The Way Things Work Now

David Macaulay

The edition behind this number

ISBN

9780544824386

Catalogue title

The way things work now : from levers to lasers, windmills to Wi-Fi, a visual guide to the world of machines /

Catalogue edition

Revised and updated edition

Statement of responsibility

David Macaulay ; with Neil Ardley.

Publication information

[2016] · ©2016 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Source

Library of Congress

Record identifier

19553685

Original classification field

600

Observed

2026-11-04

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