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02991aam a2200517Ii 4500 001 72AD0D925DB111E98D51C54597128E48 003 SILO 005 20190413010030 008 180619t20192019nyua e 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1465479643 020 $a 9781465479648 035 $a (OCoLC)1039670214 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCQ $d VI# $d SFR $d OI6 $d JAS $d UAP $d IOU $d SILO 050 4 $a T 082 04 $a 620 $2 23 082 04 $a 600 $2 23 245 00 $a How technology works : $b the facts visually explained / $c contributors, Jack Challoner [and 6 others]. 250 $a First American edition. 264 1 $a New York, New York : $b DK Publishing, $c 2019. 300 $a 255 pages : $b color illustrations ; $c 24 cm 500 $a Subtitle from cover. 500 $a Includes index. 520 $a "How Technology Works demystifies the machinery that keeps the modern world going, from simple objects such as zip fasteners and can openers to the latest, most sophisticated devices of the information age, including smartwatches, personal digital assistants, and driverless cars. It includes inventions that have changed the course of history, like the internal combustion engine, as well as technologies that might hold the key to our future survival, including solar cells and new kinds of farming to feed a growing population. Throughout the book, step-by-step explanations are supported by simple and original graphics that take devices apart and show you how they work. The opening chapter explains principles that underpin lots of devices, from basic mechanics to electricity to digital technology. From there, devices are grouped by application-such as the home, transportation, and computing-making them easy to find and placing similar devices side by side"-- $c Publisher's description. 505 0 $a Power technology -- Transportation technology -- Materials and construction technology -- Technology in the home -- Sound and vision technology -- Computer technology -- Communications technology -- Farming and food technology -- Medical technology. 650 0 $a Technology $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Engineering $v Popular works. 700 1 $a Challoner, Jack, $e contributor. 700 1 $a Gifford, Clive, $e contributor. 700 1 $a Graham, Ian, $e contributor. 700 1 $a Horobin, Wendy, $e contributor. 941 $a 13 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409033038.0 952 $l JSPB572 $d 20240323012350.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20211215020359.0 952 $l YGPC162 $d 20210923011437.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722061714.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20200806013237.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204094146.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110080354.0 952 $l XAPE737 $d 20191017025903.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20190726010351.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20190711012126.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20190711010349.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190413010336.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=72AD0D925DB111E98D51C54597128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search