The Manga Guide to Electricity

By Kazuhiro Fujitaki

Book Overview

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 usedThe relationship between voltage, current, and resistance (Ohm's law)Key electrical concepts like inductance and capacitanceHow complicated components like transformers, semiconductors, diodes, and transistors workHow electricity produces heat and the relationship between current and magnetic fields

If thinking about how electricity works really fries your brain, let The Manga Guide to Electricity teach you all things electrical in a shockingly fun way.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593271972
• ISBN13: 9781593271978
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: No Starch Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 9 years and up