Marshall Brain Books

In How Stuff Works, Marshall Brain explained how our world functions; now he explains how everything ends. Brain dives into a range of doomsday narratives, including manmade events such as a deadly pandemic and nuclear warfare; devastating natural phenomena, such as a super-volcano eruption; and science-fiction scenarios where robots take over or aliens invade. Brain describes each situation, the science behind it, and ways to prevent or prepare for its occurrence. With images throughout, this is the last book you'll read about the last days on Earth.

From the award-winning Web site visited by more than 2.5 million people every month comes the hardcover reference guide How Stuff Works. This book is a definitive guide to the inner workings of everyday items. In this fun and infinitely informative guide, Marshall Brain and staff of "stuff" experts at HowStuffWorks, Inc. unravel the mysteries of more than 135 intriguing topics. You'll be fascinated by the world around you! In Marshall Brain's trademark easy-to-understand language, complemented by beautiful full-color illustrations, you'll discover the basic mechanisms behind everything from toasters to turbochargers, dieting to DVD players, and cell phones to submarines. Technology and scientific principles are all around you: whether in the chips needed to execute commands on your computer, or in determining how many calories you need to burn in order to lose five pounds. This exciting book explains?"in a way you can easily grasp?"how technology is a part of everyday life. No matter what your age, if you're intrigued by how stuff works, you won't be able to put down How Stuff Works!

Engineering is where human knowledge meets real-world problems and solves them. It's the source of some of our greatest inventions, from the wheel to the jet engine. The author offers a look at 250 milestones in the discipline. He covers the various areas, including chemical, aerospace and computer engineering, from ancient history onwards.

Bohatě ilustrovaná encyklopedie podává vysvětlení o fungování různých vynálezů ze současného světa vědy a techniky. Pro starší děti a mládež. Publikace nám přiblíží základní mechanismy fungování věcí, jež nás obklopují. Ať už jde o telefon, automobil, počítač, televizi nebo například o fungování turbodmychadla. Kapitoly jsou členěny podle oblastí, ve kterých mapují jak vynálezy, tak technologie výroby, či vědecké poznatky. Např. kapitola "Ve vzduchu" informuje o tom, jak fungují letadla, vrtulníky, raketoplány, atd. Poměrně podrobný text je doprovázen pestrou řadou ilustrací a fotografií. Na konci najdeme rejstřík. U, T, T+, T2a, T3+, T6f vas