==For electronics: The Art of Electronics 3rd Edition (interview with the one of the authors, if you're unconvinced: [this video] ) ==For finances: The Millionaire Next Door (filled with a lot of interesting facts and habits from extensive research) ==For food/cooking: Alton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen BakeWise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking
Interview with an Art of Electronics author for the unconvinced.
Lady ada did an interview with Paul Horowitz (One of the authors) a couple of days ago [0] where he goes into detail of how the book came about and what's new in the 3rd edition,..etc. [0] [this video]
Interview with Art of Electronics author on the 3rd edition.
To be clear, though, it doesn't cover software, or what you'd need for Arduino-based projects. But it has quite a few sections at the end for micro-processor based projects and communication protocols, etc. I found it to be a good starting point for definitions or ideas, and to then head to the internet for more details. There's also: Ladyada interview with Paul Horowitz - The Art of Electronics ... [this video]
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