The technological text will include one or more clearly labeled diagrams illustrating the simple mechanics being demonstrated in the humorous mammoth story above. These sections are the most narrative and sit above text that explains the technology or system being illustrated by the narrative. The stories feature the inventor, his primitive but innovative and industrious people, and their domesticated woolly mammoths. The first person accounts, narrated by a fictional inventor, appear throughout the book with a consistent font and illustrated earth tone cartoon background. All the approaches compliment the central subject of that section to offer the reader various and diverse paths to understanding the information. Throughout the book the information is presented from different perspectives ranging from first person fictional accounts, to third person technical explanations, to diagrams which walk the reader through a process step by step. A glossary of technical terms appears at the end of the book for the reader's further clarification. Humor and the detailed hand drawn illustrations are accompanied by blurbs of text that break the large concepts into digestible amounts of information. It differs in that it has no introduction but includes the epilogue. The fifth section introduces computer technology and digital communication. The book consists of four parts each of which which summarize a different aspect of mechanical science: simple machines, natural forces, light and sound waves, and electricity. The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay is an illustrated book covering various topics in the categories of technology and mechanics.
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