Written by award-winning author Richard Platt, How They Made Things Work: Greeks examines aspects of technology in ancient Greece, including money, mining, map-making, navigation and weapons.

Suitable for Key Stages 2-3, How They Made Things Work looks at how people in history advanced their societies by pushing the boundaries of technology.

This book is part of a book series called How They Made Things Work .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Hachette Children's Group .

David Lawrence is an experienced author of books for this age group including The Superglue Sandwich, Travels with My Zebra and Killer Ping-Pong. He is a former Scripture Union schools worker and currently pastors a church in Yate near Bristol. Richard Platt is a renowned non-fiction writer, whose previous titles include Pirate Diary which won the 2002 Kate Greenaway Medal. To visit Richard's website click here

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: How the Greeks made things work
• 2: City planning
• 3: Mining
• 4: Lighthouse
• 5: Diving bell
• 6: Steam power
• 7: Computer
• 8: Pulleys
• 9: Crane and winch
• 10: Screw thread
• 11: Crossbow
• 12: Map
• 13: Glossary/websites
• 14: Index