This beautiful encyclopedia takes you behind the scenes to reveal the secrets of technology - from microwaves to microchips, and from blurays to bluetooth. It brings together cutting-edge knowledge, awe-inspiring ideas, and eye-opening images to clearly explain both everyday and cutting-edge machines. Key concepts are delivered with clarity but accuracy by our expert author; and brought to life by cutaway diagrams and exploded artworks. This title should find a place on the bookshelves of all children aged 8 and up.