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The way things work now : from levers to lasers, windmills to Wi-Fi, a visual guide to the world of machines
Title:
The way things work now : from levers to lasers, windmills to Wi-Fi, a visual guide to the world of machines
Summary:
Explainer-in-Chief David Macaulay updates the worldwide bestseller The New 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. -- Amazon.
General Note:
"Originally published as The new way things work"--Title page verso.

Includes index.
Edition:
Revised and updated [edition].
Physical Description:
400 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Author(s):
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
Electronic Access:
null
Publication Date:
2016
ISBN:
9780544824386
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2016]

©2016
Call Number:
J 600 MACAULAY
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