I like how you called it holistic, it is maybe the first time I see this word not in a "bad" context.

What about the topic, it is impossible to synthesize STEM things not in the manner an engineer does this. I mean thou shalt to know some typical solutions and have all the calculations for all what's happening in the schematic being developed.

Textbooks are not a joke and no matter who are you - a human or a device.