Rudiments of Wisdom
by Tim Hunkin · first published 1974
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on “Ask HN: What's your favorite coffee table book?” ↗Good old Tim Hunkin. As a kid, I used to look forward to his Rudiments of Wisdom comic strip, every Sunday in The Observer https://www.timhunkin.com/40_rudiments_book.htm There's a nice essay of his on that site too: Is it Art? https://www.timhunkin.com/95_isitart.htm
on “Tim Hunkin (Secret Lives of Machines)” ↗Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage Computers Typeset in the future https://typesetinthefuture.com/ The Rudiments of Wisdom by Tim Hunkin (cartoons not photographs) The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Sydney Padua (cartoons with epic footnotes and endnotes)
on “Open Circuits: The Inner Beauty of Electronic Components” ↗There’s a newer collection of the Rudiments of Wisdom available in paperback, titled “Tim Hunkin’s the Rudiments of Wisdom”. I have an old copy of the 1998 edition on my shelves.
on “Tim Hunkin (Secret Lives of Machines)” ↗