{"product_id":"simple-machines-made-simple-by-chase-roberts","title":"Simple Machines Made SImple by Chase Roberts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003eIf you find yourself saying, \"Okay, I understand OR, XOR, and Multiplexing. But what does that have to do with me, a common pulley operator?\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003eThen this is the book for you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-italic\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimple Machines Made Simple is a board book starring the six simple machines in demo form. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWheel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLever\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePulley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInclined plane\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWedge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScrew\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd like previous books, you can fight with your kids over who gets to go first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"h:Who-is-this-for-\" class=\"page-anchor\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003eWho is this for?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI'm embarrassed to admit that my kids, despite half of them having completed second grade, cannot recite any of Newton's laws or calculate a simple spring constant (I promise, I'm a decent parent in other ways). And this book won't help teach any of that either. But it will give your little ones a bit of intuition for mechanical advantage, and eventually when they get their first job working at NVIDIA, they'll come home and screw their first paycheck to the refrigerator. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is for kids (and adults) who like to play, build, disassemble, launch crab apples, or just learn how things work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"h:But-this-isn-t-computer-engineering-\" class=\"page-anchor\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003eBut this isn't computer engineering...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI hear you saying, \"We don't typically fraternize with non-ECEn folk.\" But hear me out. It's 2026. Our kids are going to hear about this stuff from their friends, or they can hear it from us. They're going to have a much more grounded sense of reality if we introduce the subject of mechanics in a safe environment, than if we just let them stumble upon this stuff out on their own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South \u0026 Pine and Blue Apple Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48409467715825,"sku":null,"price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/9757\/8890\/files\/Screenshot2026-07-14at6.58.48PM.png?v=1784073595","url":"https:\/\/shopsouthandpine.com\/products\/simple-machines-made-simple-by-chase-roberts","provider":"South \u0026 Pine and Blue Apple Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}