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DirFX - The New Way Things Work

	List Price: $35.00 Our Price: $21.98 Your Save: $ 13.02 ( 37% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 600 EAN: 9780395938478 ISBN: 0395938473 Label: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: 1998-10-26 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books Reading Level: Young Adult Studio: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
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Editorial Reviews: 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. This completely updated and expanded edition describes twelve new machines and includes more than seventy new pages detailing the latest innovations. With an entirely new section that guides us through the complicated world of digital machinery, where masses of electronic information can be squeezed onto a single tiny microchip, this revised edition embraces all of the newest developments, from cars to watches. Each scientific principle is brilliantly explained--with the help of a charming, if rather slow-witted, woolly mammoth.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Very interesting Comment: This book was soooo interesting and informative that I bought copies for members of my family. I love how Macaulay uses early man working the mammoths to illustrate.... Customer Rating: Summary: Printing too dark in some places Comment: I ordered 3 of these for gifts. This is something I think every child should have (and I like it too). I was disappointed when I received them though. In some places the printing was so dark you couldn't read the text, or make out the well done art. I just wasn't willing to pay full price for what I felt was not a top quality production. Returning to Amazon was easy. I also tried contacting the publisher to see if they had better copies, but I never received a reply from them. Customer Rating: Summary: Mammoth Lovers Unite!!! Comment: I originally got this book back in 1988 when I was a young lad. That copy has served me well throughout high school, an college engineering curriculum, and my current employment. Just recently, my 10 year old "found" my copy and has been glued to it for weeks... and he'll be getting a copy for the holidays. I love the wit of the author as he pushes the Woolly Mammoths through science and physics concepts. While I'm sure many factors contributed to the extinction of the mammoth, Macaulay helps provide an "alternate" analysis to the disappearance - curiosity. A must-have for future engineers, physicists, and scientists... Customer Rating: Summary: This is too cool Comment: You CAN let your kids read it TOO! I'm an engineer and this book is full of stuff I now use at work - really. My eight year old doesn't have the attention span to get through a section, YET. Customer Rating: Summary: Husband loves it Comment: My husband loves to learn about how things work. The title of the book told me this was just the book for him. More Reviews

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