Monday, November 09, 2009

The 2 books a famine-stricken 14 yr-old Milawi boy used to bring eletricity to his home. via @curiouslee's flickr

From the caption to this pic taken by Mike Lee and posted by him to his flickr:

"At age 14, a boy in Malawi named William Kamkwamba used two books to learn how to build a windmill from scrap parts to generate electricity. This was just after dropping out of school due to famine. Here are photos of my used copies of the books Using Energy and Explaining Physics that William found in the USAID library in his village. Now at age 22, he is touring the world to promote his bestselling book, The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind."

Hit the flickr link above to check out Mike's original post and more links related to this story (including a link to Kamkwamba's blog).

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