How it All Works: All scientific laws and phenomena illustrated demonstrated
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- Create Date：2021-11-21 03:19:09
- Update Date：2025-09-06
- Status：finish
- Author：Adam Dant
- ISBN：0711256780
- Environment：PC/Android/iPhone/iPad/Kindle
Reviews
Shawn
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This book is a solid 5 for the idea but a 3 for the execution。 Average:4What I loved: Large illustrations showing scientific laws and principles in the "real world"Short， simple explanations of the laws and principlesThe sheer number of scientific ideas shownThe mini-biographies of famous scientistsWhat I didn't like:The monochromatic illustrations sometimes made it hard to tell what was being shownThe sheer amount of things going on the each illustration。 This might not have been so bad （since This book is a solid 5 for the idea but a 3 for the execution。 Average:4What I loved: Large illustrations showing scientific laws and principles in the "real world"Short， simple explanations of the laws and principlesThe sheer number of scientific ideas shownThe mini-biographies of famous scientistsWhat I didn't like:The monochromatic illustrations sometimes made it hard to tell what was being shownThe sheer amount of things going on the each illustration。 This might not have been so bad （since there were snippets next to each explanation）， but it sometimes made no sense without the syringe context。Over all: This would also be really cool as a series of posters for a classroom or as an interactive where the images could zoom in to illustrate the law or principleThis would be a fun "bathroom reader" in a science-y home or to have a few copies of for students to read like a "Where's Waldo"Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book。 。。。more
Annie
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Originally posted on my blog: Nonstop Reader。 How it All Works is a meticulously and extravagantly illustrated guide to scientific laws and principles by Adam Dant & Brian Clegg。 Due out 2nd Nov 2021 from Quarto on their Ivy Press imprint， it's 160 pages and will be available in hardcover and ebook formats。This is a genuinely useful and engaging book which does a good job of illuminating physical/scientific concepts and distilling them into understandable intuitively digestible information。 E Originally posted on my blog: Nonstop Reader。 How it All Works is a meticulously and extravagantly illustrated guide to scientific laws and principles by Adam Dant & Brian Clegg。 Due out 2nd Nov 2021 from Quarto on their Ivy Press imprint， it's 160 pages and will be available in hardcover and ebook formats。This is a genuinely useful and engaging book which does a good job of illuminating physical/scientific concepts and distilling them into understandable intuitively digestible information。 Each double page illustration is packed with action - the illustrations are frenetic and *full* of things to look at。 The following key panels explain where， when， what， how， and why。 The keyhole panels are labeled with a L for laws， and a P for phenomena alongside an accessible short explanation。 Although aimed at middle grade to high school readers， this would be a great addition to the home library。 This would also be a good choice for public or school library acquisition and/or gift giving。 Five stars。 Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes。 。。。more
Sierra
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A lovely guide to scientific laws！ This would be a perfect gift for a kid ages 10-15 interested in science， especially if they are like I was and enjoy reading reference books cover to cover。 Not recommended for most people to read straight through， but a fantastic coffee table book！ ARC provided by NetGalley。
J Earl
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How it All Works by Brian Clegg and Adam Dant is a fun and useful book， illustrating， quite literally， that we are part of science， not the other way around。This isn't really a book meant for reading in a sitting or two。 Not that it wouldn't be fun and easy to do， but if you want to think about all of the laws and phenomena then you need more time， even if you know many of the principles。 So I would consider this more of a fun reference book。I can think of quite a few good uses for it， aside fro How it All Works by Brian Clegg and Adam Dant is a fun and useful book， illustrating， quite literally， that we are part of science， not the other way around。This isn't really a book meant for reading in a sitting or two。 Not that it wouldn't be fun and easy to do， but if you want to think about all of the laws and phenomena then you need more time， even if you know many of the principles。 So I would consider this more of a fun reference book。I can think of quite a few good uses for it， aside from just being an interesting addition to any library。 For those who simply want to better understand the world around them， these short explanations can serve as springboards into reading something， whether from a science book or online， that gives a bit more detail。 This would make for an intriguing book for a middle schooler through high schooler who has an interest in science and wants to have an enjoyable way to better understand it。 Parents of younger children who always ask the how question for everything can use this book in what I think would be a great way。 They could pull out the book and look up whatever might apply to the question。 The young child probably won't grasp the explanation very well， but this just serves as an opportunity for the parent to show that it is okay to not know since it can be looked up。 Then look up， even if on Wikipedia， the concept and find a way to explain it better to the child。 Both the parent and child will likely come away with new information and the child will see how easy and fun it is to learn about new ideas。As you can probably guess， I would recommend this to almost everyone。 No， it isn't in depth， it can't be。 Yes， the explanations are very brief， but in this case that is a positive。 About the only people I might not recommend it to are those parents who want to be able to just toss a book at their child and let the book do all the work while they do "adult" things。 Though I think parenting is part of adulting if you've chosen to have children。Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley。 。。。more
Kylie
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This book truly celebrates the beauty of science。 The book is divided into fabulously illustrated sections eg The Kitchen， The Hospital， The Coastline， The Earth， The Entire Universe！ Within each of these illustrations there are 46 different laws and phenomena。 These are then broken down into smaller bite-size information parcels all representative of the science at the time of publication。This book shares how science is at the heart of existence， it’s part of every action and creation we have a This book truly celebrates the beauty of science。 The book is divided into fabulously illustrated sections eg The Kitchen， The Hospital， The Coastline， The Earth， The Entire Universe！ Within each of these illustrations there are 46 different laws and phenomena。 These are then broken down into smaller bite-size information parcels all representative of the science at the time of publication。This book shares how science is at the heart of existence， it’s part of every action and creation we have available to us， and we should celebrate the knowledge。I highly recommend this amazingly accessible book。 This is a smart publication which would be great to have on the coffee-table。 I am enjoying sharing some of the more simpler items with my kids！Thanks to @allenandunwinnz for the gifted copy for an honest review 😎 。。。more
MookNana
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