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How Is It Done?

An informative look at the ingenuity of man. Find out how holograms gives a three-dimensional picture, how nature photographers take their seemingly impossible pictures or what advances have been made in cloning. Discover how genetic finger-printing works or how astronauts dispose of bodily wastes.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 448 pages

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