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Underground |  | Author: David Macaulay
Publisher: Graphia
List Price: $9.95
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 112174
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 112
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 11 x 9.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 0395340659
Dewey Decimal Number: 624.19
UPC: 046442340656
EAN: 9780395340653
ASIN: 0395340659
Publication Date: March 23, 1983
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Product Description
David Macaulay takes us on a visual journey through a city's various support systems by exposing a typical section of the underground network and explaining how it works. We see a network of walls, columns, cables, pipes and tunnels required to satisfy the basic needs of a city's inhabitants.
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 Rather Disappointing September 28, 2009
N. Ledgerwood (South Africa)
Rather disappointed - expected something more child friendly - more like the how it works series - would've sent it back but the postage is more than the cost of the book. Information about the target range of customer would have been helpful as I was not able to review the book before purchase. I had simply purchased on the back of his other titles.
 underground February 13, 2008
Charles A. Hall (austin, tx usa)
this the best book i have found to explain to eit's (engineering in training) just what civil engineering is all about.
it may be a childern's book, but it is the best on the subject of undeground utilities and transportation.
 Under the city lies much unseen November 9, 2007
Carl F. Pattison (Sweet Chalybeate, VA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a purchase for grandchildren living in a very rural area. They will have their curiosity heightened upon visiting the next largest city. It was easy to follow and understand. The illustrations are nicely done and hold one's attention.
A really useful infrastructure book. October 29, 2007
Kenneth Meeks (Philadelphia, Pa United States)
I bought this book for work because its subject matter is relevant to what I do. It really helps to keep things in perspective and not have them remain abstract concepts.
A new perspective on things June 5, 2007
AcornMan (Manhattan, KS)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Macaulay uses his amazing talents to turn the world upside down in this unique book. Children (and even adults) will learn all kinds of things about what's beneath a modern city. I enjoyed showing my son the illustrations and explaining what it all means. Do beware, however, that this is a pretty abstract topic and that it can be difficult for younger kids to fully comprehend exactly what's going on. After all, thinking about what a city would like like with all the soil and rock removed and from many feet below street level is not a simple idea. So this one is probably best for older kids, as opposed to earlier works by Macaulay such as Cathedral or Castle that are much more tangible and easy for kids to comprehend.
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