- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Dorling Kindersley; illustrated edition edition (1 Sep 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1405318775
- ISBN-13: 978-1405318778
- Product Dimensions: 30.4 x 25.2 x 2.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 478,074 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An attention-grabbing way of getting technology-loving children to pick up a real book (On How Cool Stuff Works The Guardian )
...for tech-heads and schoolboys who really, really want to know what makes modern technology tick...The editors have seen the future and it's in high-tech colour. (On How Cool Stuff Works The Times )
...an invaluable illustrated guide for every technophile... (On How Cool Stuff Works The Independent )
...for tech-heads and schoolboys who really, really want to know what makes modern technology tick...The editors have seen the future and it's in high-tech colour. (On How Cool Stuff Works The Times )
...an invaluable illustrated guide for every technophile... (On How Cool Stuff Works The Independent )
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Technology explored, explained and exploded
Widescreen TVs, mobile phones, even space rockets have turned what was once outlandish into the everyday. But how do they actually function? What are the secrets behind this science? And what would they look like if you could delve right into the heart of their insides?
Let your child delve into a host of inventions, objects and gadgets to explore the ways they work. Incredible ‘exploded’ images and huge fold-out pages reveal their components in fantastic detail, showing what each device does and how it does it.
There’s also an ingenious CD-ROM where children can interact with 3D animations that show the latest gadgets exploding before their eyes. Technology has never been cooler!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
bit disappointing
13 Oct 2008
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
The earlier two books in the series Cool Stuff 2.0 and How Cool Stuff Works were much more informative and had a plethora of cool new techy gadgets>
This book is not in the same genre though from the same stable - there are big exploded parts of objects as diverse as an Airbus aeroplane to a coffee percolator - I was probably expecting stuff on how it works which is missing.
CDROM took time to load and had no music for the animation nor labelling for the parts and had only some of the objects described in the book.
I feel the book would have done better had there been an attempt to show cross-sections - its too early to have Cool stuff 3.0>
This book is not in the same genre though from the same stable - there are big exploded parts of objects as diverse as an Airbus aeroplane to a coffee percolator - I was probably expecting stuff on how it works which is missing.
CDROM took time to load and had no music for the animation nor labelling for the parts and had only some of the objects described in the book.
I feel the book would have done better had there been an attempt to show cross-sections - its too early to have Cool stuff 3.0>
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A Coffee Table book, not a Science book
24 Mar 2009
Format:Hardcover
This book is lovely to look at, but less informative and rigorous than you might like. For example, the exploded views are often missing crucial components... forgive me for being picky, but I reckon the mainspring of a watch and the crankshaft of a mountain bike are fairly important parts that ought not to be omitted because they are disruptive to depict. As other reviewers have said, this might look fantastic but it will do little to help your understanding.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Best of the Series
19 Sep 2008
Format:Hardcover
This is an awesome book that shows the individual pieces of each gadget and explains briefly how it works. Very large and crisp pictures like all DK books. With the variety of gadgets and everyday objects, including future tech, this book will appeal to older readers as well as DK's usually young audience. There are many fold out pages that show 4 page spreads of "exploded" stuff.
The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is because the CDROM, while it has cool animations of a few gadgets, it doesn't show all the gadgets. Besides watching the stuff "explode" the CDROM isn't interactive, and it doesn't label the parts. It's mostly a gimmick that looks impressive, but isn't very useful. Don't let that stop you from getting this great book, just don't expect much from the CDROM.
The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is because the CDROM, while it has cool animations of a few gadgets, it doesn't show all the gadgets. Besides watching the stuff "explode" the CDROM isn't interactive, and it doesn't label the parts. It's mostly a gimmick that looks impressive, but isn't very useful. Don't let that stop you from getting this great book, just don't expect much from the CDROM.
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