How Technology Works The Facts Simply Explained
How Technology Works The Facts Simply Explained by Claire Gell, published by Dorling Kindersley Limited on April 4, 2019, is a comprehensive guide that explores the inner workings of everyday technology. This 256-page book presents a graphic approach to understanding a wide range of inventions, from basic items like zip fasteners to advanced devices such as smart watches and driverless cars. It aims to demystify the machinery that supports modern life, including significant historical inventions like the internal combustion engine and future technologies like solar cells.
Readers will find step-by-step explanations accompanied by original graphics that break down how various devices function. The book organizes technologies by application, covering areas such as home, transport, and computing, which facilitates easy navigation and comparison of similar devices. This edition serves as an accessible resource for those without a formal background in STEM subjects, as well as for anyone curious about the mechanics behind the technology that shapes our daily lives.
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Have you ever asked yourself how the inventions, gadgets, and devices that surround us actually work? Discover the hidden workings of everyday technology with this graphic guide.
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 smart watches, 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.
All the way through 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 on, devices are grouped by application – such as the home, transport, and computing – making them easy to find and placing similar devices side by side.
How Technology Works is perfect for anyone who didn’t have a training in STEM subjects at school or is simply curious about how the modern world works.
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