How It Works 2012 №35

Imagine Publishing Ltd., 2012. — 100 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.7 engineering wonders of the world
- The Seven Wonders of the World are ancient history. Now How It Works brings that list bang up to date by picking out a septuplet of man-made mechanical marvels.Inside the London 2012 Olympic Stadium
- Discover how it was built, the materials that were used and which features make this the best-ever Olympic arena.50 amazing weather facts
- Can it really rain fish? How hot is the Sun? Does it ever snow in Africa? All is revealed and much more in this superb feature.Jousting
- This martial sport was once about proving military prowess, but was it as romantic as it’s now portrayed?Also inside.
7 engineering wonders
Autotaps
One-way glass
Red-eye reduction
Olympic Stadium
Webcams
Fire suits
Squib explosives
Saunas
Live TV broadcasts
Olympic athlete anatomy
Galvanising steel
Drug testing
Farming sea salt
Conductivity
The science of baking
Detoxing
Crash testing
Collision science
Westland Lynx
Europe’s highest elevator
Bowler EXR S
Turbochargers
Rocket launch pads
Ice volcanoes
Planet swallowers
Jetpacks
Martian mudslides
Measuring the universe
Saturn’s rings
50 weather facts
Parrot mimicry
Lionfish
Prehensile tails
Horse hooves
What is coral?
Jousting
Milling coins
Tanning leather
Cuckoo clocks
Triceratops