Book Review: Hot Air Rises and Heat Sinks

I just finished reading "Hot Air Rises and Heat Sinks:  Everything You Know About Cooling Electronics is Wrong" by Tony Kordyban.  You may be thinking, "That sounds kind of nerdy."  You would be correct.  It is nerdy - because it's about the thermodynamics and heat transfer of electronics.  But I think even a non-engineer could enjoy it if you have some basic interest in heat transfer principles.  It's written to be a bit Dilbert-esque and has lots of funny jokes and makes tongue-in-cheek jokes about corporate America.  At least I thought the jokes were funny.

The examples and advice given in the book are very real-world scenarios and examples, and the author does a good job of relating heat and electronics to real life.  The book illustrates well the typical dilemmas in a day (or year) in the life of an electrical hardware design engineer.

For my fellow engineers and science lovers, I recommend this book.  For those not deeply interested in science, you may want to give this one a pass.  Even though the writing is funny, that may not compensate enough for the technical lessons and details in the book.