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In Marshall Brain's trademark easy-to-understand language, complemented by beautiful full-color illustrations, you'll discover the basic mechanisms behind everything from toasters to turbochargers, dieting to DVD players, and cell phones to submarines.
Technology and scientific principles are all around you: whether in the chips needed to execute commands on your computer, or in determining how many calories you need to burn in order to lose five pounds. This exciting book explains— in a way you can easily grasp— how technology is a part of everyday life.
"How Stuff Works" contains:
1999 50 Best of the Web — "Popular Science Magazine"
Best of the Web 2000 — Forbes Magazine
"A+" — "Washington Post Online"
Pick of the Week — Yahoo!
Super Site — TBS Superstation
1999 Reference Site of the Year — LibrarySpot.com
Have you ever wondered...
With this eye-opening book, you'll never look at a toaster, cell phone, or tattoo parlor the same way again!
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