Featuring the beautifully detailed illustrations of James Gulliver Hancock, How Everything Works will take a close-up look at the world around us to examine well-known, everyday environments and reveal how all the various objects and machines found there operate. Full-page gatefolds showcase large, dense scenes while smaller flaps can be opened to uncover the secrets of the latest gizmos and gadgets. Explore a home, a building site, a factory, a shopping mall, an office and a busy street; find out how a car, a computer, a conveyor belt and mobile phone work, and much more! Contents includes: A History of Things: watch as a street changes through time; Down on the Farm: from tractors to combine harvesters and wind turbines; At the Construction Site: mix cement, dig underground, and then look upward to cranes and skyscrapers; Staying in Touch: connect through mobile phones, wireless tech and satellite communications; Getting Around - local: hit the road with cars, buses, bicycles, motorbikes and even electric vehicles; Getting Around - long distance: jump aboard trains, planes and boats; In the Home: the inner workings of washing machines, lightbulbs and electricity; At the Office: computers, photocopiers, air con; Entertainment: from rollercoasters to video games; Shopping: scan barcodes and watch CCTV; At the Factory: from assembly lines to automation, robots and fork-lift trucks; At the hospital: uncover modern medicine.