It’s like a non-calculus based astronomy course. Sometimes you just want to learn about the thing directly without spending two semesters learning the mathematical machinery first.

The content is pretty good but I think they missed the target audience pretty badly with that title and cover.

If I was trying to make that jump from arduino blinking an LED to custom PCB again something like “Applied Circuits: A Practical Guide to to PCBs” with a cover in the style of the circuit diagrams[1] would be an instant buy.

[1] https://nostarch.com/download/samples/secret-life-of-circuit...

Reading the sample chapter at https://nostarch.com/download/samples/secret-life-of-circuit... makes me think this would be a good gift to a 10+ year old who is interested in learning about electronics.