asolodkin's review against another edition
5.0
I received this book as a Goodreads Giveaway. This is an amazing book for 10-12 yo age group. It's an overview of the different kinds of engineering and a real life example of a project under each of the buckets that's kind of cool and hits all the bullet points of engineering/design. Illustrations are great. The side bars about the engineering teams and various other things are great. Highly recommend!
hainyh's review against another edition
3.0
This is a great book for a child that has a specific interest in engineering, or the way things work, but I think this would not interest anyone without that interest, as it is very clearly targeting quite a specific niche.
There is a lot of information crammed onto each page (some pages easier to read than others, due to text size, background colour, and minimal spacing between lines of text). However, this is also works to an advantage, as there's a lot to take in on each page, with full pages of busy geometric-style illustrations. Each time you look at the images you'll be sure to find something different!
There is a helpful glossary at the end, which is useful to look back on if necessary, as there certainly is a lot of information to take in.
To summarise, if this book was given to someone with this interest in mind, it would be a 4*. The pages are so busy that this may be off-putting to some. To others without the engineering interest, I don't think it would hold a child's attention for very long. Therefore, overall I'd give this 3*.
There is a lot of information crammed onto each page (some pages easier to read than others, due to text size, background colour, and minimal spacing between lines of text). However, this is also works to an advantage, as there's a lot to take in on each page, with full pages of busy geometric-style illustrations. Each time you look at the images you'll be sure to find something different!
There is a helpful glossary at the end, which is useful to look back on if necessary, as there certainly is a lot of information to take in.
To summarise, if this book was given to someone with this interest in mind, it would be a 4*. The pages are so busy that this may be off-putting to some. To others without the engineering interest, I don't think it would hold a child's attention for very long. Therefore, overall I'd give this 3*.
wordnerd153's review against another edition
4.0
A longer-lasting battery. A way to quickly generate skin cells for burn victims. A leaking sewer system. People are faced with challenging problems everyday and it's often up to engineers to find solutions. After a brief introduction about engineering, this delightfully illustrated book explores several real world problems and explains how people used the engineering design process to brainstorm, develop, create and test various solutions. The pages are fairly text-heavy, but can be skimmed easily, and the text is supported by tons of graphics. This book would be an excellent resource for classroom teachers who use a STEM curriculum, but will also appeal to curious students who have a mind for science.
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