Brainiacts Book of the Internet
How the Online World Works
WW Norton · Print & ebook · June 3, 2025
We use the internet every day, but how much do you know about how it actually works?
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- Who it’s for
- Explore how the internet and computers work, with science, data, activities, and clear explanations.
- Themes
- How the internet works, Computers and data, Online safety
- Genres
- Kids & the Internet, How Things Work
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We use the internet every day, but how much do you know about how it actually works? Real-life brainiac Dr. Larissa Suzuki is here to help. We use the internet every day to connect with friends, share information, to navigate and be entertained, but what exactly is the internet, and how does it work? Prof. Dr. Larissa Suzuki is the brainiac with the answers.
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Combining science, data, and activities to explain how the internet and computers work, as well as online safety tips for kids, this book explains the complexities of the internet in clear language and entertaining illustrations. Written with the trademark Brainiac’s sense of humour and packed with activities to do on and offline, this book is an essential and accessible read for internet-loving kids and their families.
Internet, Explained
Explore how the internet and computers work, with science, data, activities, and clear explanations.
Come here for
- Explanations of how the internet and computers work
- Online safety tips for kids
Expect
- Activities to do online and offline
- Entertaining illustrations and online safety tips for kids
Where it sits
| Kids & the Internet | 100% |
|---|---|
| How Things Work | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Computers
- Kids & the Internet
- Kids Software
- Authors
- Suzuki Larissa
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Published
- June 3, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- How the internet works · Computers and data · Online safety
- Reading lane
- Computers