Covers technology, including terms relating to computer-aided design, manufacturing, food technology and fabric technology. It continues to describe the tools and processes of contruction in wood and metal. Terms covered range from acetate to ray-tracing, from by-product to anthropometry and from brandfacer to reciprocating motion. This book is designed to appeal to both GCSE and SCE examinations.

 

This book is part of a book series called Basic Facts .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 320 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 1993 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Colin Chapman is Senior Lecturer in Design and Technology Education at Sheffield Hallam University and a former Chief Examiner for GCSE for a major awarding body.