03310cam a2200517 i 4500 1262172662 TxAuBib 20240430120000.0 190414t90732014||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780785837404 hardcover 078583740X hardcover TxAuBib rda Chartwell Books. How things work : an illustrated guide to the mechanics in the world around us / original idea, Joan Ricart ; editorial coordination, Emilio Lopez ; design, Clara Miralles, Ana Roca ; editing, Alberto Hernandez ; layout, Clara Miralles, Carla Cobas. First edition. New York, NY : Chartwell Books, 9073. ©2014. 255 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes index. Transportation - Everyday technology - Architecture - Communication - Energy - Food industry - Science - Space exploration - Ancient civilizations - -Machines of war. Have you ever looked at a car and wondered how it worked? Maybe an airplane piqued your curiosity, or the arches of a particular building, or maybe a piece of technology that you handle daily, such as your phone? Objects, history, places, processes... all fall under the umbrella of "thing." Learn about how these things developed over time and how they impacted the course of human development. From ancient chariots of war, to the telegraph, to the technologies of the future, learn about the mechanics of the world around us. With full color cross sections, this new and revised version of How Things Work updates readers on questions of the ever-evolving world around us. More than 100 "things" are dissected so that one can examine the inner workings from milk production to touch screens. The book is broken categorically into ten sections (Ancient Civilizations, Architecture, Communication, Energy, Everyday Technology, Food Industry, Machines of War, Science, Space Exploration, Transportation), readers are given a complete education on the mechanics of the world around them. Each chapter has eleven subjects that are dissected through diagrams and cross sections with cut away images to show what is really under the surface of each item and process. A thematic index at the end allows one to easily locate all items of interest. The world is a complex and confusing place. How Things Work does its best to bring down the confusion a little bit. 20240430. Technology. Science. fast Engineering. Architecture. Biotechnology. Inventions. Technology and civilization. Architecture. fast Biotechnology. fast Engineering. fast Inventions. fast Science. fast Technology. fast Technology and civilization. fast Lp̤ez, Emilio, 1968-, editor. Chartwell Books, Inc., publisher. TXSTN