Come funzionano tutte le cose

This book taught me more about technology than my first five years of school, and that isn't intended as a criticism of the public educational system. I'm betting my dad got tired of the perpetual, "Why?" and "How?"'s, and decided this book would be the best way to simultaneously teach me and mainta Leggi tutto

One of my favorite books as a kid!

A fun and informative presentation of exactly what the title says. The illustrations are well-done, and the touches of humor with the mammoths is engaging and cute. I grabbed this book from one of my friends who was trying to clear out some shelves, and now I intend to pass this on to someone else w Leggi tutto

This book has it all. David Macaulay and Neil Ardley expertly communicate a vast array of discoveries, inventions, and machines, or more aptly put “Things”, through beautiful hand-drawn pictures and tactful written descriptions. If I was to pinpoint the joy that this book gives me, it would be the p Leggi tutto

This is such a cool book. My parents had it when I was a kid and I read it over and over again, and even after having read it a handful of times I returned to it often to page through it and look at the pictures. My parents even donated a half dozen or so copies of this book to my 4th or 5th grade c Leggi tutto

Macaulay does a masterful job of providing concise explanations of "The Way Things Work" through simple prose and clear, witty illustrations. I love the use of mammoths to give comic relief to what otherwise might be a boring textbook. Sometimes the needed complexity can be a little hard to fathom,

Recuerdo este libro como una auténtica maravilla que te permitía empezar a explorar cualquier cosa. Cualquier cosa compleja, grande y complicada la tenías despiezada delante de tus ojos para empezara a averiguar sus partes componentes y a adivinar las relaciones entre ellas. Por un lado era apabulla Leggi tutto

Macaulay was and has been one of my all-time favorite authors since my youth, and this book is no exception. It's a very informative guide on inventions we are introduced to through his magnificent artwork and infographics. I still think the illustration of the mammoth flying in the air with the win Leggi tutto