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Synopsis
An inventive and surprising pop-up book offers unique and current information about the way robots are used today in science, industry, and medicine, and features tabs to simulate the action of these amazing machines.
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From Publishers Weekly
This novelty item delivers less than it promises, pairing somewhat sophisticated text about remote-controlled vehicles and other robotic devices with unilluminating if elaborate pop-ups. While pull-tabs and levers invite readers to manipulate paper-engineered equipment, the motions are rarely more than a back-and-forth movement, far too simple to intrigue those advanced enough to understand the often complex terminology. A CAT scan, for example, is said to provide "three-dimensional coordinates" to which a robotic arm can "return with precision to insert probes, a biopsy needle, or medication"; the accompanying pop-up, a complicated-looking scene of an operating room, merely allows the reader to tug on a tab in order to get a robotic arm near a cardboard patient's head. Other spreads describe how robots can perform tasks impossible for humans, in settings ranging from outer space to the deep sea, from factories to nuclear power plants. The concept here is a nifty one; it's too bad the authors didn't borrow some of that robotic precision to delimit their audience. Ages 6-10.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
Interactive pull tabs and pop-ups tell kids how different robots work in different situations. From factory robots and remote-controlled vehicles to a fantastic pop-up depicting a futuristic robit, this packs in plenty of beautiful robot concepts to educate and entertain kids. -- Midwest Book Review
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- PublisherDial
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0803718438
- ISBN 13 9780803718432
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages16
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Action Robots : A Pop-up Book Showing How They Work
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Penguin Publishing Group, 1995
ISBN 10: 0803718438
ISBN 13: 9780803718432
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Action Robots: A Pop-Up Book Showing How They Work
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ISBN 10: 0803718438
ISBN 13: 9780803718432
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. All pop-ups are in working order. Clean throughout. Seller Inventory # 081933
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages. All pop ups appear functional. Seller Inventory # 2410070119
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Action Robots: A Pop-Up Book Showing How They Work
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Action Robots: A Pop-Up Book Showing How They Work
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ISBN 10: 0803718438
ISBN 13: 9780803718432
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Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition as stated on copyright page also with numbers 10-1. Near fine pop-up book, light wear, all pop-ups are working, and page three and four are stuck together with a sticky residue on bottom edge of page. Original price of 16.95 on back cover. Seller Inventory # 1605045
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Action Robots. A Pop-Up Book Showing How They Work
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ISBN 10: 0803718438
ISBN 13: 9780803718432
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Large Illus. Glazed Bds. No Dj. First edition/1st Printing. Complex and colorful Pop-Up book on Androids with all pop-ups and tabs in fine condition. Fine. Book. Seller Inventory # 009446
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