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From: William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Request for a recommendation.
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 17:09:57 -0400
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Tony Nance wrote:
> 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.

That may well have been the book I mentioned above.

Thanks for this, and all the other suggestions.

William Hyde