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There Are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings

Name: There Are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings
Author: Kenn Amdahl
ISBN: 9780962781599

by Kenn Amdahl

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Overview

Perhaps the clearest introduction to the concepts and vocabulary of electricity ever written. Certainly the goofiest. Explains concepts like capacitance, voltage and inductance in such a simple, memorable way you'll learn them in spite of yourself. You'll certainly smile while doing so and may laugh out loud. In print since 1990, this book has become a cult classic. With its oddball, smart aleck humor, it is often credited with inspiring all the books for dummies and idiots. Blurbs by Dave Barry, Clive Cussler, Ray Bradbury, George Garrett and many more.

About the Author, Kenn Amdahl

Kenn Amdahl is the author or co author of There Are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings; Algebra Unplugged; Calculus for Cats (both co authored with Jim Loats, Ph.D.); Joy Writing: Discover and Develop Your Creative Voice; The Land of Debris and the Home of Alfredo; Jumper and the Bones; as well as poetry, music, short stories and articles. He lives in Colorado, where he has been active in the local writing and publishing community for years. Besides writing and running Clearwater Publishing, Kenn plays guitar (he paid for college by playing and giving lessons) and manages his various serial obsessions, like raising mushrooms, gardening, tropical fish, fingerpicking the cello, painting and pond scum. His company website is at clearwaterpublishing.com and his blog ("The Wordguise Alembic") is at clearwaterpublishing.com/alembic.

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Editorials

Clive Cussler

““I think There Are No Electrons is a major breakthrough in teaching the elementary physics of electricity. It should be required basic reading for high school science students.After 58 years of wandering in an electronic void, even a blockhead like me, who could never visualize the abstract, was able to penetrate the nebulous mists of amps, volts, current, induction, and conductors, and actually understand what the hell they’re all about.
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Dave Barry

“There Are No Electrons changed my life. I lost 17 pounds in five minutes without dieting, and I feel great!”

Michael Tolfa

“If you’re faint of heart, don’t read this book. It may cause you to change! You may find yourself understanding electronics in as clear a manner as you have ever understood anything in your life. What a joy, after years of wanting to understnd jargon like “capacitive reactance” that someone has finally figured out how to make this mind understand.”

Ray Bradbury

“Fascinating and fun! We all feel somewhat dumb when it comes to electronics. There Are No Electrons would be a proper tonic for this ignorance.”

Ray Bradbury is perhaps the most beloved science fiction writer of our time, and certainly one of the most prolific and influential. His books include Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles.