Everyday Things and how They Work

Readers will be intrigued with these book's expansive, X-ray vision of the world. Packed with full-color illustrations, magnifications and cutaways, combined with a fascinating text, these books tackle topics from architecture to animals. From the highly acclaimed David Salariya, of Timelines fame. Includes a glossary and an index.Peek inside the machines that make daily life faster and easier, including Yale locks, instant Polaroid cameras, telephones, fax machines, pocket calculators, camcorders, magnetic cards and bar codes, and laser technology.Turvey, Peter is the author of 'Everyday Things and how They Work' with ISBN 9780531157312 and ISBN 0531157318.