中文名: 奧秘
原名: How It Works Magazine Issue 42
作者: Helen Laidlaw
資源格式: PDF
版本: 文字插圖版
出版社: imagine publishing
書號: 9772041732005
發行時間: 2010年
地區: 美國
語言: 英文
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內容介紹：
這是一本國外很有名的雜志，它以圖文並茂的方式向你解釋科學，技術，交通，空間，歷史和第環境的奧秘，讓你了解你周圍的世界。
Welcome to How It Works, the magazine that explains everything you never knew you wanted to know about the world we live in. Loaded with fully illustrated guides and expert knowledge, and with sections dedicated to science, technology, transportation, space, history and the environment, no subject is too big or small for How It Works to explain.
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目錄:


CONTENTS
12 Outbreak
We reveal all you need to know
about the science of pandemics
and how they can be stopped
18 Fission vs fusion
20 Heroes of… Sir Isaac Newton
22 Albinism
22 Carbon monoxide
23 False-colour imaging
25 The blood-brain barrier
26 Ribs
Inside the amazing cage of bones
that is strong enough to support
the human torso yet fl exible
enough to allow us to breathe
28 Stealth warships
Find out how a massive battleship
can have the radar signature of a
small fi shing boat?
32 US president’s car
34 Windsurfi ng tech
34 Velodromes
36 Pit-Bull VX truck
Look under the hood of this nimble,
bomb-proof car used by SWAT
teams in hostile situations
38 Recycling tech
Just what happens to your cans,
plastic and glass after they are
taken away by refuse collectors?
42 Kindle Fire HD
44 Dental drills
45 Bank vaults
46 Telephone networks
48 Nuclear bunkers
50 Prosthetics
Find out how our brains can control
state-of-the-art robotic limbs
52 Horse power
Examine the anatomy and
56 Frozen waterfalls
58 Bulb life cycle
58 Mistletoe
59 Ballistic tongues
60 Mt St Helens eruption
We take you step by step through
the events of one of the world’s
most famous volcanic eruptions
62 Supergalaxies
Learn all about galaxy clusters
and superclusters – the largest
structures in the universe
67 Martian weather
68 Dione
69 Io’s volcanoes
69 Underwater space training
71 Orion’s launch abort test
72 New Horizons
How does this robotic spacecraft
intend to get to Pluto and shine a
light on the Kuiper Belt?
74 Tyrannosaurus rex
Look back at the life of one of the
most terrifying prehistoric predators
76 Bookbinding
76 Warhammers
77 The fi rst nuclear reactor
78 Angkor Wat
82
Brain dump: Q&A
with top experts
A host of the fi nest experts and
learned minds reveal the answers
to your most burning questions
88
The knowledge:
gear and gadgets
Advice on the articles of desire
you should be spending your
money on in our latest reviews
91
Group test
Looking for a feature-packed
compact camera on a budget?
Check out this issue’s group test
for our pick of the best
94
How to…
In this issue’s guides fi nd out how
to perform the perfect high dive
and the quickest way to make a
snowman (fi ngers crossed for
some snow this winter!)
95
Test your
knowledge
Enter our quiz based on the
contents of this month’s mag for
the chance to bag a cool prize!
96
Letters
Get in touch and have your say
on any subject. Tell us what
you’ve learned this month or get
something off your chest