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From: Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Request for a recommendation.
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 17:35:46 -0400
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On 10/2/24 10:33 AM, William Hyde wrote:
> 
> I am looking for a book which will interest a 12 year old kid who is 
> fascinated by things mechanical.
> 
> The kind of kid who used to take clocks apart and put them back together 
> still working (when that was possible), build a telescope or put 
> together a radio, that sort of thing.
> 
> I remember seeing such a book and wishing I'd had it when I was twelve 
> myself, but I don't recall the name or author.
> 
> As for myself, that clock never worked again, so I'm not much of a 
> mentor here.
> 
> William Hyde

My son is an engineer, and 4 of my nieces/nephews are also engineers, 
and when they were young, every one of them loved the book "The Way 
Things Work" by David Macaulay. I'm just a math guy, but I enjoyed 
flipping through it as well.

In looking for that title, I see he has also written a second book 
called "The New Way Things Work". I am unfamiliar with that book.

Tony