![]() ![]() ![]() long-awaited update to one of the more original books ever printed. Review Quotes Amazon Best Childrens Books of the Year: NonFiction San Francisco Chronicle Best of 2016 New York Times Bestseller. What possible link could there be between zippers and plows, dentist drills and windmills? Parking meters and meat grinders, jumbo jets and jackhammers, remote control and rockets, electric guitars and egg beaters? Macaulay explains them all. An illustrated survey of significant inventions closes the book, along with a glossary of technical terms, and an index. Each scientific principle is brilliantly explained-with the help of a charming, if rather slow-witted, woolly mammoth. This sweepingly revised edition embraces all of the latest developments, from touchscreens to 3D printer. Famously packed with information on the inner workings of everything from windmills to Wi-Fi, this extraordinary and humorous book both guides readers through the fundamental principles of machines, and shows how the developments of the past are building the world of tomorrow. Book Synopsis A New York Times Bestseller Explainer-in-Chief David Macaulay updates the worldwide bestseller The New Way Things Work to capture the latest developments in the technology that most impacts our lives. ![]() About the Book The sweeping new update to the worldwide bestseller, The New Way Things Work includes all new sections on the technology that most impacts our everyday lives. ![]()
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