How They Made Things Work: In Tudor and Stuart Times - Hardcover

Platt, Richard

 
9780749674816: How They Made Things Work: In Tudor and Stuart Times

Synopsis

Written by award-winning author Richard Platt, How They Made Things Work: In Tudor and Stuart Times examines aspects of technology in the Renaissance, including clockmaking, printing, measuring temperature, oil painting and microscopy.

Suitable for Key Stages 2-3, How They Made Things Work looks at how people in history advanced their societies by pushing the boundaries of technology.

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About the Author

Richard Platt is one of the best-known children\'s non-fiction authors working in the UK today. Beginning his publishing career at Dorling Kindersley, he has written dozens of books for DK, Walker Books, Kingfisher and Franklin Watts.

He authored the immensely successful Stephen Biesty\'s Cross-Sections series for DK in the 1990s, following this up with Castle Diary and Pirate Diary for Walker Books. He has won numerous awards for his work.

Richard lives in Kent.

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