The Art of Electronics 3rd Ed. Full of proofreading symbols?!

[74HC04]

My shiny new copy of TAoE 3rd edition arrived today. However it is *full* of proofreading symbols in many of the chapters (e.g. ¶ and §). Does anyone else have a copy like this?

[dom0]

Like in the review part of all chapters? Maybe it's meant as a somewhat ... odd enumeration symbol?

[74HC04]

D'oh! Thanks, I think you might be onto something there dom0  .

Example 1 - page  24  "use a hefty solid-state relay (SSR, §12.7)"... I have read that § means 'section' so perhaps that was intentional?
Example 2 - page 126 (Chapter review) "¶A. Pin-Labeling Conventions."

Is yours the same?

[Stupid Beard]

D'oh! Thanks, I think you might be onto something there dom0  .

Example 1 - page  24  "use a hefty solid-state relay (SSR, §12.7)"... I have read that § means 'section' so perhaps that was intentional?
Example 2 - page 126 (Chapter review) "¶A. Pin-Labeling Conventions."

Is yours the same?

§ = section, ¶ = paragraph. They are using them to refer you to specific parts of the text. Nothing weird going on here.

[74HC04]

D'oh! Thanks, I think you might be onto something there dom0  .

Example 1 - page  24  "use a hefty solid-state relay (SSR, §12.7)"... I have read that § means 'section' so perhaps that was intentional?
Example 2 - page 126 (Chapter review) "¶A. Pin-Labeling Conventions."

Is yours the same?

§ = section, ¶ = paragraph. They are using them to refer you to specific parts of the text. Nothing weird going on here.

Thanks for that. Methinks my initial flick through the book was a bit too brief! This must be the most embarrassing forum thread I have ever authored. To add to my embarrassment, I was once a trained typist!

FWIW, these managed to confuse the heck of my colleagues too! 

[Stupid Beard]

D'oh! Thanks, I think you might be onto something there dom0  .

Example 1 - page  24  "use a hefty solid-state relay (SSR, §12.7)"... I have read that § means 'section' so perhaps that was intentional?
Example 2 - page 126 (Chapter review) "¶A. Pin-Labeling Conventions."

Is yours the same?

§ = section, ¶ = paragraph. They are using them to refer you to specific parts of the text. Nothing weird going on here.

Thanks for that. Methinks my initial flick through the book was a bit too brief! This must be the most embarrassing forum thread I have ever authored. To add to my embarrassment, I was once a trained typist!

FWIW, these managed to confuse the heck of my colleagues too!

In fairness, this falls under the category of stuff that's easily forgotten through disuse.

Still a bit funny though

[tggzzz]

Thanks for that. Methinks my initial flick through the book was a bit too brief! This must be the most embarrassing forum thread I have ever authored. To add to my embarrassment, I was once a trained typist!

I've never embarassed myself like that. Oh no. perish the thought. Never never never ever.

(But the trick is to simply admit it and move on. Obviously you realise that, but not everybody does!)

[German_EE]

Nothing to worry about, I've just learned what § and ¶ mean from this thread and I've been seeing them for decades.

[radioFlash]

The paragraph symbol is called a pilcrow. Now you can read all about it on Wikipedia!

[Fred27]

@radioFlash Thanks. That's exactly what I've just done, with some more sidetracking into other unusual typography and punctuation.