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The manga guide to electricity

Kazuhiro Fujitaki, Matsuda, and Trend-pro Co., Ltd

(The manga guide series)

Ohmsha , No Starch Press, c2009

Other Title

Manga de wakaru denki

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Includes index

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Description and Table of Contents

Description

Rereko is just your average high-school girl from Electopia, the land of electricity, but she's totally failed her final electricity exam! Now she has to go to summer school on Earth. And this time, she has to pass. Luckily, her ever-patient tutor Hikaru is there to help. Join them in the pages of The Manga Guide to Electricity as Rereko examines everyday electrical devices like flashlights, heaters, and circuit breakers, and learns the meaning of abstract concepts like voltage, potential, current, resistance, conductivity, and electrostatic force. The real-world examples that you'll find in The Manga Guide to Electricity will teach you: What electricity is, how it works, how it's created, and how it can be used The relationship between voltage, current, and resistance (Ohm's law) Key electrical concepts like inductance and capacitance How complicated components like transformers, semiconductors, diodes, and transistors work How electricity produces heat and the relationship betw

Table of Contents

Preface Prologue: From Electopia, The Land of Electricity Chapter 1: What is Electricity? Chapter 2: What are Electric Circuits? Chapter 3: How Does Electricity Work? Chapter 4: How Do You Create Electricity? Chapter 5: How Can You Conveniently Use Electricity? Epilogue Index

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Details

  • NCID
    BB11485503
  • ISBN
    • 9781593271978
  • LCCN
    2008054602
  • Country Code
    ja
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    jpn
  • Place of Publication
    Tokyo,San Francisco
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 206 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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