Hundreds of illustrations and photographs, accompanied by informative essays by experts in the field, outline a wide variety of scientific concepts, theoretical principles, and technological advances in such fields as medicine, transportation, information technology, and space.

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This interesting and useful work is intended for laypeople seeking information on science and technology in a nontechnical format. For that reason, it is purposely nonmathematical in treatment. Abundantly illustrated throughout with approximately 350 four-color drawings and 200 photographs, it was compiled in Great Britain.

The book is organized in two parts. The first has seven chapters with two-page spreads explaining how 94 things work, ranging from nuclear power to compact discs. Detailed cross-sections illustrate each entry. At the bottom of the pages are "Connections," cross-references to related topics (e.g., "High Fidelity" connections include "Telephones," "Radio," "Sound Recording," etc).

The second part of the book, "Principles," surveys 30 scientific principles, also in a two-page format. For example, "Properties of Matter" covers 12 topics, including chemical bonding, solids, gases, and liquids. This section does not have any cross-references. Rounding out the volume is a page of units of measurement and a glossary of 164 terms. The index notes illustrations, captions, and boxed text.

The excellent single-volume The Encyclopedia of How It Works (A & W, 1977) and the multivolume How It Works (Marshall Cavendish, 1978) are very popular but are now dated. The Way Science Works will be a welcome addition to middle-school, high-school, and public libraries seeking to update their collections of popular materials on technology.

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