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Author | : William Kamkwamba |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2016-01-05 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0147510422 |
Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. Retold for a younger audience, this exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. Complete with photographs, illustrations, and an epilogue that will bring readers up to date on William's story, this is the perfect edition to read and share with the whole family.
Author | : Philip Warburg |
Publisher | : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2012-04-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0807001082 |
Winds sweeping across the Great Plains once robbed the Farm Belt of its future, stripping away overworked topsoil and creating the dreaded Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Today, those winds are bringing new hope to the declining rural communities of the central United States. Nowhere is wind's promise more palpable than in Cloud County, Kansas, home to the Meridian Way Wind Farm, whose turbines are boosting farm incomes and bringing green jobs to a community that has watched its children flock elsewhere. Modern wind power is the best thing to hit this stretch of midwestern prairie since the Union Pacific railroad. In Harvest the Wind, Warburg brings us the people behind the green economy-powered resurgence in Cloud County and communities like it across the United States. This corner of Kansas is the first stop on an odyssey that introduces readers to farmers, factory workers, biologists, and high-tech entrepreneurs--all players in a transformative industry that is taking hold across America and around the globe. Harvest the Wind serves as an earthly antidote to the more abstract treatises on global warming and green energy. By showing us how practical solutions are being implemented at the local level, Warburg offers an inspirational look at how we can all pursue a saner and more sustainable energy future.
Author | : Sarah Louisa Sweeny |
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Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 1935 |
Genre | : Kansas |
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Author | : Beau Gillespie |
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Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Furniture |
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Author | : William Kamkwamba |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2019-03-26 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1984816128 |
Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. Retold for a younger audience, this exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. Complete with photographs, illustrations, and an epilogue that will bring readers up to date on William's story, this is the perfect edition to read and share with the whole family.
Author | : Amelia Edith Barr |
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Total Pages | : 149 |
Release | : 1886 |
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Author | : Jack Mortimer Sheppard |
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Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1956 |
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Author | : Edgar H. Ryniker |
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Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1936 |
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Author | : Lisa M. Daniels |
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Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Wind power |
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Author | : Ravi Kishore |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2018-04-23 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 161451979X |
This book provides the fundamental concepts required for the development of an efficient small-scale wind turbine. For centuries, engineers and scientists have used wind turbines of all shapes and sizes to harvest wind energy. Large-scale wind turbines have been successful at producing great amounts of power when deployed in sites with vast, open space, such as in fi elds or in offshore waters. For environments with limited space, such as dense urban environments, small-scale wind turbines are an attractive alternative for taking advantage of the ubiquity of wind. However, many of today’s tools for aerodynamic design and analysis were originally developed for large-scale turbines and do not scale down to these smaller devices. Arranged in a systematic and comprehensive manner, complete with supporting examples, Wind Energy Harvesting: Micro- To Small-Scale Turbines is a useful reference for undergraduate and graduate level classes on energy harvesting, sustainable energy, and fl uid dynamics, and an introduction to the field for non-technical readers.