--- product_id: 286527 title: "The New Way Things Work" price: "₱6751" currency: PHP in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.ph/products/286527-the-new-way-things-work store_origin: PH region: Philippines --- # The New Way Things Work **Price:** ₱6751 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The New Way Things Work - **How much does it cost?** ₱6751 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ph](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/286527-the-new-way-things-work) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The New Way Things Work [David Macaulay, Neil Ardley] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The New Way Things Work Review: We love this book! - I ordered this for my very curious 6 year old son, who thinks like an engineer already, but the whole family is enjoying it. It's a quality book with great information and illustrations that's fun to flip through or use for reference every time he asks how or why something works. It's target audience is probably much older (9 to adult?), but it's a great coffee table book and reference to have around for adults. Younger children will enjoy looking at the illustrations while a parent simplifies the explanations. Every day objects are fascinating to anyone who likes to see how things work or just has a curious nature. It has inspired an interest in science and invention and we're looking forward to taking things apart so he can see how they work with the help of this book. It would be a great gift for teachers as well! Review: Ingenuity. Imagination. Depictions. Diagrams. - Put these four things together--ingenuity, imagination, depictions, diagrams-- and you have a double ID toward understanding how things work. David Macaulay and Neil Ardley put together a magnificent volume for children and children at heart containing a way of understanding the laws of physics and mechanics. The first illustration even shows God busy creating the rotation of the earth. Then they go to the earth where wooly mammoths lived and pick up one to take us through the history of mechanics, machines, and the like. Dozens of movements in five sections: waves, electricity, automation, digital domain, and machines show us just how easy these things are to understand done in drawerings. Just as in child's play, there is no seeming order to the arrangement of items in the book. For example here are a few pages next to each other: vacuum cleaners, aqualungs or oxygen tanks, the toilet tank, the water meter, dishwasher, spray nozzle, fire extinguisher. Are you seeing an order? Yes, so am I. Flipping over a hundred pages, I find the jet engine, rocket engines, nuclear power, nuclear weapons, fallout, nuclear reactor. OK, a definite pattern. Another hundred pages show these topics: movie camera, movie projector, printing, paper making, printing plate, printing press, bookbinding. More discernible order and logical arrangement. One last check: scanner, bits and bytes, flash memory, magnetic storage, microchip, processor, software. We know where we are and recognize the order--a computer and its parts. This reviewer has a suggestion for the reader. Once you have this book in hand, take it home, take it out every night and read a comfortable number of pages. If you have a child, read one page, discuss it, put this one away and take out a night-night book to read. If this is just your book, read several pages. By the time you have finished the book, you will have added dozens of operating systems to the computer banks in your own brain, making your child and/or yourself an expert in the way things work. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | 0395938473 | | Best Sellers Rank | #105,065 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #121 in Science & Technology for Teens (Books) #31,137 in Children's Books (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (417) | | Dimensions | 8.75 x 1.25 x 11.5 inches | | Edition | Revised, Subsequent | | Grade level | 7 - 9 | | ISBN-10 | 9780395938478 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0395938478 | | Item Weight | 3.66 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 400 pages | | Publication date | January 1, 1998 | | Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | | Reading age | 4 - 10 years, from customers | ## Images ![The New Way Things Work - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61MGlu3C8QL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ We love this book! *by S***F on November 9, 2010* I ordered this for my very curious 6 year old son, who thinks like an engineer already, but the whole family is enjoying it. It's a quality book with great information and illustrations that's fun to flip through or use for reference every time he asks how or why something works. It's target audience is probably much older (9 to adult?), but it's a great coffee table book and reference to have around for adults. Younger children will enjoy looking at the illustrations while a parent simplifies the explanations. Every day objects are fascinating to anyone who likes to see how things work or just has a curious nature. It has inspired an interest in science and invention and we're looking forward to taking things apart so he can see how they work with the help of this book. It would be a great gift for teachers as well! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ingenuity. Imagination. Depictions. Diagrams. *by J***S on May 5, 2008* Put these four things together--ingenuity, imagination, depictions, diagrams-- and you have a double ID toward understanding how things work. David Macaulay and Neil Ardley put together a magnificent volume for children and children at heart containing a way of understanding the laws of physics and mechanics. The first illustration even shows God busy creating the rotation of the earth. Then they go to the earth where wooly mammoths lived and pick up one to take us through the history of mechanics, machines, and the like. Dozens of movements in five sections: waves, electricity, automation, digital domain, and machines show us just how easy these things are to understand done in drawerings. Just as in child's play, there is no seeming order to the arrangement of items in the book. For example here are a few pages next to each other: vacuum cleaners, aqualungs or oxygen tanks, the toilet tank, the water meter, dishwasher, spray nozzle, fire extinguisher. Are you seeing an order? Yes, so am I. Flipping over a hundred pages, I find the jet engine, rocket engines, nuclear power, nuclear weapons, fallout, nuclear reactor. OK, a definite pattern. Another hundred pages show these topics: movie camera, movie projector, printing, paper making, printing plate, printing press, bookbinding. More discernible order and logical arrangement. One last check: scanner, bits and bytes, flash memory, magnetic storage, microchip, processor, software. We know where we are and recognize the order--a computer and its parts. This reviewer has a suggestion for the reader. Once you have this book in hand, take it home, take it out every night and read a comfortable number of pages. If you have a child, read one page, discuss it, put this one away and take out a night-night book to read. If this is just your book, read several pages. By the time you have finished the book, you will have added dozens of operating systems to the computer banks in your own brain, making your child and/or yourself an expert in the way things work. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A book that inspires curiosity and a desire to learn more about the science of how things work *by M***N on August 25, 2014* I ordered the edition of this book as a textbook for my son who is teaching "early college Introduction to Engineering" to advanced high school students. As a Master Teacher retired, years ago I ordered the original THE WAY THINGS WORK and learned so very much about the history of engineering and the science of all motion, its principles and its advanced achievements-----covering all kinds of engineering achievements in Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, etc. I suggest that any parent who has a child who is interested in science or engineering of all kinds purchase this book and keep it on the coffee/cocktail/family room table. It is a real "motivator" for any child-----and inspires curiosity in all things made by man and all things of the universe. It is a book that all our guests of all ages, male and female, have noticed, picked up and become completely absorbed in it during their visits. It is a must for all families with children!!!!! It inspires one to learn. ## Frequently Bought Together - The New Way Things Work - The Way Things Work: Newly Revised Edition: The Ultimate Guide to How Things Work - Mammoth Math: Everything You Need to Know About Numbers (DK David Macaulay How Things Work) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ph/products/286527-the-new-way-things-work](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/286527-the-new-way-things-work) --- *Product available on Desertcart Philippines* *Store origin: PH* *Last updated: 2026-05-06*