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The way things work from levers to lasers, windmills to Wi-Fi, a visual guide to the world of machines

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Text and numerous detailed illustrations introduce and explain the scientific principles and workings of hundreds of machines.

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Main Authors: Macaulay, David (Author), Ardley, Neil (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2023]
Edition:Newly revised edition.
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Technology > Juvenile nonfiction.
Technology > Popular works > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:Text and numerous detailed illustrations introduce and explain the scientific principles and workings of hundreds of machines.
Item Description:"Published in 2016 as The way things work now"--Title page verso.
First edition published as: The way things work. Second edition published as: The new way things work.
Includes index.
Physical Description:400 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
ISBN:9780544824386
0544824385
Author Notes: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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