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Scientific American How Things Work Today 2000 Marshall Editions 9780375410239
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Product Group
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Signed
- No
- Custom Bundle
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Book Series
- N/A
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Weight
- 2.88 lbs
- Vintage
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- Illustrated Book
- Era
- 2000s
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- 1st Edition
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780375410239
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0375410236
ISBN-13
9780375410239
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1752146
Product Key Features
Book Title
Scientific American : How Things Work Today
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Essays
Publication Year
2000
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
46.1 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
00-059027
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
600
Synopsis
Biotechnology, computers, cell phones, and the Internet -- they're all having a major impact on our lives as the twenty-first century begins. Surrounded by today's array of new technologies, it is easy to feel overwhelmed and bewildered. For more than a century,Scientific Americanhas made the machines and technologies that make up our world understandable. InScientific American: How Things Work Todayyou'll find over 100 topics explored in easy-to-understand text and made absolutely clear with the aid of more than 600 fully annotated, three-dimensional illustrations and color photographs. Do you know where all those stairs on the escalator go when they get to the top? Did you know that every time you use a credit card the clerk bounces a signal off a satellite to get an okay for your purchase? Have you ever wondered how your e-mail gets from here to there? Or how the signal finds your cell phone when you're hundreds of miles from home?Scientific Americanknows, and inScientific American: How Things Work Today, it tells and shows you how the world around you works, with three-dimensional illustrations, diagrams, and exploded views as well as up-to-the-minute color photographs. And the explanations are in the concise, understandable language that has madeScientific Americanthe most successful popular science magazine in the world. Scientific Americanhas been the authoritative popular source of science information about how the world works for more than 150 years. Now, in the first book based on the magazine's popular "Working Knowledge" column,Scientific Americanreveals exactly how the wonders of the modern world work. Assembled by a team of professional science and technology writers,Scientific American: How Things Work Todayshows the hidden workings of satellites, the Space Shuttle, subways, sewers, the Internet, electron microscopes, and many of the other systems and devices that help make our world what it is and us who we are. With lavish pictures, photographs, and hundreds of explanations to how our world works, this book is an essential addition to every family's library.
LC Classification Number
T47.S43 2000
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