0831129034
©2012 | 29th Edition | 280 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 15.50 

Completely updated and revised to reflect the changes and additions made to the 29th Edition, the Guide enables users to maximize the enormous practical value available from Machinery’s Handbook.

• Illustrates through hundreds of examples, solutions, and questions how to take full advantage of the Handbook to solve the types of problems typically encountered in drafting rooms, machine shops and on the factory floor.
• Allows you to quickly become more thoroughly familiar with the vast range of contents found in the Handbook.
• By practicing the many practical techniques explained in this Guide, you will be able to obtain the solution or information needed to resolve on-the-job problems.

Machinery’s Handbook Pocket Companion

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129118 / 0831129115
©2012 | 29th Edition | 350 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 21.95 

Machinery’s Handbook Pocket Companion is designed for anyone in the machine trades for whom convenient access to just the most basic data is at a premium. Extremely concise yet authoritative, this invaluable tool draws on Machinery’s Handbook’s wealth of tables, charts and text. Much of the subject matter has been reorganized, distilled, or simplified to enhance its usability and to keep the bulk down. Both practitioners and students will find the Pocket Companion to be a convenient ready-reference to keep nearby while working on the shop or factory floor or learning the fundamentals in the school lab.

• The visual design and carefully organized presentation of data encourage frequent and easy use, helping to save time and labor.
• Facilitates immediate application of fundamental and reliable data.
• Serves as a handy and portable complement to Machinery’s Handbook vastly larger compilation of data, standards, and text.

Arduino Android Projects for the Evil Genius

Author: Simon Monk
ISBN: 9780071775960 / 007177596X
©2012 | 1st Edition | 256 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: DEC-11
Price: US$ 25.00
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Discover how to create cool Arduino devices that “talk” to Android smartphones and tablets!

Arduino + Android Projects for the Evil Geniusbrings two popular open-source technologies together with a series of hands-on projects that marry the worlds of touch-screen devices and physical computing. The book covers the Android Open Application Development Kit and USB interface, showing you how to use it with the basic Arduino platform. Other projects demonstrate methods of communication between Android and Arduino—including sound, Bluetooth, and WiFi/Ethernet—that don’t require the ADK at all.

From fun, inventive projects such as building a Geiger counter or Bluetooth-controlled Arduino robot, to practical home automation projects, the book contains something for everyone. Included is a beginner’s guide to programming the Arduino that will help those who are new to the platform start with a firm foundation.

Arduino + Android Projects for the Evil Genius

• Demonstrates how to use the Android Open Accessory Development Kit (ADK) with the basic Arduino platform
• Features self-contained projects that include an clear explanation of the theory as well as practical, step-by-step instructions thoroughly illustrated with drawings and photographs
• Shows how to use Ethernet, Bluetooth, and short-range RF links to talk to Arduino
• Reveals the author’s own never-before-seen sound-based link for making the two devices communicate with audio tones
• Provides the fundamental knowledge you need to create your own projects
• Contains techniques that work with ANY Android device
• Explains how to create practical, useful home automation devices and communicate with them by radio or Internet

Everything for the Evil Genius!
Bluetooth-Controlled Robot; Geiger Counter Using ADK; Light Show Using ADK; TV Remote Using ADK; Temperature Logger Using ADK; Home Automation Controller; Controlling Mains Devices; Smart Home Thermostat; RFID Door Lock; Power Consumption Meter; Delay Timer; Programming Primer

Each fun, inexpensive, and slightly wicked Evil Genius project includes a detailed list of materials, sources for parts, schematics, and lots of clear, well-illustrated instructions for easy assembly. The larger workbook-style layout and convenient two-column format make following the step-by-step instructions a breeze.

About the Author

Dr. Simon Monk (Preston, UK) has a degree in Cybernetics and Computer Science and a PhD in Software Engineering. Simon spent several years as an academic before he returned to industry, co-founding the mobile software company Momote Ltd. He has been an active electronics hobbyist since his early teens and is an occasional author in hobby electronics magazines. Simon is also author of 30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius and 15 Dangerously Mad Projects for the Evil Genius.

Other books you might be interested:

1. 9780071426091     Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius
2. 9780071451420     123 PIC Microcontroller Experiments for the Evil Genius