The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
- ISBN-10
- 1606867350
- ISBN-13
- 9781606867358
- Series
- The Boy who Harnessed the Wind
- Category
- Electric power production
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-05-10
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning
- Authors
- William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer
Description
Growing up amid famine and poverty in rural Malawi, wind was one of the few abundant resources available. Inventive 14-year-old William Kamkwamba saw its energy as a way to power his dreams.
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