Publisher's Synopsis
Each book in this series provides all the necessary ingredients to start children designing and making their own exciting technology projects, based on simple "recipes" that use readily available, low-cost materials. The projects give hands-on experience of technology in everyday life and are constructed in a way that makes finding out about technology fun. "Amazing Machines" introduces the reader to levers and linkages, pulleys, gear wheels, friction drive, cams and crankshafts, wheels and axles.