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Bursting with machines, movies, animations and gizmos, plus all the wit and humor of David Macaulay, this program explains the fascinating worlds of history's from 7000 B.C. to the present. The program is divided into four main sections : " The A-Z of Machines", "Principles of Science", "History" and "Inventors" each explaining the workings of more than 150 simple and complex machines and inventions.
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