How does the world work? From nerve cells to black holes, this absolutely unique encyclopedia provides explanations for truly everything. Double-sided cross-sections and detailed graphics explain over 120 complex processes and amazing phenomena in our everyday world, including biological and geological processes as well as bodily functions. With this visually unparalleled insight behind the scenes, the encyclopedia offers curious children aged 10 and up exciting facts about science and technology, human anatomy, and fascinating natural phenomena.

Understanding complex systems:
• How things work: Understand how water comes from the tap and how a hospital operates with unique cross-sections and graphics.
• From the smallest building blocks of life to the big picture: the human body, our homes, cities and industries, nature, Earth, and space.
• 120 processes explained step by step: What happens at the airport? How does a hydroelectric power plant work? How do goods get to the supermarket?
• Behind the scenes: Detailed 3-D graphics show the inner workings of buildings, devices, and machines.
• Rich in facts and visually engaging: Answers complex questions, better explained than in any textbook or on Wikipedia.

The great encyclopedia about everything that moves the world:
How does our immune system work? What happens in an operating room? What life cycle does a star go through? What does a mobile phone look like from the inside? How do fungi reproduce and what happens during an earthquake? Questions upon questions! In this reference book for the whole family, knowledge enthusiasts discover what happens behind the scenes of the world and how complex processes keep our lives running – from the cycles in nature to the mysteries of the universe, from economics to industry, from current technology to modern science. Open the book, there’s so much to discover!.