Reddit reviews The Way Things Work
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Reddit reviews The Way Things WorkWe found 21 Reddit comments about The Way Things Work. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
The Way Things Work
There are several different cross sections books available.
What is the child interested in? More books on that subject. Don't know, take them to the library and get a bunch that span several different fields (some kids like airplanes, some computers, etc...).
The Way Things Work: http://www.amazon.com/Way-Things-Work-David-Macaulay/dp/0395428572
I read that around the age of 4 or 5. At that young age it really intrigued me and sent me on a life-long quest to take things apart, figured out how they work, and then attempt to put them back together.
There are lots of chemistry sets out there. Also, the toy rockets that you build and launch - tons of different kits with different difficulty levels.
Oh, and I always liked these books - The Way Things Work and The New Way Things Work
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0395428572/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/180-9986782-5217651
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The Way Things Work by David Macaulay(sp?)
https://www.amazon.com/Way-Things-Work-David-Macaulay/dp/0395428572 has pages on both of these concepts.
I'm sorry, but you linked to the The New Way Things Work, and not the original. Don't try and cheat my childhood.
The way things work - http://amzn.com/0395428572
I was gifted a copy when it came out in 1988 (I was 4). It's a kids book, but I'd be lying if I said I don't still reference it ocationally. I don't actually know if it's the best for you though, since it does a lot of teaching-by-analogy, with funny mammoths as the analogy. Maybe for some future reader of this thread though.
The Khan Academy videos. I haven't watched the electricity ones specifically, but I like his style in general, and the magnetism videos in this series (I think they're the same ones, they were categorized differently when I did them) got me through some of my undergrad work (my electromagnetism teacher was not good). He starts simple, but is not afraid to get complex, I think this series is a good option for you.
And I'd try to find a good physics textbook, a first-year college text should cover this. Mine was decent, but I don't remember the title or author to recommend it, and it wasn't anything particularly special, anything should do.
Also, you might be interested in looking at something a little older, 1940s or '50s engineering handbooks are fascinating. Some things we consider basic were new and exciting back then, and the writing about them is a little more energetic than someone droning on about the basics now. Radio and semiconductors from that era have lots of resources, and lots of relevance today to anything you would do in an undergrad program. Sorry no specific titles to mention, just poke around your library, a college library if you have access.
I used to fantasize being on that show. I would picture myself becoming super small(and sometimes just regular small) in order to go down into things to learn about them. I was also fueled in these fantasies by this book.
While their decay has been severely decelerated as a side effect of the virus, we have noticed over the past few years that the corpses still seem to be putrefying. Unless trapped somewhere protected from the elements, they have been showing more and more disrepair.
Even if the parasite controlling the hosts were able to learn, which I disagree with, then I expect as long as humans properly dispose of their dead there is only a decade or two before the walkers are reduced to a minor nuisance. Not enough time for them to evolve, even if they could.
What I find interesting is thinking about how human society will adapt and evolve. Walking Dead +100. Kids are better at coming in after dark. No one goes out alone into the woods or caves. If you are sick, no matter how minor, you immediately report for observation. When you are old and on your deathbed it is common to hold a Death Watch vigil so you are never alone. The Way Things Work is a sacred book thats treated with reverence.
Just wait til someone puts together that a fleet of combine harvesters can clear out the roaming herds from the major cities, and corpses can be used for biodiesel to fuel them.
Way Things Work
My daughter likes these 24hour kids science book. If there is an animal she likes you could pick that up.
Maybe not too old for these Pipkin books
They were mammoths, not elephants - The Way Things Work by David Macaulay
"The Way Things Work" knicknamed the Mammoth Book.
When they're older, get some old scout books.
Edit: https://www.amazon.com/Way-Things-Work-David-Macaulay/dp/0395428572/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535841884&sr=8-1&keywords=the+way+things+work+mammoth
I played with the CD once, but can't remember anything. It might not even run on modern computers.
Sounds vaguely like David Macula'y's "The Wat Things Work"
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buy him The Way Things Work easily the coolest book i had as a child
If I can't find my own 25 year old copy in storage, the first thing on their bookshelf will be this. I knew, at like 5, how the reproductive system worked, except, I thought you had to "pee" into a girl to make a baby.
But I understand your guarded concern. If it were ever to get ridiculous, I would pull my kids in a second. Don't worry. I've.got.plans.
Kind of sounds like The Way Things Work by David Macaulay
I remember when this book first came out when I was little, I begged for it for b-day/x-mas.
The book in question.
Update:
Thank you all for your suggestions!! I bought a few of the ones mentioned here as well as some others. I went a little overboard, but I figure I can space out the gifts for later in the year, and some are for her little brother too.
(She's French born, so I made sure to include some American artists in there too.)
Thank you /u/mariposamariposa, and /u/moration!
Edit: For the commenters saying I should just give her princess stuff if that's what she likes - I have and will continue to. This year I spent over 100 hours making her an Elsa from Frozen dress for her birthday. This should be proof enough that I encourage and share her enthusiasm. http://imgur.com/a/ga9DQ
Like I said, people are not ignorant, just lazy. I was implying that a parent ought to impart the mental tools needed to explore the world themselves.
I was taught to read and to ask questions. My parents played the "why" game with me till I was so invested in my stubbornness that they handed me an "encyclopedia for kids" and I actually read it.
I started reading this when I was in the 2nd grade. Reading on and off again I finished it in the 4th grade. The Way Things Work.
newer version: The New Way Things Work
It's not The Way Things Work, is it?