Re: Request for a recommendation.

Tony Nance wrote:

On 10/2/24 10:33 AM, William Hyde wrote:

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I am looking for a book which will interest a 12 year old kid who is fascinated by things mechanical.
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The kind of kid who used to take clocks apart and put them back together still working (when that was possible), build a telescope or put together a radio, that sort of thing.
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I remember seeing such a book and wishing I'd had it when I was twelve myself, but I don't recall the name or author.
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As for myself, that clock never worked again, so I'm not much of a mentor here.
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William Hyde

 My son is an engineer, and 4 of my nieces/nephews are also engineers, and when they were young, every one of them loved the book "The Way Things Work" by David Macaulay. I'm just a math guy, but I enjoyed flipping through it as well.
 In looking for that title, I see he has also written a second book called "The New Way Things Work". I am unfamiliar with that book.

That may well have been the book I mentioned above.
Thanks for this, and all the other suggestions.
William Hyde