Người thu gió : cậu bé Malawi và sự kỳ diệu của khoa học = The boy who harnessed the wind / William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer ; Nguyễn Đình Khôi dịch
By: Kamkwamba, William.
Contributor(s): Mealer, Bryan | Nguyễn, Đình Khôi [dịch].
Material type: BookSeries: Tủ sách Giáo dục STEM.Publisher: Hà Nội : Dân trí/ETS, 2020Description: 419 tr. : minh họa ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9786048895242.Subject(s): Mechanical engineers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. -- Malawi | Windmills -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature | Electric power production -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature | Irrigation -- Malawi -- Juvenile literature | William Kamkwamba -- Nhà phát minh | Máy phát diện gióDDC classification: 621.453 092 Summary: "When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Everyone thought he was crazy but William persevered and managed to create a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps. Several years later he figured out how to use the windmill for irrigation purposes"--Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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"When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Everyone thought he was crazy but William persevered and managed to create a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps. Several years later he figured out how to use the windmill for irrigation purposes"--
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