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There was a horticulture textbook that showed a zoomed-out plot of land on the cover, which with its divisions and sectional diversity effectively looked something like an illustration of the inside of a CPU.

It wasn't intentional as far as I know, but I have to admit that stuck in my head ever since as a really eye-opening metaphor. And the contents of the book were really new to me and even more eye-opening.

Wish I had the name of the book, sorry.

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Could it be 'The Self-Sufficient Backyard'? I also remember seeing a CPU at first glance: https://www.amazon.com/-/en/dp/1732557160/

Wow, that's fascinating. It's definitely not the textbook I was using (1990s era design style, quite a bit less decorative and the illustration style was also different) but the effect is similar. I wonder if the illustration on my textbook could have been based on this one.

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