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 most educational, interesting, and fun to read book ever December 11, 2004
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
THIS BOOK IS AMAZING!!!! I LEARNED MORE IN HALF AN HOUR THEN I LEARN IN A FULL MONTHS SCHOOL!!! IT EXPLAINS HOW EVERYTHING WORKS, FROM INCLINED PLANES, TO ATOMS AND MOLECULES, ALSO ITS NOT A BORING READ BECAUSE IN MANY OF THE "LESSONS" THEY REFER TO A MAMMOTH WITHA COMEDY SLANT (EX:) THE INCLINED PLANE PAGE ALSO TALKS ABOUT HOW INSTEAD OF LIFTING A MAMMOTH STRAIT UP THEY BUILT A SLOWLY ASSCENDING MOUND TO THE PEAK.
An Absolute Need for Every Household July 11, 2004
_ (Houston, TX)
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
Few books can compare to "The Way Things Work" in the amount which they can teach the curious. Be they old or young, college educated engineers or preschoolers, everyone can pick something out of this book. Trust me; I've seen it from all ends.When I was six, I loved the mammoths...and learned about simple machines and airplane wings. When I was in high school, I appreciated the mammoths' wit...and learned about automatic transmissions and transistors. Now that I'm in college, I've read the whole thing, and it's still a great reference book, just as entertaining and informative as it was so many years ago. And the mammoths are still funny. For kids with insatiable curiosity, "The Way Things Work" can be a great and entertaining resource; for everyone who's ever wondered how their car drives, or why their computer works, or how satellite communications happen, it can be an immensely satisfying read.
 Good book, but not for the very young January 30, 2003
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I bought this book for a boy of the age of 8. He didn't seem very interested in the text explanations of how things work. Perhaps he's a little young, but like other reviewers said, this is a book that can most definately be put on the shelf for several years and still have relevance when a few years of knowledge is gained.
The New Way Things Work August 29, 2002
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
This is the best book for childern and adults I have ever read. I recieved "The Way Things Work" When I was in 4th grade. Now I have this newer version. My classmates and I both used it during my College Mechanical Engineering Classes. Everyone can learn from this book it is not just for kids but really belongs on every childs bookshelf.
BUY THIS BOOK! July 9, 2002
F. L. Busch (Reno, NV)
96 out of 102 found this review helpful
My god, this has to be one of my favorite books. When I was a kid, I was FASCINATED (well, I still am) by mechanical things. I must have checked this book out of the library twenty times, and it never got old. It is PACKED with info, the drawings are great, and it is very educational. Well, I was at the library today checking out books for a mechanical engineering class, and there it was on the shelf. I checked it out again for old times sake, and here I am at Amazon.com (to buy my very own copy of course), writing a reveiew. Nuff said. Anyway, if you have a child, boy or girl, old or young, smart or not, it doesn't matter- this book ROCKS!
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