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Side dose of those Record books

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[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

I didn’t have any of those but I DID have a copy of The Way Things Work by David Macaulay, which is an exploration of mechanical concepts demonstrated with adorable illustrations of mammoths. Kinda similar presentation, according to my search.

I should get a new (old) copy.

[–] underscore_@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 days ago

This was one of my favs growing up too! Thanks for the reminder

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