How It Works 2009 №01

Imagine Publishing Ltd., 2009. — 97 p. — ASIN: B00AVCRAB4A worldwide phenomenon, How it Works’ expert explanations, dynamic cutaways and breathtaking images provide fuel for imaginations across all ages, helping its eager audience to understand and explore the wonders of the modern world, and making complex topics into accessible entertainment. How it Works stands for clarity, authority, intelligence and knowledge, which is why the brand is successful worldwide in all its forms – print, digital and online.Environment
The natural world explained.
- Extreme Weather – Tornados, tsunamis and hurricanes
- Shark attacks – how one of the planet’s oldest killers hunts it prey
- Plus Volcanoes, snakes bites, the Ozone LayerScience
Explaining the applications of science in the contemporary world…
- Why we get drunk – the chemistry behind booze binges
- Fireworks – simple science behind the festive fun
- Plus –Thermite, the human heart, X-rays explainedSpace
From exploration to the solar system to deep space
- Nuclear Sun – How sunspots and solar wind effect life on earth
- Spaceship Two – Commercial spaceflights coming soon
- Plus Radio telescopes explained, what are Saturn’s rings? Van Allen radiation beltTechnology
The wonders of modern gadgetry and engineering explained
- iPhone 3G exploded – what’s inside the latest iPhone
- 3D Movies – Optical tricks of life-like movies explained
- Plus – Bionic eye implants, heat seeking missiles, how Geiger counters workTransport
Be it road, rail, air or sea you’ll find out about it here
- Eurofighter Typhoon vs F-22 Raptor – which one rules the skies
- Bugatti Veyron – Under the hood of the world’s fastest car
- Plus Ejection seats explained, what is the sound barrier? Inside an F1 carHistory
Questions answered on how things worked in the past
- Inside medieval castles – The anatomy of formidable fortresses
- How guillotines worked – France’s favourite execution machine
- Plus - T-Rex explained, how the Flintlock Pistol fired, egyptian mummification