Clive Gifford Lonely Planet Kids How Everything Works Hardcover Book

The latest title in the popular How Things Work series will make the ordinary seem extraordinary. Featuring the beautifully detailed illustrations of James Gulliver Hancock, How Everything Works will take a closeup look at the world around us to examine wellknown, everyday environments and reveal how all the various objects and machines found there operate. Fullpage gatefolds showcase large, dense scenes while smaller flaps can be opened to uncover the secrets of the latest gizmos and gadgets. Explore a home, a building site, a factory, a shopping mall, an office and a busy street find out how a car, a computer, a conveyor belt and mobile phone work, and much more! Contents includesA History of Things watch as a street changes through timeDown on the Farm from tractors to combine harvesters and wind turbines At the Construction Site mix cement, dig underground, and then look upward to cranes and skyscrapersStaying in Touch connect through mobile phones, wireless tech and satellite communicationsGetting Around local hit the road with cars, buses, bicycles, motorbikes and even electric vehiclesGetting Around long distance jump aboard trains, planes and boatsIn the Home the inner workings of washing machines, lightbulbs and electricityAt the Office computers, photocopiers, air conEntertainment from rollercoasters to video gamesShopping scan barcodes and watch CCTVAt the Factory from assembly lines to automation, robots and forklift trucksAt the hospital uncover modern... | Clive Gifford Lonely Planet Kids How Everything Works Hardcover Book