Could a Robot Make My Dinner?

Kay Barnham

Description

Could a robot make my dinner? Why do we need rockets to go into space? Why don't cranes fall over? This book takes a fun look at technology by asking and answering a series of quirky yet thought-provoking questions such as these! Although primarily a recreational read, the book nevertheless contains a wealth of fascinating information and bizarre facts about technology that readers will be sure to find captivating.

Informations

• Publié par: Capstone Global Library
• Date de parution: 10 octobre 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781406268652
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

Extrait

Questions You Never Thought You’d Ask

And Other Questions About Technology

Kay Barnham

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ISBN 978 1 406 25949 0 (hardback) 17 16 15 14 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Barnham, Kay. Could a robot make my dinner? and other questions about technology. -- (Questions you never thought you’d ask) 602-dc23 A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs: © Frank Pattyn, Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles p. 27; Alamy pp. 15 (© Dmitry Mikhaevich), 20 (© PBWPIX), 21 (© Image Source), 29 (© Simon Belcher); Corbis p. 11 (Godong/© Philippe Lissac), 23 (© Roger Ressmeyer), 28 (epa/© Adrian Bradshaw); Getty Images pp. 17 (Gary Williams), 19 (Photolibrary/Rune Johansen); NASA p. 7; Rex Features p. 4 (Sinopix); Shutterstock pp. 5 (© Leonid Shcheglov), 6 (© Hunor Focze), 8 laptop (© iQoncept), 8 bedding (© karam Miri), 9 (© Dmitriy Shironosov), 10 living room (© art&design), 10 magician (© Elnur), 12 painter (© auremar), 12 toothbrush (© Ioannis Pantzi), 13 (© Leah-Anne Thompson), 14 cartoon weight (© Robert Spriggs), 14 crane (© Tonis Pan), 16 computer (© Fer Gregory), 16 goggles (© Rtimages), 16 aeroplane (© PJF), 18 tyrannosaurus (© DM7), 18 person in chemical protection suit (© 3355m), 18 spacecraft (© Jan Kaliciak), 22 futuristic space station (© Andreas Meyer), 22 astronaut (© siraphat), 22 nappy (© Ogonkova), 24 pirate (© Jeanne McRight), 24 house in water (© Lightspring), 25 (© nevenm), 26 snow-capped peaks (© Vadim Petrakov), 26 man holding measuring tape (© luiggi33).

Cover photographs of robot chef (© Julien Tromeur), cheeseburger (© Valentyn Volkov), and chips (© Aaron Amat) reproduced with permission of Shutterstock.

We would like to thank Diana Bentley and Marla Conn for their invaluable help in the preparation of this book.

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