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David Macaulay (born 2 December 1946) is a British-born American illustrator and writer. His works include Cathedral (1973), The Way Things Work (1988), and its updated revisions The New Way Things Work (1998) and The Way Things Work Now (2016).
David Macaulay is a British-born American author of nonfiction and children’s books. His popular works include The New Way Things Work (1998), The Way Things Work (1988), and Cathedral (1973). Besides writing, Macaulay is an illustrator.
When David Macaulay (b.1946) was a young boy living in Bolton, England, he was fascinated by simple technology. It was not long before he began constructing elevators out of shoe boxes, tape, and string, and devising intricate systems of moving cable cars with empty spools and thread.
David Macaulay, born in 1946, was eleven when his parents moved from England to Bloomfield, New Jersey. He found himself having to adjust from an idyllic English childhood to life in a fast paced American city.
David Macaulay has 89 books on Goodreads with 77340 ratings. David Macaulay’s most popular book is Black and White: A Caldecott Award Winner.
An illustrated journey through Rome. David Macaulay gets under the skins of skyscrapers, mosques, pyramids, subways, and a host of other ancient and modern marvels. His lavish and micro-detailed renderings expose the world's secret engineering to dazzled readers of all ages.
The Way Things Work is a 1988 nonfiction book by David Macaulay with technical text by Neil Ardley. It is a whimsical introduction to everyday machines and the scientific principles behind their operation, describing machines as simple as levers and gears and as complicated as radio telescopes and automatic transmissions.
