Bibliograph

How things are made, from automobiles to zippers, Andrew Terranova and Sharon Rose

Type

Label

How things are made, from automobiles to zippers, Andrew Terranova and Sharon Rose

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How things are made

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1015812107

Responsibility statement

Andrew Terranova and Sharon Rose

Sub title

from automobiles to zippers

Summary

"Provides an entertaining, illustrated exploration of manufacturing tricks, ingredients, and materials for common and extraordinary items"--Back cover

Table Of Contents

Airbag -- Automobile -- Barcode scanner -- Body armor -- Cheese -- Chocolate -- Combination lock -- Contact lens -- Cruise ship -- Denim jeans -- Eyeglass lens -- Guitar -- Helicopter -- Jet engine -- Lawn mower -- Light bulb -- Lipstick -- Nail polish -- Optical disc (CD, DVD, and Blu-ray) -- Optical fiber -- Pencil -- Postage stamp -- Rubber band -- Running shoe -- Salsa -- Seismograph -- Smartphone -- Smoke detector -- Solar panel -- Sugar -- Sunscreen -- Super glue -- Thermometer -- Tire -- Trumpet -- Watch -- Zipper

Classification

Contributor