How It Works 2009 №02

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.
- How lions live – How the kings of the jungle hunt, breed and survive
- Eco-homes – discover what the homes of the future look like
- Plus Giant rat-eating plants, the northern lights, ants’ nestsScience
Explaining the applications of science in the contemporary world…
- The real CSI – the science that solves crimes
- Biofuels – Meet the fuel of the future
- Plus –The Z machine, batteries, taste, addictionSpace
From exploration to the solar system to deep space
- Can we live on Mars? – A look at past present and future missions to Mars
- The NASA lunar truck – The best method of transport on the Moon
- Plus Supernovas, rockets, comets, JupiterTechnology
The wonders of modern gadgetry and engineering explained
- Robots 2.0 – The androids that fight wars and save lives
- Dyson Airblade – hand dryers will never be the same again
- Plus – Railguns, lifts, electronic hearing, tallest skyscraperTransport
Be it road, rail, air or sea you’ll find out about it here
- Inside the Abrams tank – under the hood of the US Army’s armoured vehicle
- Airbus A380 – How the world’s largest passenger jet stays airbourne
- Plus – Hovercrafts, jetpacks, crash helmets, tyresHistory
Questions answered on how things worked in the past
- How pyramids were built – new theories explained
- V2 Rocket – Hitler’s most fearsome weapon
- Plus – The first plane, the first computer