A stylish introduction to the vast world of engineering – what it is, how it works, and how many different jobs it involves, from robotics and coding to earthquake-proof towers to medical innovation. Flaps on each page reveal insights into the challenges and solutions to various engineering goals. Encourages readers to see engineering as something far more diverse than bridges and machines. Part of Usborne’s lift-the-flap information series, which includes titles on many STEM subjects such as the Periodic Table, Measuring Things and Telling the Time. Usborne are official partners of the UK 2018 Year of Engineering.
Rose grew up in Northumberland, studied Physiology at Oxford and looked after orphaned orangutans for a bit. She worked in the charity sector for ten years, writing about issues from renewable energy, to the safety of workers in Bangladesh. For Usborne, she's written books about engineering, business, computers and the environment.