Add Forrest M. Mims III bio with Wikimedia Commons photos

Author section on /mims with portrait (2016, public domain),
Vietnam rocket photo (1967, public domain), and TX-1 rocket
photo (1970, CC BY-SA 4.0). All with proper attribution.
Brief mention added to homepage heritage section.

site/src/pages/index.astro

@@ -185,14 +185,15 @@ const totalBooks = allBooks.length;
       <div class="space-y-4">
         <h2 class="text-2xl font-bold title-accent">Preserving Electronics Heritage</h2>
         <p class="text-muted-foreground leading-relaxed">
-          These references represent the golden age of hands-on electronics education. From Forrest Mims'
+          These references represent the golden age of hands-on electronics education. Forrest M. Mims III,
-          distinctive hand-drawn notebooks that taught millions through Radio Shack, to Ugly's practical
+          a Texas A&M graduate and one of the most widely read electronics authors in history, taught millions
-          field guides trusted by electricians everywhere.
+          through his hand-drawn Radio Shack notebooks. His work sits alongside Ugly's practical field guides,
+          trusted by electricians everywhere.
         </p>
         <p class="text-muted-foreground leading-relaxed">
           What makes these works special is their approach: clear explanations, practical focus, and
           a personal touch that made complex concepts accessible. Many engineers credit these materials
-          with sparking their interest in electronics - reading them under the covers with a flashlight,
+          with sparking their interest in electronics — reading them under the covers with a flashlight,
           building circuits on breadboards, learning schematic symbols for the first time.
         </p>
         <p class="text-muted-foreground leading-relaxed">

site/src/pages/mims/index.astro

@@ -60,11 +60,75 @@ const allTopics = [...new Set(mimsBooks.flatMap(book => book.data.topics))].sort
     <!-- Grid -->
     <BookGrid books={mimsBooks} />
 
-    <!-- Info box -->
+    <!-- About the Author -->
-    <div class="mt-12 p-6 rounded-lg bg-card border border-border">
+    <section class="mt-12 p-6 md:p-8 rounded-lg bg-card border border-border space-y-8">
+      <div class="grid md:grid-cols-[280px_1fr] gap-6 md:gap-8 items-start">
+        <div class="space-y-3">
+          <figure class="overflow-hidden rounded-lg border border-border">
+            <img
+              src="/images/author/mims-portrait-2016.jpg"
+              alt="Forrest M. Mims III with his atmospheric measurement instruments at Geronimo Creek Observatory, Texas, 2016"
+              class="w-full object-cover"
+              loading="lazy"
+            />
+            <figcaption class="px-3 py-2 text-[11px] text-muted-foreground bg-muted/50">
+              Mims at Geronimo Creek Observatory, 2016. Photo by Minnie C. Mims, public domain via
+              <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Forrest_Mims" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="underline hover:text-foreground">Wikimedia Commons</a>.
+            </figcaption>
+          </figure>
+        </div>
+        <div class="space-y-4">
+          <h3 class="text-xl font-semibold title-accent text-foreground">About Forrest M. Mims III</h3>
+          <p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground leading-relaxed">
+            Forrest M. Mims III is a Texas A&M University graduate, amateur scientist, inventor, and
+            one of the most widely read electronics authors in American history. His Radio Shack
+            Engineer's Mini-Notebook series — featuring hand-lettered text and meticulously drawn
+            circuit diagrams — sold over 7.5 million copies and introduced an entire generation to
+            practical electronics.
+          </p>
+          <p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground leading-relaxed">
+            Beyond the notebooks, Mims designed atmospheric science instruments used by NASA and
+            has published in <em>Nature</em>, <em>Science</em>, and numerous other journals. He has
+            conducted daily atmospheric measurements at his Geronimo Creek Observatory in Texas
+            since 1990 — a continuous record spanning over three decades. <em>Discover</em> magazine
+            named him one of the "50 Best Brains in Science" in 2008.
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <!-- Photo gallery -->
+      <div class="grid grid-cols-2 gap-4">
+        <figure class="overflow-hidden rounded-lg border border-border">
+          <img
+            src="/images/author/mims-vietnam-rocket-1967.jpg"
+            alt="Forrest Mims preparing a model rocket for launch near Saigon, Vietnam, 1967"
+            class="w-full aspect-square object-cover object-top"
+            loading="lazy"
+          />
+          <figcaption class="px-3 py-2 text-[11px] text-muted-foreground bg-muted/50">
+            Preparing a model rocket near Saigon, 1967. US Air Force photo, public domain via
+            <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forrest_Mims_Rocket_Vietnam_1967_Cropped.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="underline hover:text-foreground">Wikimedia Commons</a>.
+          </figcaption>
+        </figure>
+        <figure class="overflow-hidden rounded-lg border border-border">
+          <img
+            src="/images/author/mims-tx1-rocket-1970.jpg"
+            alt="Forrest Mims with a 1970 model rocket equipped with the first MITS TX-1 telemetry transmitter"
+            class="w-full aspect-square object-cover object-top"
+            loading="lazy"
+          />
+          <figcaption class="px-3 py-2 text-[11px] text-muted-foreground bg-muted/50">
+            With the first MITS TX-1 telemetry transmitter, 1970. Photo by Mark Langford,
+            <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="underline hover:text-foreground">CC BY-SA 4.0</a> via
+            <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forrest_Mims_with_his_1970_rocket_equipped_with_a_TX-1,_MITS%27_first_telemetry_transmitter.JPG" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="underline hover:text-foreground">Wikimedia Commons</a>.
+          </figcaption>
+        </figure>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="border-t border-border pt-6">
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@@ -81,5 +145,6 @@ const allTopics = [...new Set(mimsBooks.flatMap(book => book.data.topics))].sort
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
+    </section>
   </div>
 </Layout>