How Is It Done?

by Reader's Digest Association

An informative look at the ingenuity of man. Find out how holograms gives a three-dimensional picture, how nature photographers take their seemingly impossible pictures or what advances have been made in cloning. Discover how genetic finger-printing works or how astronauts dispose of bodily wastes.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Science

448 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. is a global media and direct marketing company based in Chappaqua, New York, best known for its flagship publication founded in 1922, Reader's Digest. The company's headquarters are in New York City, where it moved from Pleasantville, New York.

The company was founded by DeWitt and Lila Wallace in 1922 with the first publication of Reader's Digest magazine, but has grown to include a diverse range of magazines, books, music, DVDs and online content.

Reviews

[Tarun Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'll never forget this book, I count myself lucky for having a Mom who was an avid Reader's Digest subscriber, who always looked out for such books for me. It was the book that shaped my childhood. Where else would one get inspiration to fashion a model airplane out of thermocol, complete with anatomically correct cross section of wings, attaching a motor and letting it fly from the terrace of a building? I actually did that because I just knew it would fly. This book opens your eyes to many of the things we take for granted today. If you collected all the most fun and informative wikipedia pages and condensed them into a book, this would be it.

[Ram N · Rating 5 out of 5]

Before Internet entered into our Denim pant pockets, before the whole world could edit a single page on wikipedia, there was a collection of books, that Reader's Digest used to create with love, and over-price it, for those book lovers who cherished not just the information but also the way it was presented.

I was one of those book lovers, and this book was one of those well presented information pack. This book left a big question mark in my thought pattern, which keeps seeking answers to this day, but by using the Internet in my Denim pant pocket.

[Kimberley doruyter · Rating 4 out of 5]

very intresting

[AL · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good , precursor into the working world

[Sheyeen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my favorite book as a kid, learning how stuff like velcro works.

[Fakhre Yazdan]

one of the best book...i think a book like this is not written yet