|
The New Way Things Work | 
| Author: David Macaulay
Creator: Neil Ardley
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Category: Book
List Price: $35.00
Buy Used: $5.09
as of 7/31/2010 18:32 CDT details
You Save: $29.91 (85%)
New (48) Used (116) Collectible (6) from $5.09
Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 3090
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Rev Sub
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 400
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.7 x 1.1
ISBN: 0395938473
Dewey Decimal Number: 600
UPC: 046442938471
EAN: 9780395938478
ASIN: 0395938473
Publication Date: October 26, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| |
| |
| Features:
| » | ISBN13: 9780395938478 | | » | Condition: New | | » | Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed |
|
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
The information age is upon us, baffling us with thousands of complicated state-of-the-art technologies. To help make sense of the computer age, David Macaulay brings us 'The New Way Things Work'. Thi
Amazon.com Review
"Is it a fact--or have I dreamt it--that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time?" If you, like Nathaniel Hawthorne, are kept up at night wondering about how things work--from electricity to can openers--then you and your favorite kids shouldn't be a moment longer without David Macaulay's The New Way Things Work. The award-winning author-illustrator--a former architect and junior high school teacher--is perfectly poised to be the Great Explainer of the whirrings and whizzings of the world of machines, a talent that landed the 1988 version of The Way Things Work on the New York Times bestsellers list for 50 weeks. Grouping machines together by the principles that govern their actions rather than by their uses, Macaulay helps us understand in a heavily visual, humorous, unerringly precise way what gadgets such as a toilet, a carburetor, and a fire extinguisher have in common. The New Way Things Work boasts a richly illustrated 80-page section that wrenches us all (including the curious, bumbling wooly mammoth who ambles along with the reader) into the digital age of modems, digital cameras, compact disks, bits, and bytes. Readers can glory in gears in "The Mechanics of Movement," investigate flying in "Harnessing the Elements," demystify the sound of music in "Working with Waves," marvel at magnetism in "Electricity & Automation," and examine e-mail in "The Digital Domain." An illustrated survey of significant inventions closes the book, along with a glossary of technical terms, and an index. 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 demystifies them all. (All ages) --Karin Snelson
|
| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 49
A Must Have Book For Your Bookshelf July 31, 2010
LivinginAmerika
We had checked out the local library's copy of The New Way Things Work for almost a month before buying a copy from Amazon. I was using it to show my six-year old daughter how various things worked and in the process was learning so much myself that I realized we simply had to have it. Regardless of age, it is an excellent resource for taking the mystery out of technology while engendering curiosity and a desire to learn more.
Great content, great illustrations! April 19, 2010
Erin
I got this book to look at with my 4 year old son who is obsessed with machines, tools, and "the way things work". He loves to look at the illustrations and (when I read ahead so I understand what I am looking at) I can share a simplified version with him. I expect he will enjoy reading it in detail when he is older, and he enjoys it now even though it is written for someone much older. The great artwork can be appreciated at any age. It is a wonderful addition to our bookshelf.
Absolutely wonderful book! January 2, 2010
miss teri parson
My child is engrossed in this book, as I was. I love hearing him (he's seven) explaining how different things in my mom's house work. If you like this, get the game (IPlay The Way Things Work Game ) It's fun for the whole family, and very educational.
Book October 23, 2009
Gordon Dietz (Westminster, MD USA)
Great Book! A really enjoyable book to read and learn about how things work in a simple, easily understood way.
Gold October 13, 2009
Andrew B. Montgomery (Oklahoma, OK)
Info on so many topics its mind boggling, nothing incredibly deep but absolutely wonderful illustrations and great information. Really happy with the purchase.
Showing reviews 1-5 of 49
|
|
|
CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON SERVICES LLC. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED ‘AS IS’ AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME. | |
