The Way Things Work

by David Macaulay

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 the latest developments, from touchscreens to 3D printers.  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 eggbeaters?  Macaulay explains them all.  Publisher: Clarion Books, hardcover, 408 pages.  Ages 7-12.

Code:  24949

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