How Things Work

by Steve Parker, Peter Lafferty, Steve Setford

Illustrated boards strong, with light aging and bumping to spine ends. Early pages dirtied to bottom, otherwise appears unread. Discover the inner secrets of a huge range of machines, gadgets, aircraft, and other types of transport. A superb book of what makes things tick, whirr, beep and rumble. (non)

Genres: Science, Reference, Childrens

256 pages, Hardcover

First published February 6, 1991

About the author

Steve Parker is a British science writer known for producing hundreds of children's and adult nonfiction books covering zoology, medicine, evolution, and natural history. Educated at the University of Wales, Bangor, where he earned first class honours in zoology, he later worked at the Natural History Museum and held editorial positions at Dorling Kindersley before becoming a freelance author during the late 1980s. Parker contributed early titles to the acclaimed Eyewitness series and later wrote award-winning books including Science Crazy, Fizzing Physics, The Human Body Book, and Kill or Cure. He has also edited major collaborative works on evolution and medicine, regularly visits schools and libraries, and serves as a Senior Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London.

Reviews

[Teethcrow Maltych · Rating 2 out of 5]

Why did this madman think he can teach me how things work?

[Alanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are a lot of great in-depth inner workings in this book that kept the kids asking for more. We took our time reading and talking about each section though, it was great to hear how they thought things worked both before and after reading the chapters out loud. Great scientific type discussions with young children curious about the world around them!

[Joshua · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book tells us how things work. It tells you interesting things on how big heavy machinery work and how it can withstand the force of the heavy weights it lifts up. It explains how machines are built for speed and what type of motor they use and how streamlining helps it.

[Rose]

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