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The Way Things Work Now

The Way Things Work Now( )
Author: Macaulay, David
Ardley, Neil
ISBN:978-0-241-22793-0
Publication Date:Jun 2016
Publisher:Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $49.99
Book Description:

Get to grips with how things work inside hundreds of machines with this extraordinary book that explains the science behind technologies and inventions. In this extensive encyclopedia packed full of simple science for kids, David Macaulay's beautiful illustrations show the inner workings of each machine from clocks and watches, to jet engines and the internet. From the basic lever to the modern microprocessor, this bestseller has been completely updated with the latest...
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Book Details
Pages:400
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Technology / General
Juvenile Nonfiction / Technology / Inventions
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):22.3 x 28.6 x 3.3 cm
Book Weight:1.842 Kilograms
Author Biography
Macaulay, David (Author)
David Macaulay was born on December 2, 1946 in Lancashire, England, but moved to Bloomfield, New Jersey when he was 11. He received a bachelor's degree in architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Before becoming an author and illustrator, he worked as an interior designer, a junior high school teacher, and instructor of interior design at RISD from 1969 to 1973.

His first book, Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction, was published in 1973. His other books include City, Castle, Pyramid, Mill, Underground, Mosque, The Way Things Work, Rome Antics, Shortcut,and How Machines Work. He has received numerous awards including a Caldecott Honor Medal in 1991 for Black and White and the Washington Children's Book Guild Award for a Body of Non-Fiction Work in 1977. He won the Royal Society young people¿s book prize for the best science books for children for his book How Machines Work.

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