![]() ![]() David Macaulay is both a Caldecott Medal ( Black and White) and Honor ( Cathedraland Castle) winner. The information age is upon us, baffling us with thousands of complicated state-of-the-art technologies.Kindle users should know that it's available only for Kindle Fire. The New Way Things Work : David Macaulay : Houghton Mifflin : 1998-10 : 400 : 260.00 : HRD ISBN: 9780395938478 : Like in the previous versions, this one's brimming with Macaulay's witty, detailed, and colorful illustrations and is certain to captivate young readers who are passionate about all things technical and mechanical - even those who live in dread of another year of science class. Parents need to know that The Way Things Work Now is the revised and updated edition of David Macaulay's The Way Things Work (1988) and The New Ways Things Work (1998), which have sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. Where would we be without Whitcomb Judson, inventor of the zipper, Karl von Linde, who created the first practical refrigerator, or Sir John Harington, godson of Queen Elizabeth I, who gave the world the first flush toilet? The epilogue reveals the names behind many of the world's most essential inventions. ![]()
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