How things work the inner life of everyday machines [First edition] 9780316445436, 9780316445450, 0316445436

How Things Work: The Computer Science Edition 0367568373, 9780367568375

It’s axiomatic to state that people fear what they do not understand, and this is especially true when it comes to techn

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Wild Things: The Material Culture of Everyday Life 9781350036048, 9781859733646

Shortlisted for the Design History Society Scholarship Prize 2001-2002 What do things mean? What does the life of everyd

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The Alchemy of Inner Work 9781633411593

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The Design of Everyday Things 9780465067107, 0465067107

Donald Norman's best-selling plea for user-friendly design, with more than 175,000 copies sold to date, is now a Ba

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Basic Machines and How They Work [Revised (1994)] 0486217094, 9780486217093

Only elementary math skills are needed to follow this manual, which covers many machines and their components, including

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Life and Work of Erich Neumann: On the Side of the Inner Voice 9780815382355

Life and Work of Erich Neumann: On the Side of the Inner Voice is the first book to discuss Erich Neumann’s life, work a

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How to Make Things Faster: Lessons in Performance from Technology and Everyday Life 9781098147068, 1098147065

Slow systems are frustrating. They waste time and money. But making consistently great decisions about performance can b

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First How Things Work Encyclopedia: A First Reference Guide for Inquisitive Minds (DK First Reference) 9781465443496, 1465443495

Looking at the technology all around us-and then explaining how it works, the How Things Work Encyclopedia lifts the hoo

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Parts Work: An Illustrated Guide to Your Inner Life 9780979889714

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The Life of Things, the Love of Things 9780823264452

From prehistoric stone tools to machines to computers, things have traveled a long road along with human beings. Changin

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