Best Teen & Young Adult Machinery & Tools
Famously packed with information on the inner workings of everything from windmills to Wi-Fi, this extraordinary and humorous book both guides readers through the fundamental principles of machines, and shows how the developments of the past are building the world of tomorrow. It is a very handsome book, a fascinating collection of riddles and a sound educational accomplishment that, while explaining in words and pictures - mostly pictures - some of the mysteries of physics, makes you smile, and often laugh. The author is honest enough to say that the book was intended for children of all ages, and brilliant enough to make all its readers feel brighter than they ever thought they could be.”— The New York Times “ The Way Things Work is not the only book that has tried to explain modern mysteries, but it's the best. “Keep the book a secret from your kids for a while and study up on the explanations of questions you're anticipating.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm unusually attached to this book: I laid my hands on the earlier edition as a very young child, and it probably shaped my interests more than anything else - ultimately setting me on a very interesting and rewarding life path."
"This book was tailor made for our young grandson who is very smart!"
"My 10 Year old friend, Loves the book, so I would say the book is an excellent one."
"I'll admit, we've been carefully enjoying it (ourselves) before we gift wrap it - hahaha!!"
"I love that it gives stories with the information."
"Great book."
"My husband LOVED this book as a child."
The information age is upon us, baffling us with thousands of complicated state-of-the-art technologies. The bemused woolly mammoth of the original edition continues to demonstrate his prehistorically simple ideas on such concepts as heat, pressure, fire fighting, sending messages, etc., adding whimsical entries to entertain browsers.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I love the explanations, and as an engineer, I can find no mistakes in it."
"He will finish dinner and then go to the living room, grab this book and sit looking at the illustrations for the longest time, even though we've had the book about six months he's still totally into it."
"The explanations were also very good and I am already looking for more books from David Macaulay."
"I loved this as a kid, so when I got married and started setting up my own household, I wanted it on my shelf."
"We originally got this book at the library for our 5 year old."
"A must for kid's libraries!"
"Paid very little for this book."
Famously packed with information on the inner workings of everything from windmills to Wi-Fi, this extraordinary and humorous book both guides readers through the fundamental principles of machines, and shows how the developments of the past are building the world of tomorrow. Parking meters and meat grinders, jumbo jets and jackhammers, remote control and rockets, electric guitars and egg beaters? "Things," both in the real world and in this book, have changed. VERDICT A delightful choice for browsing and reference.—Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY Amazon Best Children’s Books of the Year: NonFiction San Francisco Chronicle Best of 2016 New York Times Bestseller "... long-awaited update to one of the more original books ever printed." The author is honest enough to say that the book was intended for children of all ages, and brilliant enough to make all its readers feel brighter than they ever thought they could be.”— The New York Times “ The Way Things Work is not the only book that has tried to explain modern mysteries, but it's the best. It justifies every critic's belief that information and entertainment are not mutually exclusive - good nonfiction is storytelling at its best.” — The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books , starred review. “Combining the tongue-in-cheek observations of a budding prehistoric engineer with acute descriptions of the functioning of mechanical and electrical machines, Macaulay has produced a superb volume.”— The Horn Book, starred review. “A book to be treasured as both a browsing item and as a gold mine of reference information.”— School Library Journal , starred review.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm unusually attached to this book: I laid my hands on the earlier edition as a very young child, and it probably shaped my interests more than anything else - ultimately setting me on a very interesting and rewarding life path."
"This book was tailor made for our young grandson who is very smart!"
"My 10 Year old friend, Loves the book, so I would say the book is an excellent one."
"I'll admit, we've been carefully enjoying it (ourselves) before we gift wrap it - hahaha!!"
"I love that it gives stories with the information."
"Great book."
"My husband LOVED this book as a child."
Best Teen & Young Adult How Things Work
Famously packed with information on the inner workings of everything from windmills to Wi-Fi, this extraordinary and humorous book both guides readers through the fundamental principles of machines, and shows how the developments of the past are building the world of tomorrow. It is a very handsome book, a fascinating collection of riddles and a sound educational accomplishment that, while explaining in words and pictures - mostly pictures - some of the mysteries of physics, makes you smile, and often laugh. The author is honest enough to say that the book was intended for children of all ages, and brilliant enough to make all its readers feel brighter than they ever thought they could be.”— The New York Times “ The Way Things Work is not the only book that has tried to explain modern mysteries, but it's the best. “Keep the book a secret from your kids for a while and study up on the explanations of questions you're anticipating.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm unusually attached to this book: I laid my hands on the earlier edition as a very young child, and it probably shaped my interests more than anything else - ultimately setting me on a very interesting and rewarding life path."
"This book was tailor made for our young grandson who is very smart!"
"My 10 Year old friend, Loves the book, so I would say the book is an excellent one."
"I'll admit, we've been carefully enjoying it (ourselves) before we gift wrap it - hahaha!!"
"Great book."
"My husband LOVED this book as a child."
Best Teen & Young Adult Reference
Famously packed with information on the inner workings of everything from windmills to Wi-Fi, this extraordinary and humorous book both guides readers through the fundamental principles of machines, and shows how the developments of the past are building the world of tomorrow. It is a very handsome book, a fascinating collection of riddles and a sound educational accomplishment that, while explaining in words and pictures - mostly pictures - some of the mysteries of physics, makes you smile, and often laugh. The author is honest enough to say that the book was intended for children of all ages, and brilliant enough to make all its readers feel brighter than they ever thought they could be.”— The New York Times “ The Way Things Work is not the only book that has tried to explain modern mysteries, but it's the best. “Keep the book a secret from your kids for a while and study up on the explanations of questions you're anticipating.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm unusually attached to this book: I laid my hands on the earlier edition as a very young child, and it probably shaped my interests more than anything else - ultimately setting me on a very interesting and rewarding life path."
"This book was tailor made for our young grandson who is very smart!"
"My 10 Year old friend, Loves the book, so I would say the book is an excellent one."
"I'll admit, we've been carefully enjoying it (ourselves) before we gift wrap it - hahaha!!"
"Great book."
"My husband LOVED this book as a child."
Best Computer Science for Teens & Young Adults
As you work through Python Crash Course you’ll learn how to: –Use powerful Python libraries and tools, including matplotlib, NumPy, and Pygal. –Make 2D games that respond to keypresses and mouse clicks, and that grow more difficult as the game progresses. –Work with data to generate interactive visualizations. –Create and customize Web apps and deploy them safely online. –Deal with mistakes and errors so you can solve your own programming problems. Eric Matthes is a high school science and math teacher living in Alaska where he teaches Introduction to Python.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I purchased this book with a book on Machine Learning in Python as well."
"but not with this book. Like i said, I started this book AFTER going through all those other materials so I'm not sure how it would fair with someone who is starting at absolute zero, but my honest opinion is that if i had started here and moved on i would have perhaps been a bit further at this point."
"I'm taking programming courses to complete a teaching authorization in computer science and this book is 10x better than the required text."
"It is clearly written, uses examples that are interesting and have real world application, creating bar graphs and web pages for report output."
"I am about half way through this book."
"learned a lot."
"Great start into python; this will give you the foundation."
"On the iOS devices, the code font is garbled, but you can ask the publisher for a new download of the book where the font has been corrected."
Best Teen & Young Adult Inventions
• Understand Arduino hardware fundamentals. • Set up the software, power up your Arduino, and start uploading sketches. • Learn C language basics. • Add functions, arrays, and strings to your sketches. • Program Arduino’s digital and analog inputs and outputs. • Use functions from the standard Arduino library. • Write sketches that can store data. • Interface with displays, including OLEDs and LCDs. • Connect to the Internet and configure Arduino as a Web server. • Develop interesting programs for the Internet of Things. • Write your own Arduino libraries and use object-oriented programming methods. Simon Monk has a degree in cybernetics and computer science and a Ph.D. in software engineering.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Unfortunately, the usual books for "helping" with Arduino give sketches and explain bits and pieces without ever doing an overview of the system. Just got it today and have read over half of it; I've marked it up with pen to remind myself of crucial facts that I wish I had known a few months back. It's written at just the right level for beginners who are just learning about Arduino and microprocessors in general, and he points you to all the resources on the web for further information. So instead of having to copy and paste everyone else's code all the time, read this book to understand at least the basics of WHY things work in an Arduino the way they do."
"Great little book, excellent place to get started with Arduino."
"A good book to get you started with Arduino programming!"
"Useful lecture for introducing yourself in this world."
"Easy to understand and get familiar with Arduino world."
"I got this for a friend who had just started assembling boards using Adruino."
"Too many other books and tutorials just tell you to build a circuit and watch it do it's thing without explaining why it does it and how to expand on that design. I look forward to starting the "Next Steps" sequal and continuing to learn what this little chunk of organized metal and plastic has in store."
"I purchased this book, along w Programming Arduino Next Steps: Going Further with Sketches, for an Intro to Microcontrollers course i took."
Best Teen & Young Adult Agriculture
When this award-winning husband-and-wife team discovered that they each had sugar in their family history, they were inspired to trace the globe-spanning story of the sweet substance and to seek out the voices of those who led bitter sugar lives. Framed by the authors’ family connections to the subject, the chapters move from New Guinea, where humans are believed to have first cultivated sugar cane 10,000 years ago, to its spread across the ancient world.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I enjoyed "How Sugar Changed the World....." enough to cause me to use part of my vacation to go on a tour of a sugar plantation on Maui and the adjacent Sugar Museum to learn more about the business in the Hawaiian Islands. Little did I know that the adds were placed to cause consumers to believe that cane sugar was superior to sugar beet sugar."
"This was an interesting book that goes through the history of sugar and the impact it has had on the world."
"An excellent history that ties together the history of sweetness in numerous countries, cultures, and motivations of the worldwide expansion and development of the sugar industry."
"I bought this book for my granddaughter/son, but read it before handing it off."
"Chosen by my 12 year old for summer reading for school."
"Learning the historical background of this ubiquitous sweet commodity, as well as its influence on people and past world affairs (i.e. "globalization"), is easily accomplished by reading this one text."
"Amazingly, the style and arrangement make the book suitable for a wide range of readers, from novice high school students to their teachers and professors."
Best Teen & Young Adult Electricity & Electronics
Choose the proper tools and set up your workbench Ensure personal safety and use proper eye and ear protection Understand how electrical components work and why they fail Perform preliminary diagnoses based on symptoms Use test equipment, including digital multimeters, ESR meters, frequency counters, and oscilloscopes Interpret block, schematic, and pictorial diagrams Disassemble products and identify sections Analyze circuits, locate faults, and replace dead parts Re-establish connections and reassemble devices. His involvement in ham radio led to his writing career, first with articles for ham radio magazines, and then with general technology features in Electronic Engineering Times, Desktop Engineering, IEEE Spectrum, and The Envisioneering Newsletter. Along with building and repairing electronic circuitry, he enjoys table tennis, restoring antique mopeds, ice skating, bicycling, and banging out a jazz tune on his harpsichord.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I NEVER thought of circuits this way and the author was able to explain that the active elements are the players in the story and everything else is a supporting cast. Bottom line, this is the book that I couldn't put down...and it is about some of the driest material you can find. I cannot recommend this book enough and I would pay triple just for the section where the author walks through a couple sample circuits, describes each component's function, and what would happen if that component failed."
"So far, there are many helpful tips and information to help me further the hobby along."
"Well written and organized."
"Read it slowly and use it as a reference."
"B&W pictures of some of the older devices are understandable but most of the pictures could've easily been replaced with new coloured ones."
"Good book that gives some insight to those new to troubleshooting."
"the Item Excellent and the seller is good thank you."
"Informative!"
Best Teen & Young Adult Air & Space Science
is packed with amazing facts and NASA images revealing the wonders of the cosmos — from black holes to the big bang to the planets.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Our 8 year old LOVES this book!"
"I am buying these for my 7 year old grandson, and he is an advanced reader, plus he really enjoys reading and learning all that is available to him."
"Wonderful book for kids of all ages."
"Amazingbook with beautiful pictures and explanations."
"It was a gift for an 8th grader."
"I love DK books."
"Great buy!"
"Wonderful book."