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As another poster put it: it’s an introductory overview just to give the reader a quick perspective on what I the topic is about, like an encyclopedia description.

I would expect a 12 year old to get something out of it, or an author who knew no physics but wanted to put a bit of electronics into their mystery novel.

There is an important place for overviews such as this.




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