The way things work / David Macaulay.
Text and numerous detailed illustrations introduce and explain the scientific principles and workings of hundreds of machines including a lawn sprinkler, pneumatic drill, electric guitar, and a smoke detector.
Record details
- ISBN: 0395428572
- ISBN: 9780395428573
- ISBN: 0590429892
- ISBN: 9780590429894
- Physical Description: 384 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 computer laser optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1988.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The mechanics of movement -- Harnessing the elements -- Working with waves -- Electricity and automation. |
| Target Audience Note: | 1180L Lexile |
| Awards Note: | Boston Globe/Horn Book Non-fiction Award Winner, 1989. Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books (Junior Prize), 1989. |
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| Subject: | Technology. Technology > Juvenile literature. |
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- 19 of 23 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 0 of 0 copies available at Madison County Public Library.
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