The way things work now : from levers to lasers, windmills to Wi-Fi : a visual guide to the world of machines
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- ISBN: 0544824385
- ISBN: 9780544824386
- Physical Description 400 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour)
- Edition Revised and updated.
- Publisher Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2016]
- Copyright ©2016
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General Note: | Revised edition of: The new way things work. Includes index. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 49.50 |
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The Way Things Work: Newly Revised Edition
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The Way Things Work: Newly Revised Edition
A New York Times Bestseller Explainer-in-Chief David Macaulay updates the worldwide bestseller The Way Things Work to capture the latest developments in the technology that most impacts our lives. Famously packed with information on the inner workings of everything from windmills to Wi-Fi, this extraordinary and humorous book both guides readers through the fundamental principles of machines, and shows how the developments of the past are building the world of tomorrow. This sweepingly revised edition embraces all of the latest developments, from touchscreens to 3D printer. Each scientific principle is brilliantly explained--with the help of a charming, if rather slow-witted, woolly mammoth. An illustrated survey of significant inventions closes the book, along with a glossary of technical terms, and an index. What possible link could there be between zippers and plows, dentist drills and windmills? Parking meters and meat grinders, jumbo jets and jackhammers, remote control and rockets, electric guitars and egg beaters? Macaulay explains them all.