How we make stuff: the story behind our everyday things

Where do our clothes come from? What's the link between gorilla and mobile phones? And does chocolate really grow on trees? Find out in this hands-on guide to how we make the things most of us take for granted. Exploding with supercool things to discover, this eye-opening book will leave you looking at our world and its resources in a whole new light.

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Subject(s)Design and technology, Materials and manufacturing
Author(s)Christiane Dorian, Beverley Young
Age5-7, 7-11
Published2012
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Shelf reference620.11 DOR
ISN/ISBN978184877721-7
Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/xg2s4

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