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The New Way Things Work
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4.1 out of 5
Based on 2,231 Ratings and 287 Reviews

Book Description
"Is it a fact--or have I dreamt it--that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time?" If you, like Nathaniel Hawthorne, are kept up at night wondering about how things work--from electricity to can openers--then you and your favorite kids shouldn't be a moment longer without David Macaulay's The New Way Thi... More
Book Information
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Company
BindingHardcover (6 editions)
Reading LevelYoung Adults
# of Pages400
ISBN-100395938473
ISBN-13978-0395938478
Publication Date10/26/1998
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About David Macaulay (Author, Contributor) : David Macaulay is a published author, illustrator, and a narrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of David Macaulay include Cathedral: The story of its constru... more
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About Neil Ardley (Contributor) : Neil Ardley is a published author and an editor of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Neil Ardley include 101 Great Science Experiments, A Young Person's Guide to... more
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