02261nam a22003377a 4500 20240427100354.0 240427b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780241472217 HSLRC HSLRC HSLRC T173.8 .H68 2020 How technology works : the facts visually explained / contributors, Jack Challoner [and 6 others]. First American edition. 1 London : DK Publishing, c2020. 255 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediated n rdacarrier volume nc Subtitle from cover. Includes index. "How Technology Works demystifies the machinery that keeps the modern world going, from simple objects such as zip fasteners and can openers to the latest, most sophisticated devices of the information age, including smartwatches, personal digital assistants, and driverless cars. It includes inventions that have changed the course of history, like the internal combustion engine, as well as technologies that might hold the key to our future survival, including solar cells and new kinds of farming to feed a growing population. Throughout the book, step-by -step explanations are supported by simple and original graphics that take devices apart and show you how they work. The opening chapter explains principles that underpin lots of devices, from basic mechanics to electricity to digital technology. From there, devices are grouped by application-such as the home, transportation, and computing-making them easy to find and placing similar devices side by side"-- Technology Popular works 51212 Engineering Popular works. 51213 Challoner, Jack,|econtributor. 51214 Gifford, Clive,|econtributor. 51215 Graham, Ian,|d1953-|econtributor. 51216 Horobin, Wendy,|econtributor. 51217 Humphrey, Andrew,|d1970-|econtributor. 51218 Lamb, Hilary,|econtributor. 51219 Sharp, Katie John,|econtributor. 51220 lcc BK CIR T173.8 .H68 2020 94988 94988 0 0 lcc 0 0 HSLRC HSLRC CIR 2024-04-27 2 1 T173.8 .H68 2020 HS14312 2026-07-27 13:17:57 2026-06-05 1 2024-04-27 BK