Full-page gatefolds showcase large, dense scenes while smaller flaps can be opened to uncover the secrets of the latest gizmos and gadgets. Explore a home, a building site, a factory, a shopping mall, an office, and a busy street; find out how a car, a computer, a conveyor belt, and mobile phone work, and much more!
Contents includes:
- A History of Things: watch as a street changes through time
- Down on the Farm: from tractors to combine harvesters and wind turbines
- At the Construction Site: mix cement, dig underground, and then look upward to cranes and skyscrapers
- Staying in Touch: connect through mobile phones, wireless tech and satellite communications
- Getting Around - local: hit the road with cars, buses, bicycles, motorbikes and even electric vehicles
- Getting Around - long distance: jump aboard trains, planes and boats
- In the Home: the inner workings of washing machines, lightbulbs and electricity
- At the Office: computers, photocopiers, air con
- Entertainment: from rollercoasters to video games
- Shopping: scan barcodes and watch CCTV
- At the Factory: from assembly lines to automation, robots and fork-lift trucks
- At the hospital: uncover modern medicine
