Elettromagnetismo. I manga delle scienze

I think it was a cute way to get across the basic principles that govern electricity. I'd recommend it to anyone who has an interest in the way electricity works. It works fine for adults, but if you have a kid who's maybe 10 or so who's getting into electricity and the types of kits they used to se Leggi tutto

Well. I admit it. I like this kind of books that their main purpose is to simplify sciences. Even though some people may tend to prefer complexity as oppose to simplicity to show up their potential high level mentality, I think the simplicity is an indicator to geniality. Albert Einstein once put it Leggi tutto

When I reviewed The Manga Guide to Databases over two months ago, I wasn't sure I was going to review any of the other Manga books. I knew that No Starch was going to publish others, but the only ones I was aware of at the time dealt with statistics and calculus; not two of my favorite subjects. Whe Leggi tutto

This is a very high quality book that explains the concept of electricity to the reader. My personal story is I had started ignoring the electricity terms as something confusing, to be taken for granted and "someone-else" will know better. So the labels in the electronic appliances, my houses energy Leggi tutto

They cover a lot of topics but each with shallow elaboration. Some are simpler to understand this way, but some concepts need more description to understand better. Good for a kid, but be ready to clear up their confusions when they arise.

Very uneven: it goes from extremely basic to an info dump of advanced concepts at the end. Much more exciting than just reading Wikipedia articles though.

I thought this was going to be to shallow on the information, or not suited to manga which would make it hard to follow. In fact both worries were ill founded. Each chapter is dedicated to a specific topic which is explained easily within the art or natural dialogue. There's a couple page summary at Leggi tutto