David Macaulay

Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a "typical" castle and adjoining town in thirteenth-century Wales.

Follows a tour of the bathroom and the sewer system, from the family toilets to municipal water treatment plants.

Text and numerous detailed illustrations introduce and explain the scientific principles and workings of hundreds of machines.

Introduces young readers to the mechanical science of jet planes that recreates an airplane ride while explaining how powerful engines, specially designed wings, and cockpit controls work together to enable a jet's flight.

Introduces young readers to the nature and structure of the eye and the process through which the eye and the brain work together to create vision.

While restoring the front of a church, an old plasterer rescues several injured pigeons and nurses them back to health.

Describes wooden ships or caravels of the fifteenth century and follows archaeologists as they uncover a lost caravel in the Caribbean Sea.

David Macaulay's troupe of curious mammoths lead you through the basics of physics, biology, and chemistry in this unconventional and highly original guide to science. From the interior of an atom to the solar system and beyond, the mammoths seek to understand the science! These intrepid science demonstrators will go to incredible lengths to educate and entertain. They wrestle with magnets to understand their powerful force, make mammoth models of...