How Things Work Encyclopedia

DK Publishing, 2010. — 129 p.Looking at the technology all around us-and then explaining how it works, the How Things Work Encyclopedia lifts the hood of a car engine, gets inside a TV set, and discovers the power of invisible microwaves. With close-ups, cutaways, and diagrams bringing the technology to life, and timelines illustrating the development of inventions, challenging curiosity quizzes and fascinating facts, the How Things Work Encyclopedia lets children really see and understand what's going on inside.Inventions
Better by design
Early inventions
Modern technology
Technology all around us
Simple machines
Using levers
Construction work
Moving stuff
Getting around
Wheels and axles
Pedal power
Holding the road
Piston power
Engines of fire
Race cars
Up to speed
Powering up
Trains and tracks
Gases and liquids
How fluids work
Float that boat
Floating balloons
Roller coaster
How do planes fly?
Blastoff!
What is energy?
It’s electric!
The power of magnets.
Power plants
Running out
Renewable energy
What’s cooking?
Keeping cool
Energy efficiency
Light and sound
Now you see it
Light and bubbles
Mirror, Mirror
Lenses
How light works
Fireworks
Measuring sound
How ears hear
Electric guitar
Bits and bytes
Inside a laptop
Binary code
Sharing data
Cell phones
Digital photography
Radio and TV
Bar codes
The Internet
Search engines
Robots
Near future?
Not-so-near futurePicture credits