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Cut Open!: 40 Machines, Buildings & Engineering Systems Sliced Open - A Visual STEM Encyclopedia to How Things Work for Kids Ages 8 +

Cut Open!: 40 Machines, Buildings & Engineering Systems Sliced Open - A Visual STEM Encyclopedia to How Things Work for Kids Ages 8 +

Walker, Cole

Paperback

General Juvenile NonfictionMath & ComputersScience & Nature

ISBN13: 9798175058964
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 18 2026
Pages: 86
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.18 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
The most interesting parts of our world are often the ones you can't see. What if you could cut open a jet engine, a skyscraper, a subway tunnel, or a data center-and watch it work from the inside?

CUT OPEN! takes curious kids inside 40 real machines, buildings, hidden city systems, and modern technologies. Every spectacular cutaway reveals more than just the parts: it shows where they are, what they do, and how they work together as one functioning system.

Follow air as it races through an engine. See the machinery that moves an elevator. Travel beneath the street through tunnels, pipes, power systems, and hidden infrastructure. Discover the structures, chambers, motors, cables, safety systems, and technology normally sealed behind metal, concrete, walls, and pavement.

Designed for curious readers ages 8+ (many are interesting for adults too), this large-format visual engineering book combines realistic, highly detailed imagery with clear explanations that respect a child's intelligence. It is packed with real STEM ideas without reading like a textbook.

Inside, readers will discover:

  • 40 machines, buildings, city systems, and real-world technologies
  • spectacular cutaways and cross-sections revealing normally hidden interiors
  • clear cause-and-effect explanations of how things really work
  • engineering processes shown while the systems are actually operating
  • small details and hidden discoveries that reward another look
  • a final big-picture reveal showing how the systems around us connect
For the kid who asks What's inside?-and then immediately wants to know But how does it work?

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