How it Happens: The Extraordinary Processes of Everyday Things
- ISBN-10
- 0375720820
- ISBN-13
- 9780375720826
- Category
- Reference
- Pages
- 322
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Random House Reference &
- Author
- Barbara Ann Kipfer
Description
The best-selling author of The Wish List and The Order of Things takes readers step by step through the inner workings of everyday things, detailing hundreds of processes that range from popcorn popping, to radio signal transmission, to the decaffeination of coffee. Original. 20,000 first printing.
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