The Way Things Work

What really makes the things around us tick? Did you know that the principle behind the zip fastener also governed the building of the pyramids? Or that the dentist's drill is a direct descendant of the first windmill? The inner workings of hundreds of machines and devices are explained in this fun, colourful and unique look at.

About the author

David Macaulay, geb. 1946, ist vor allem durch seine Klassiker 'Sie bauten eine Kathedrale' und 'Das Mammutbuch der Technik' bekannt geworden.§Er erwarb mit seinen detailgenauen Zeichnungen und präzisen Texten weltweites Renommee.§§"Ich glaube, dass die schönsten Beispiele religiöser Architektur zu den herausragenden Leistungen der Menschheit zählen." David Macaulay

Product details

• Authors: Neil Ardley, David Macaulay
• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 10
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2004
• EAN: 9781405302388
• ISBN: 978-1-4053-0238-8
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 218 mm x 281 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Dorling Kindersley
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books