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Macaulay made "the way things work" too https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/304889.The_Way_Things_Work https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/304889.The_Way_Thing
by edoceo 6y ago
Macaulay made "the way things work" too
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/304889.The_Way_Things_Work https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/304889.The_Way_Things_Wo...
that book really inspired 12yr old me.
- aetherspawn 6y agoAs a child that was my favourite book. I am an electrical engineer now. I only just gifted my copy to a friend with a slightly autistic child.
- edoceo 6y agothis is The Way
- aetherspawn 6y agoAnd I must have spent 500 hours or more as a kid playing The Way Things Work: Pinball Science [1] on my 80Mhz Win 95 PC. [1]: https://macintoshgarden.org/games/the-way-things-work-pinball-science https://macintoshgarden.org/games/the-way-things-work-pinbal...
- lethologica 6y agoHoly moly, that’s a blast from the past! I had borrowed this book from my schools library so many times my name was the only one on the borrowing card at the back!
- moxvallix 6y agoOh damn, I loved that book as a kid. It had these wonderful illustrations of mammoths.
- gregmac 6y agoWow, thanks for that nice bit of nostalgia! It also made me think of another book I was fascinated by: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1120818.Stephen_Biesty_s_Incredible_Cross_Sections https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1120818.Stephen_Biesty_s... Now I'm wondering if my parents still have either of these.
- hallarempt 6y agoMy in-laws gave me that for my birthday when I was 24 or 25. They really did know me well -- that, or my wife advised them.
- exhilaration 6y agoThanks, I just bought the book (maybe the last one in stock?) from Amazon for my kids.