This classic, best-selling, award winning book is a comprehensive, instructive, and entertaining reference for readers of all ages. Follow the wooly mammoth through this brilliantly conceived guide to the principles and workings of hundreds of machines. This edition completely revamps the end of the original Part 4 and adds a new Part 5 with entirely updated content focusing on the digital age. The "Eureka" section at the back is very similar but is tweaked with new entries and more vibrant color.
| Page(s) |
1988 Way Things Work |
changes |
Page(s) |
1998 New Way Things Work |
| 32-33 |
Parking Meter |
replaced by |
28-29 |
Bicycle Brake / Hydraulic Platform |
| 135 |
Pneumatic Drill |
updated/added |
127 |
Pneumatic Drill / Power Brakes |
| 137 |
Hydraulic Ram / Hydraulic Lift |
updated/added |
129 |
Hydraulic Ram / Power Steering |
| 148-49 |
Carburetor / Pens |
updated/added |
140-41 |
Carburetor and Fuel Injection / Pens |
| 164-65 |
Gasoline Engine |
added |
156-57 |
Catalytic Converter |
| 240-41 |
Loudspeakers |
edited/added |
228-29 |
Loudspeakers / Earphones |
| 242 |
Sound Recording |
removed |
|
|
| 248 |
Compact Disc Player / Film Sound |
moved/updated |
336-37 |
CD Player / CD-ROM / Recordable CDs & DVDs |
| 252-53 |
Telephone |
updated |
236-37 |
|
| 258-59 |
Television Camera/Vidicon Tube |
removed/added |
242-43 |
Television Camera / Camcorder |
| 264-65 |
Satellites |
updated |
248-49 |
|
| 268-69 |
Space Probes / Voyager |
updated/added |
252-53 |
Voyager replaced with Cassini |
| 284 |
Anti-Static Gun |
replaced by |
264 |
Self-Winding Watch |
| 312-13 |
Seismograph |
updated/added |
292-93 |
Seismograph / Airbag |
| 324-25 |
Body Scanner |
updated/added |
304-05 |
Body Scanner / Advanced Burgler Alarms and Automatic Doors |
| 330-31 |
Computer |
updated/moved |
|
|
| 332-33 |
Binary Code / Half Adder |
removed |
|
|
| 334-35 |
Full Adder |
removed |
|
|
| 336-37 |
Calculator |
removed |
|
|
| 338-39 |
Microcomputer |
removed |
|
|
| 340-41 |
Computer Memory |
removed |
|
|
| 342-43 |
Microchip |
moved |
342-43 |
Microchip |
| 344-45 |
Microprocessor |
removed |
|
|
| 346-47 |
Mouse |
updated/added |
318-19 |
Mouse / Digital Timer |
| 348-49 |
Computer Printer |
removed |
248-49 |
Satellite |
| 350-51 |
Supermarket Checkout |
replaced by |
368-69 |
Supermarket |
| 352-53 |
Smart Card |
removed |
|
|
| 354-55 |
Flight Simulator |
updated/moved |
363 |
Flight Simulator |
| 356-57 |
Robots |
updated/moved |
364-65 |
Robots / Cash Dispenser |
| |
|
new |
310-72
310-26
327-37
338-45
346-53
354-71
372 |
Part 5: Digital Domain
Ch. 1: Making Bits
Ch. 2: Storing Bits
Ch. 3: Processing Bits
Ch.4: Sending Bits
Ch. 5: Using Bits / Digital Systems
Epilog |
| |
|
new |
316-17 |
Fingertip Input / Computer Keyboard |
| |
|
new |
320-21 |
Signal Input / Digital Thermometer / Electronic Scales |
| |
|
new |
322-23 |
Sound to Bits / Light to Bits |
| |
|
new |
324-25 |
Scanner |
| |
|
new |
326-27 |
Fax Machine / Digital Still Cameral / Digital Television |
| |
|
new |
330-31 |
Bits and Bytes / Electrical Storage |
| |
|
new |
332-34 |
Flash Memory / Magnetic Storage / Optical Storage |
| |
|
new |
335 |
Digital Film Sound / Six-Channel Sound |
| |
|
new |
341 |
Logic Gates |
| |
|
new |
344-45 |
Processor / Software |
| |
|
new |
349 |
Modem |
| |
|
new |
350-51 |
Internet / Email |
| |
|
new |
353 |
Portable Navigator |
| |
|
new |
358-59 |
Direct Output (Inkjet/laserjet printers, alphanumeric displays) |
| |
|
new |
360-61 |
Signal Output / Computer Screens |
| |
|
new |
362 |
Virtual Reality |
| |
|
new |
370-71 |
Airline |
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