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How technology works : from monster trucks to Mars rovers / [Senior editor, Peter Frances ; illustrators Peter Bull, Edwood Burn, Mark Clifton, Dan Crisp, Mark Franklin, Julian@KJA-artists, Max@KJA-artists, Simon Tegg ; contributors, Jack Challoner, Clive Gifford, Tom Jackson, Hilary Lamb ; consultant, Roger Bridgman]

How technology works (added title page title)
Frances, Peter, (editor.). Bull, Peter, (illustrator.). Burn, Edwood, (illustrator.). Clifton, Mark (Illustrator), (Added Author). Crisp, Dan, (illustrator.). Franklin, Mark, (illustrator.). Julian@KJA-artists, (illustrator.). Max@KJA-artists, (illustrator.). Tegg, Simon, (illustrator.). Challoner, Jack, (contributor.). Gifford, Clive, (contributor.). Jackson, Tom, (contributor.). Lamb, Hilary, (contributor.). Bridgman, Roger, 1940- (Added Author).

Summary:

Each page of this detailed encyclopedia will guide readers through the technology that surrounds them. Have you ever been tempted to take the back off your TV? Have you wondered about what's going on beneath your feet on the street where you live? Get inside the machinery of the modern world and understand the science that makes it all work with this all-in-one encyclopedia.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780744098754
  • ISBN: 0744098750
  • Physical Description: 207 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Edition: First American edition
  • Publisher: New York : DK Publishing, 2024.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Subtitle from cover.
Formatted Contents Note:
BODY TECHNOLOGY. Monitoring the body ; Imaging the body ; Keyhole surgery ; Body repair ; New limbs ; Connecting with the brain ; Vaccines -- PERSONAL AND HOME TECHNOLOGY. Houses ; Water supply ; Heating ; Heat pumps ; Air supply ; Home security ; Cooking ; Heating elements ; Dishwashers and washing machines ; Yards ; Active clothing ; Digital imaging ; Printers and scanners ; Smart homes ; Telephone calls ; Time and place ; Gaming ; Microphones and speakers ; Computers ; The Internet ; Semiconductors ; Smartphones -- POWER AND INDUSTRY. Water supply and sewage ; Power stations ; Nuclear power ; Nuclear waste ; Hydroelectric power ; Wind turbines ; Solar power ; Biofuels ; Power grids ; Natural gas ; Mining ; Steelworks ; Plastics ; Industrial robots ; Factories ; Machining and 3D printing ; Recycling ; Digging and tunneling ; Cranes ; Skyscrapers ; Bridges -- TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY. Bicycles and e-scooters ; Simple machines ; Motorcycles ; Cars ; Electric motors ; Electric vehicles ; Fire engines ; Highways ; Electronic trains ; Railroads ; Sailboats ; Cargo ships ; Diving ; Submarines and submersibles ; Wings ; Passenger aircraft ; Helicopters and drones ; Aircraft landing ; Combine harvesters -- SPACE TECHNOLOGY. Rockets ; Crew capsules ; Space stations ; Planetary rovers ; Telescopes ; Space telescopes ; Space probes ; Emerging technology.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 9-up.
Subject:
Technology > Encyclopedias, Juvenile.
Science > Encyclopedias, Juvenile.
Technology > Juvenile literature.
Science > Juvenile literature.
Engineering > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Encyclopedias.

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