Technology
By: written by Roger Bridgman ; special photography Clive Streeter
Contributors: Streeter, Clive, ill
Edition: 1st American ed.
Series: Dorling Kindersley DK Eyewitness books -- 89; DK eyewitness books -- 89.
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780789448873; 9780789467232; 9780789461865
Subjects: Technology; Juvenile literature
Description: Photographs and text explore the many aspects of the science and art of making and using things.
Notes: "Discover the ways technology has transformed everyday life--from the largest structures to the smallest electronic devices"--Cover.

"Copyright 1995 Dorling Kindersley Limited. This edition copyright 2000 ... Published in the United States by Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc ... New York, NY"--T.p. verso.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What is technology?; title: Transforming materials; title: Cutting materials; title: What are metals?; title: Using metals; title: Shaping metals; title: Joining things together; title: Tension and compression; title: Building structures; title: Wood; title: Plastics; title: Composite materials; title: Measurements; title: Ingenious mechanisms; title: The factory; title: Heat engines; title: Mass production; title: Domestic lives; title: The technology of the car; title: Farming; title: Taste and smell; title: Personal communication; title: Using color; title: Concept and design; title: Electronics and computing; title: Medical matters; title: Discovering usefulness; title: Technology and nature; title: Looking to the future.