Does anybody know what book this is, or even if it's real? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: 8086
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 02, 2012, 03:38:41 pm
content: Cheers.

author: caffeinatedbard
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timestamp: August 02, 2012, 03:44:33 pm
content: I've seen this before. It is real. Don't remember the name of the book.

author: deephaven
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timestamp: August 02, 2012, 03:55:20 pm
content: It might be this:http://tinyurl.com/2fzqpqc

author: PeteInTexas
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timestamp: August 02, 2012, 04:00:18 pm
content: That is a science text book in Texas or Alabama./dead pan

author: ModemHead
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timestamp: August 02, 2012, 04:04:09 pm
content: I think deephaven is right. Just google "electricity is a mystery" and that will get you started. It's the "Science 4" textbook from Bob Jones University, a religious school. Apparently intended for home schooling.

author: Obi_Kwiet
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 02, 2012, 04:17:28 pm
content: I've seen that book. It's really weird too, because on the following pages, they go on to give a half way decent 4th grade explanation of how electricity is actually the flow of electrons, ect. It's as if one old, confused person wrote this page, and the rest of the chapter was written by another person who was familiar with science at a 4th grade level. I don't understand how it made it past the editor. Notice, too, the errant period between you and get. Pretty bizarre.

author: olsenn
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timestamp: August 02, 2012, 04:25:41 pm
content: I don't see the point in confusing 4th graders (and giving them false confidence) by trying to teach them atomic theory... they won't understand it; it takes maturity and years of hard study to understand what an electron is and how we can exploit their properties to do neat things.I suppose I shouldn't be surprised to see clergy giving kids false confidence!

author: Obi_Kwiet
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timestamp: August 02, 2012, 05:01:44 pm
content: Something like this is totally reasonable, and very simple:http://kids.discovery.com/tell-me/curiosity-corner/science/how-do-electric-circuits-workIt's hardly atomic theory.Sure there's more to it, but that's true of everything.

author: G7PSK
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timestamp: August 02, 2012, 05:27:26 pm
content: Whoever wrote that nonsense obviously had never had an electric shock otherwise he would have known how electricity feels when you touch it.

author: PeteInTexas
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timestamp: August 03, 2012, 05:06:09 am
content: Quote from: G7PSK on August 02, 2012, 05:27:26 pmI think the sad part is who ever wrote it knew better but is committed to the Conservative agenda of keeping voters stupid.

author: nitro2k01
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timestamp: August 03, 2012, 06:37:30 am
content: Restore my faith in humanity. Tell me that is a sarcastic work of fiction! That page looks like it could be taken from something in the style of Look Around You. But I guess that's hoping for too much...

author: David Aurora
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timestamp: August 03, 2012, 07:58:51 am
content: Quote from: olsenn on August 02, 2012, 04:25:41 pmOK... I don't mean to sound like a conspiracy nut, or to Godwin this thread... but...I think it's a calculated move. Like the way Mein Kampf was written. Say a lot of intellectual stuff, and right beside it put an explanation that's far easier for a moron to grasp, like "The Jews are evil/God made everything/Blame Canada/Etc.". The less educated reader will walk away with the simple answer that the author wanted them to buy into, and they'll believe it is true because it was written by some genius who knew heaps of big words that they didn't.But hey, I must admit I'm biased. I believe in science, and I think Hitler was a dick.

author: David Aurora
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timestamp: August 03, 2012, 08:00:28 am
content: Quote from: nitro2k01 on August 03, 2012, 06:37:30 amI loved the maths one the most

author: GeoffS
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timestamp: August 03, 2012, 08:15:01 am
content: Seems technically correct to me ...My electricity come out of some small holes in a square plate on the wall.Now if someone can explain where the picture goes when you turn the TV off, I'll die happy

author: cwalex
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timestamp: August 03, 2012, 11:03:07 am
content: Quote from: GeoffS on August 03, 2012, 08:15:01 amLOL

author: Rerouter
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timestamp: August 03, 2012, 12:28:34 pm
content: dont forget where the light goes when you close your fridge door, man they could totally exploit quantum mechanics with that....