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Things Come Apart: A Teardown Manual For Modern Living (2013)

by Todd McLellan(Favorite Author)

4.32 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0500516766 (ISBN13: 9780500516768)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Thames & Hudson

review 1: "What comes in a tiny case may fill a surface 3 metres square, (32 square feet) so anticipating the size of the spread in advance is very difficult. This is especially true with the latest technology. As manufactured objects have evolved, they have become far more complex. Components are becoming more numerous, even as they decrease in size. The full size of the disassembly, with every single component laid out, can be huge in relation to the original object. It is as if the true scale of the object is revealed only when it is taken apart" (McLellan, pgs. #10–11).
review 2: A wonderful picture book. Like the author (and nearly everyone I know) I also took things apart when I was a kid. And was often able to put them back together. Doing so gave me an apprecia... moretion for manufactured goods that I think others don't have. I'm not afraid to explore. Quite handy when something's broken.But if you don't want to take apart an accordion or upright piano then grab this book and dream... less

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