What''s inside a laptop? How can you stuff 1,000 CDs into an mp3 player? Who built the Internet? How smart is the world''s smartest robot? How do smartphones and TV remote controls work?

Glenn Murphy, author of Why is Snot Green?, answers these and lots of other brilliant technology questions in Robots, Chips and Techno Stuff. This fact-filled book is packed to capacity with megabytes of marvellous information, exploring everything from the first simple engines to the latest gadgets, computers and networks.

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