Hidden Systems
Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day (A Graphic Novel)
$45.23
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
14 March 2023
Summary
We use water, electricity, and the internet every day–but how do they actually work? And what’s the plan to keep them running for years to come? This nonfiction science graphic novel takes readers on a journey from how the most essential systems were developed to how they are implemented in our world today and how they will be used in the future.
What was the first message sent over the internet? How much water does a single person use every day? How was the electric light invented?
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781984896049 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1984896040 |
| Author: | Dan Nott |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Graphic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 14 March 2023 |
| Weight: | 584g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 152mm x 230mm |
| Audience Age: | 12 |
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Critics Review
“Hidden Systems is the book I’ll use to teach my kids how the internet works….incredibly readable.” —The Verge
★ “The true power of comics is on display here, with complex, difficult-to-comprehend structures presented both through a variety of metaphors and by placing those metaphors in context with simplified renditions of their real physical appearance.” —Booklist, starred review
“Performs a valuable service.”— Kirkus Reviews
“A necessary introductory approach to everyday systems that briefly interrogates the bias and inequalities imbedded within them.” —Publishers Weekly
Dan Nott
Dan Nott is a cartoonist, illustrator, and educator living in Vermont. Dan’s short comics and illustrations for investigative journalism have appeared in The Nib and Spotlight PA and in publications for WBUR and NJ Advance Media, among others. Dan graduated from the Center for Cartoon Studies and was the lead writer and cartoonist for its free nationally distributed comic on US government called This Is What Democracy Looks Like. Dan teaches classes on making comics and comics history.
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