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Way Things Work CD-ROM (Version 2.0--mac/win) [CD-ROM]

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  • CD-ROM
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0789412535
  • ISBN-13: 978-0789412539
  • Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.8 x 2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,534,155 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This Book Is Great!, March 21, 2000
This review is from: Way Things Work (Hardcover)
This book gives a great overview of how simple and complicated mechanical devices work. It really helped me for school projects, and is just a fun book to read. It's a great book for kids and adults alike, if you buy it you won't regret it. Two thumbs up!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An Educational Comedy, March 21, 1998
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This review is from: The Way Things Work (Hardcover)
The Way Things Work by David MacAulay is an encyclopedia of technology hidden in a children's book. The illustrations are designed to encapsulate each description for children, but the text is fashioned in such a way that both the child and the adult can glean differing levels of understanding from it. The aspect of humor is used to make the information more palatable, and was one of the most endearing parts of the book. One of the best features of this book is its exceptional illustrations done in pen and ink involving cavemen and woolly mammoths. I was expecting to buy a juvenille explanation of simplistic household objects and got a book that I repeatedly borrowed from its recipient to read for myself (much to his chagrin). I was quite impressed and would reccomend this book to anyone looking to purchase an in-depth "But Why?" book for a youngster or an enjoyable plain-english technology manual for adults.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars My review on The Way Things Work, April 21, 2000
This review is from: Way Things Work (Hardcover)
The Way Things Work explains how ordinary and unordinary objects work. For example you would never think that a fission bomb would implod before it exploded or that a red piece of paper is red because it reflects cyan and yellow light. It gives detailed explanation of the forces and energies used in that device. It also gives fictional stories about how that energy and/or force could be used.
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