Electricity for Young Makers (O'Reilly)
Saturday, 27 May 2017

Lavishly illustrated with cartoons and drawings, in this book from Make Media author Marc de Vinck guides the reader through six hands-on projects using electricity. They illuminate such concepts as electric circuits, electromagnetism, electroluminescence, the Lorentz force and more, achieving impressive results with a handful of simple materials

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Author: Marc de Vinck

Publisher: O'Reilly
Date: March 2017
Pages: 82
ISBN: 978-1680452860
Print: 168045286X
Kindle: B06XTFYNKJ
Audience: Children and other beginners
Level: Introductory
Category: Hardware / IoT

 

  • Discover the electrical potential lurking in a stack of pennies - enough to light up an LED or power a calculator!
  • Launch a flying LED copter into the air.
  • Make a speaker that plays music from an index card.
  • Build working motors from a battery, a magnet, and some copper wire.
  • Have fun while learning about and exploring the world of electricity.

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