Stuff You Need to Know!
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<p><i>Stuff You Need to Know</i> virtually overflows with illustrations and information about 28 activities and objects from everyday life. In fact, the book is so jam-packed that eight gatefolds provide the extra room needed to explain complex activities.</p><p>Each item is on a double-page spread filled edge to edge with informative text in numbered sequence. Accurate, lighthearted illustrations reveal everything a step at a time.</p><p>The "stuff" ranges from taking out the garbage to launching a rocket. Here are some examples:</p><ul><li>Electricity -- Steam power, turbine, magnet, generator, current, transformer, mains, fuse, meter</li><li>Making a Pizza (gatefold): How does a pizzeria deliver a pizza so quickly? Ingredients for the pizza base and topping, what they are, and where they come from.</li><li>Microwave Oven -- Molecules, waves, cross-section of a microwave oven, protective layer, timer</li><li>3D Printer -- 3D model, CAD, programming in sections, nozzles, layers, spool, nozzle, acetone</li><li>Setting Up a Satellite (gatefold) -- SatNet, geostationary, ACTS, transponder, thrusters, parabolic antennae</li><li>Solar Panels -- Thermal energy, photo voltaic panels, pump, solar energy, solar power stations</li><li>Toilet Tank -- Float, siphon tank, siphon ball, bowl, flow, suction, piston, valve, water supply pipe</li><li>Weather Report -- Weather balloons, weather centers, satellites, GTS, supercomputer, chart, forecast.</li></ul><p></p><p><i>Stuff You Need to Know!</i> has the fascinating stories behind the everyday activities that we all take for granted. Readers of all ages will be surprised where the answers take them.</p>
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