Open Circuits: The Inner Beauty of Electronic Components (Hardcover)

Open Circuits is a photographic exploration of the beautiful design inside everyday electronics. Its stunning cross-section photography unlocks a hidden world full of elegance, subtle complexity, and wonder.

Our phones, computers, and appliances are made of hundreds of internal components, each precisely engineered to perform a certain function, but none intended to actually be seen. Through painstakingly executed, vividly detailed cross-section photography, Open Circuits reveals the surprising--and often accidental--beauty hiding inside the electronic components that drive our everyday devices.

From resistors to LEDs, USB cables to headphone jacks, stepper motors to nixie tubes, the book's arresting imagery transforms more than 130 components into delightful works of art. As you visually dissect the components' insides, you'll learn about how they work and how they were made. Open Circuits has something for everyone to appreciate, whether you're a seasoned electrical engineer, an amateur tinkerer, or simply a lover of art and photography.

「Open Circuits」是一本攝影探索書，展示了日常電子產品內部美麗設計的世界。透過令人驚豔的剖面攝影，揭示了一個充滿優雅、微妙複雜和驚奇的隱藏世界。

我們的手機、電腦和家電由數百個內部元件組成，每個元件都經過精確設計以執行特定功能，但並非用於展示。通過精心執行的、生動細緻的剖面攝影，《Open Circuits》揭示了驅動我們日常設備的電子元件內部意外美麗的一面。

從電阻器到LED燈，從USB電纜到耳機插孔，從步進馬達到Nixie管，這本書以令人驚嘆的圖像將超過130個元件轉化為令人愉悅的藝術品。當您視覺上解剖元件的內部結構時，您將了解它們的工作原理和製造過程。《Open Circuits》適合所有人欣賞，無論您是經驗豐富的電氣工程師、業餘修理者還是單純喜愛藝術和攝影的人。

Eric Schlaepfer runs the popular engineering Twitter account @TubeTimeUS, where he posts cross section photos, discusses retrocomputing and reverse engineering, and investigates engineering accidents. Some of his better-known projects include the MOnSter 6502 (the world's largest 6502 microprocessor, made out of individual transistors) and the Snark Barker (a retro recreation of the famous Sound Blaster sound card).

Windell H. Oskay is the co-founder of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, where he designs robots. A longtime photographer, he holds a B.A. in Physics and Mathematics from Lake Forest College and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of The Annotated Build-It-Yourself Science Laboratory.

Eric Schlaepfer經營著知名的工程師推特帳號@TubeTimeUS，他在該帳號上分享剖析照片、討論復古計算機和逆向工程，並調查工程事故。他較為知名的專案包括MOnSter 6502（世界上最大的6502微處理器，由單個晶體管組成）和Snark Barker（著名的Sound Blaster聲卡的復古再現）。

Windell H. Oskay是Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories的共同創辦人，他在該實驗室設計機器人。作為一位長期從事攝影的人，他擁有Lake Forest College的物理學和數學學士學位，以及德克薩斯大學奧斯汀分校的物理學博士學位。他是《The Annotated Build-It-Yourself Science Laboratory》的作者。