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The Gadget Book: How really cool stuff works [Hardcover]

Chris Woodford , Jon Woodcock
3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Dorling Kindersley (6 Sep 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1405326433
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405326438
  • Product Dimensions: 27.8 x 21.8 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 361,936 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Product Description

Product Description

Bluetooth, HDTV, SEMs, PSP and Wii: your world is full of cool gadgets and clever technology. Want to know how it all works?

Open up the cool lenticular cover to reveal what’s inside your games console, how spies use GSM for covert operations, the world’s fastest robot, virtual online worlds and more.

It’s a microscopic, X-rayed, cross-sectioned and close-up look at loads of amazing stuff!

About the Author

Chris Woodford graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in Natural Sciences. He is a science writer working for various newspapers, magazines and scientific journals as well an author. He lives in Dorset.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A Great Book!!!! 2 Jan 2008
Format:Hardcover
This is a great book. It has amazing gadgets that i had never even
heard of or thought about and explains all about them in detail.
I would reccomend this book to anyone, especially gadget lovers.
This book is gadget lovers heaven. I will let you to find out for
yourselves what gadgets it has but overall this is a fantastic book!!!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Good book 6 Feb 2009
Format:Hardcover
Good book - however do not buy this if you already have Cool Stuff 2.0 which is the same book but with a different cover and ISBN.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Not what I expected 10 Dec 2009
Format:Hardcover
This looked great but is a book for kids, not adults. Lots of good pictures but only really captions to go with them - nothing is really investigated in any detail.
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