How Things Work by Chris Oxlade

How Things Work by Chris Oxlade

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Charting the history and development behind major discoveries and introducing the remarkable minds who conceived them, this guide introduces some of the major scientific breakthroughs that have shaped our world and explains the science with simple do-it-yourself projects.

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How Things Work by Chris Oxlade

Charting the history and development behind major discoveries and introducing the remarkable minds who conceived them, this guide provides an in-depth insight into the scientific breakthroughs and brilliant inventions that have shaped our world. Trace how trains, boats, computers and the internet evolved through history. This book has plenty of photographs and illustrations as well as more than 100 do-it-yourself experiments and model-making projects to explain exactly how things work. These include making model rails and tunnels, a diving submarine, an electric motor.
Chris Oxlade gained a BSc in civil engineering in 1983 and now specialises in writing children's reference books in the fields of science and technology.
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ISBN 13 9780754810872
ISBN 10 0754810879
Titel How Things Work
Autor Chris Oxlade
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Bindungsart Hardback
Verlag Anness Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr 2002-12-31
Seitenanzahl 512
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