tl;dr: Michal Zalewski (lcamtuf) has published "The Secret Life of Circuits," a full-color hardcover electronics reference aimed at teaching modern design principles without requiring heavy calculus background. It's available now via No Starch Press direct orders, with Amazon and Barnes & Noble shipments arriving in October. The book includes ~300 illustrations and endorsements from authors like Travis Goodspeed and Eric Schlaepfer.