The Works
A fascinating guided tour of the ways things work in a modern city "It's a rare person who won't find something of interest in The Works, whether it's an explanation of how a street-sweeper works or the view of what's down a manhole." --New York Post… Celý popis ↓
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The Works
A fascinating guided tour of the ways things work in a modern city "It's a rare person who won't find something of interest in The Works, whether it's an explanation of how a street-sweeper works or the view of what's down a manhole." --New York PostHave you ever wondered how the water in your faucet gets there? What the pipes under city streets do? Where your garbage goes?
Why radiators in apartment buildings clang? How bananas from Ecuador get to your local market? Using New York City as its point of reference, The Works takes readers down manholes and behind the scenes to explain exactly how an urban infrastructure operates.
Deftly weaving text and graphics, author Kate Ascher explores the systems that manage water, traffic, sewage and garbage, subways, electricity, mail, and much more. Full of fascinating facts and anecdotes, The
Parametre
- Výrobca
- Penguin
- Autor
- Kate Ascher
- Počet strán
- 240
- Rok vydania
- 2007
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