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The Way Things Work

The Way Things Work

by David Macaulay

Book Details

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1987
Language: en
Pages: 384
ISBN: 9780590429894
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💥ViolenceNone
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🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ RepresentationNot present
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🚀Sci-Fi / FuturisticNot present
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Disability & NeurodiversityNot present

Description

The machines in this book are grouped by their principles rather than their uses. They may be vastly different in scale and purpose but in principle, they work the same way. Mechanical machines exist in order to convert one form of movement into another.

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Science & MathTechnology
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