The Manga Guide to Electricity
The Manga Guide to Electricity
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Annotation: Rereko struggles to pass her exams in Electopia, the Land of Electricity, but is soon exiled to Tokyo, where Hikaru, a graduate student, uses real-life examples to teach her the fundamentals of electricity.
Genre: [Graphic novels] [Physics]
 
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Catalog Number: #5167856
Format: Paperback
Special Formats: Graphic Novel Graphic Novel
Common Core/STEAM: STEAM STEAM
Copyright Date: 2009
Edition Date: 2009 Release Date: 03/01/09
Pages: ix, 206 pages
ISBN: 1-593-27197-2
ISBN 13: 978-1-593-27197-8
Dewey: 537
LCCN: 2008054602
Dimensions: 24 cm.
Language: English
Reading Level: 5.0
Interest Level: 5-9

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 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.

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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