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Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets behind the Systems We Use Every Day
Dan Nott
Illustrator: Dan Nott
Ages: 14+
Published: 2023
Publisher: RH Graphic/Random House Children's Books/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-593-12536-6
Keywords: Energy, Experiments, Innovatation, Technology, History, Climate change, Ecosystems, Global warming, Inequties, Migration, Social justice, Wealth
Graphic blueprint-style cartoon art frames the history, societal inequities, and planet-wide impact of human-made systems and encourages readers to work toward improving them.