Re: Request for a recommendation.

On 10/2/2024 9:25 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:

In article <lm5t3jFbuivU1@mid.individual.net>,
Ted Nolan <tednolan> <tednolan> wrote:

In article <vdkebk$3cv3c$1@dont-email.me>,
Tony Nance  <tnusenet17@gmail.com> 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

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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.
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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.
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Tony

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Coming soon "That Should Have Worked!"

 
I am waiting for "The Way Things Would Have Worked If GM Hadn't Screwed
Them Up."
--scott

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Is there "Things That Work Intermittently"?
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Those give me the most trouble.
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--
Kevin R
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