The electricity sector – the backbone of the modern economy – is under tremendous pressure right now. Written by Spiral Tribe’s co-founder and visual artist, Mark Angelo Harrison, A Darker Electricity charts the infamous sound system’s nomadic journey and the rapid escalation of their popularity – and notoriety. I think in late high school, or maybe even after I started my electrical engineering degree, I bought a few of his books from Tandy (the Radio Shack brand here in Australia).

Drawings and illustrations are provided almost in every page to support the explanations and to make the book readable.Concepts such as AC and DC current and a few simple electrical components and their functions explained. If you purchase an audiobook from our site, it will only be available through our partner, Glassboxx via the Glassboxx player for iOS, Android, Windows, or Mac. The blurb sounded integuing, historical novel about something we take for granted and we're now looking at it in a different way (such as electric powered cars) and how people view it 100 years later, alongside a tale of a 'sensual and spirited' women.

For example there is a section of a few pages on transient [over]voltage suppressors, but it's just a catalog of a few different types of device with no real practical information on how to select and size them for different needs, test your design according to the standards, or the design tradeoffs. I don't know how this book got on my to-read list, and I don't know why I finished it, other than the need to see it come out with a happy ending. In another nice layout feature, Stone has feature a drawing of a circuit board on the edges of the pages that hold experiments, making it easier to turn directly to the hands-on portion of the book. Nevertheless this was an interesting diversion to the usual books I have read of late and certainly worth the effort. For a good high level overview of the grid, along with other civil engineering topics, Grady Hillhouse's "Engineering in Plain Sight" is good.Perfect for inquiring young minds, the activities in this kit are fun and educational, providing a strong introduction to the wonders of science. It is an extremely valuable document about an increasingly widespread environmental health risk to which we are all exposed. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. With licensed Spiral Tribe tracks and specially recorded music and sound effects, it promises to be an immersive experience. A simple introduction to some electrical concepts - bought to help explain electrical principles to our EHS manager, who says it has helped.

Although I grew up hundreds of miles south in the city of Belfast, I found myself nodding with recognition at his brilliantly authentic depiction of the eager child's mind. A twenty-one-year-old stranger, Peter Fisher, was due to stay at their London suburb family home by arrangement with a relative for a modest rental. I felt there were undertones in the first 'notebook' of things left unsaid that we would find out about later.In this modern era of high technology every equipment/ gadgets/appliances function with electricity. Since 1984, Chelsea Green has been the leading publisher of books about organic farming, gardening, homesteading, integrative health, natural building, sustainable living, socially responsible business, and more.