How Things Are Made

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Terranova is an engineer, maker, and writer who is usually found taking something apart or putting something together. His projects and articles have been published in Make: Magazine, Popular Science, and GeekDad. He lives in New Jersey. Sharon Rose is a business consultant and is constantly taking things apart and rebuilding them in her free time. She lives in Redmond, Washington. Klappentext For anyone curious about the nuts and bolts of human ingenuity, How Things Are Made is a fascinating exploration of the process behind the manufacture of everyday items. What are bulletproof vests made of? How do manufacturers get lipstick into the tube? How many layers are there in an iPhone screen? The answers to these questions and so much more fascinating information can be found in How Things Are Made, a behind-the-scenes look at the production everyday objects of all kinds, from guitars, sunscreen, and seismographs to running shoes, jet engines, and chocolate. Thoroughly revised and redesigned from the best-selling 1995 edition, How Things Are Made also contains three new entries by author Andrew Terranova. However, each page still contains informative step-by-step text along with detailed but easy-to-follow illustrations, diagrams, and sidebars to tell the stories behind the things we sometimes take for granted. For example, did you know that Edison didn't really invent the light bulb? Or that the first bar code was on a pack of Wrigley's Spearmint gum? Or that a maple seed inspired the design for the helicopter? Discover these fascinating anecdotes and much more in How Things Are Made.For anyone who has ever wondered, "How do they make that?" How Things Are Made is an entertaining, illustrated exploration of the process behind the manufacture of everyday items. Zusammenfassung For anyone who has ever wondered, "How do they make that?" How Things Are Made is an entertaining, illustrated exploration of the process behind the manufacture of everyday items....

Vorwort
For anyone who has ever wondered, "How do they make that?" How Things Are Made is an entertaining, illustrated exploration of the process behind the manufacture of everyday items.

Autorentext

Andrew Terranova is an engineer, maker, and writer who is usually found taking something apart or putting something together. His projects and articles have been published in Make: Magazine, Popular Science, and GeekDad. He lives in New Jersey.

Sharon Rose is a business consultant and is constantly taking things apart and rebuilding them in her free time. She lives in Redmond, Washington.

Klappentext

"Originally published in 1995 by U-X-L, an imprint of Gale, Cengage Learning and in 2003 by Black Dog & Leventhal"--Colophon.

Zusammenfassung
For anyone who has ever wondered, "How do they make that?" How Things Are Made is an entertaining, illustrated exploration of the process behind the manufacture of everyday items.