David Macaulay Explores Just How Things Work

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: December 19, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

EDITOR'S NOTE: David Macaulay's books about things like mills, pyramids, cathedrals, castles and ancient ships are intended to stimulate the readers' curiosity about the world around them. Macaulay, who recently won a prestigious award for his contributions to the appreciation of science, says his books are fiction but are based on "real stuff." NEW YORK Illustrator-author David Macaulay has a passion for explaining how things work through words and drawings.

In fact, his 1988 book - one of 13 so far - was titled just that: The Way Things Work.

"I think the books encourage curiosity by ...

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