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| Underground | 
 enlarge | Author: David Macaulay
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
Category: Book
List Price: $19.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 115022
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 112
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 9.6 x 0.7
ISBN: 039524739X
Dewey Decimal Number: 624.19
UPC: 046442247399
EAN: 9780395247396
ASIN: 039524739X
Publication Date: September 29, 1976
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
David Macaulay takes us on a visual journey through a city's various support systems by exposing a typical section of the underground network and explaining how it works. We see a network of walls, columns, cables, pipes and tunnels required to satisfy the basic needs of a city's inhabitants.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
The Underground world July 31, 2008
We own Pyramid, Castle and now Underground. They provide hours and hours of entertainment and are for all age levels. I'm wondering what Mr. Macauly will come up with next. He is an extraordinary illustrator.
underground February 13, 2008
this the best book i have found to explain to eit's (engineering in training) just what civil engineering is all about.
it may be a childern's book, but it is the best on the subject of undeground utilities and transportation.
 Under the city lies much unseen November 9, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a purchase for grandchildren living in a very rural area. They will have their curiosity heightened upon visiting the next largest city. It was easy to follow and understand. The illustrations are nicely done and hold one's attention.
A really useful infrastructure book. October 29, 2007
I bought this book for work because its subject matter is relevant to what I do. It really helps to keep things in perspective and not have them remain abstract concepts.
A new perspective on things June 5, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Macaulay uses his amazing talents to turn the world upside down in this unique book. Children (and even adults) will learn all kinds of things about what's beneath a modern city. I enjoyed showing my son the illustrations and explaining what it all means. Do beware, however, that this is a pretty abstract topic and that it can be difficult for younger kids to fully comprehend exactly what's going on. After all, thinking about what a city would like like with all the soil and rock removed and from many feet below street level is not a simple idea. So this one is probably best for older kids, as opposed to earlier works by Macaulay such as Cathedral or Castle that are much more tangible and easy for kids to comprehend.
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