Dimensions
244 x 285 x 21mm
Full of technology, pictures, and gadgets galore, 'The New How Things Work' is the perfect reference to satisfy the curious and educate the perplexed.
Covering all areas of technology, 'The New How Things Work' contains the most up-to-date, elaborately illustrated, fascinating, and fun entries that explain how our technology-driven world functions.
While most people are curious about the inner workings of gadgets and machines, they often feel intimidated in their efforts to really understand them. 'The New How Things Work', clearly written and enhanced by more than 300 photographs and diagrams, uses anecdotal information to help readers comprehend the mechanisms and principles behind technology. With eleven chapters, including At Home; Building and Buildings; Transportation; At Play; and Tools of Medicine, the book covers every important category, focusing on familiar items such as refrigerators and washing machines, planes and trains, elevators and escalators, as well as the not-so-familiar, such as laser surgery and DNA manipulation. Like David Macauley's classic 'The Way Things Work', this volume is thoroughly illustrated, full of sidebars and technical drawings, and contains a glossary and index.
Concise and accessible, 'The New How Things Work' informs readers about the objects and ideas that they encounter everyday - and that are changing their lives, from DVDs and MP3s to plasma screen TVs and wireless Internet technology - and beyond.
