With a foreword by Karl Kruszelnicki.
Have you ever wondered . . . How an ATM verifies your identification and account information and dispenses cash in a matter of seconds? What, if anything, is able to escape from a black hole? Why workplace surveillance is becoming more common? Whether human cloning is possible?
In this full-colour follow-up to the bestselling 'How Stuff Works', Marshall Brain travels inside your computer, to the depths of diamond mines, across the African plains, and on board an Apache helicopter to explain the magic behind how stuff works.
Based on the much lauded web site HowStuffWorks.com, this book is your A-to-Z guide to PDAs, MRIs, LEDs, and dozens of other intriguing topics! With this book, you'll never again look the same way at a car wash, clothes dryer, or electronic steamer.
