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| Author: David Macaulay
Creator: Neil Ardley
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
List Price: $35.00
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Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 1131
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Rev Sub
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 400
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 0395938473
Dewey Decimal Number: 600
UPC: 046442938471
EAN: 9780395938478
ASIN: 0395938473
Publication Date: October 26, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Library discard. Usual library markingings inside and out. Clean condition
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A "must have" for any child. April 6, 2008
Rollie D. Newton (Iowa)
This is a great book. It breaks down complicated concepts into simple principles that a child can understand. A good start for budding engineers.
Great book! February 13, 2008
Michelle
This is a fabulous book! I like all of David Macaulay's books because they have so many details of how things are made. This is my favorite, though, because it answers questions about objects and technology for budding engineers and architects or just anyone who is curious! My son has loved his and I just bought one for my nephew.
Amazing May 14, 2007
Craig Duncan
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Informative and entertaining. I wonder how many engineers out there first got their interest in the way things work from this book.... In Fall 2008 Macaulay will have a new book out entitled "The Way We Work", which will explain the workings of the human body in similar fashion to this book. Can't wait!
Can't put it down May 6, 2007
C. Nicholas
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
My son (10) had borrowed the older edition from the library several times. So I got him this one for his birthday. He sneaks this book into his bed at night. If that's not an excellent testemony I don't know what is.
Looking at Machines Differently January 31, 2007
John Matlock (Winnemucca, NV)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Each page of this book opens up a world of how something works. It could be how to make a hologram (of a wolly mammoth of course) or how the valves in a trumpet change the sound. The subject for a few pages might be electricity or it could be how an automatic transmission works. In any case, the pages are a mixture of drawings (usually with mammoth) showing the nature of the subject, combined with text that further describes what the drawings are showing.
Over a period of many years Mr. Macaulay has developed his drawing style and his understanding of mechanical things which when combined in a book like this offer a painless way for the kid in all of us to learn.
This new edition has been expanded in several areas. This includes coverage on personal computers, space probes and other more recent developments. It's one of those books that's hard to put down once you start reading.
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