THE LEGO^® MINDSTORMS^® NXT 2.0 DISCOVERY BOOK. Copyright © 2010 by Laurens Valk.

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ISBN-10: 1-59327-211-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-211-1

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Valk, Laurens.
  The LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 discovery book : a beginner’s guide to building and programming robots / Laurens Valk.
        p. cm.
  Includes index.
  ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-211-1
  ISBN-10: 1-59327-211-1
 1. Robots--Design and construction--Popular works. 2. Robots--Programming--Popular works. 3. LEGO toys. I. Title.
  TJ211.15.V353 2010
  629.8’92--dc22
                                                          2010011157

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