100 Best 3D Printing Books of All Time

We've ranked the best 3d printing books using expert recommendations, sales data, and millions of reader ratings. At Shortform, we know books. Our book guides are the best in the world. Learn why.

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The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

Neal Stephenson

5.0
The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is a postcyberpunk novel by Neal Stephenson. It is to some extent a science fiction coming-of-age story, focused on a young girl named Nell, and set in a future world in which nanotechnology affects all aspects of life. The novel deals with themes of education, social class, ethnicity, and the nature of artificial intelligence.
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Marvin Liao

Partner/500 Startups

My list would be (besides the ones I mentioned in answer to the previous question) both business & Fiction/Sci-Fi and ones I personally found helpful to myself. The business books explain just exactly how business, work & investing are in reality & how to think properly & differentiate yourself. On the non-business side, a mix of History & classic fiction to understand people, philosophy to make sense of life and Science fiction to picture what the future could be like (not always utopian). [source]

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Hope King

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Kelly Starrett

Kelly is a legitimate fantasy and sci-fi nerd. He knows Dune by Frank Herbert and The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson inside and out. Kelly has daughters and texted me about the latter book, which follows a young female protagonist: "How do you raise girls that are of the system but crush the system while rebuilding a better one?" [source]

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3D Printing Failures: 2020 Edition: How to Diagnose and Repair ALL Desktop 3D Printing Issues

Sean Aranda

4.9
The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Disrupting Business, Industries, and Our Lives book cover3

The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Disrupting Business, Industries, and Our Lives

Peter H. Diamandis

4.8
Preview Summary
From the New York Times bestselling authors of Abundance and Bold comes a practical playbook for technological convergence in our modern era.

In their book Abundance, bestselling authors and futurists Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler tackled grand global challenges, such as poverty, hunger, and energy. Then, in Bold, they chronicled the use of exponential technologies that allowed the emergence of
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Makers: The New Industrial Revolution

Chris Anderson

4.6
Wired magazine editor and bestselling author Chris Anderson takes you to the front lines of a new industrial revolution as today’s entrepreneurs, using open source design and 3-D printing, bring manufacturing to the desktop. In an age of custom-fabricated, do-it-yourself product design and creation, the collective potential of a million garage tinkerers and enthusiasts is about to be unleashed, dr
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3D Printing Projects

DK

4.6
This user-friendly family guide to 3D printing is packed with exciting ideas for how to design and print your own toys, gadgets, and models, and doesn't even require any specialist software.

Using freely available software, 3D Printing Projects provides inspiration and step-by-step visual instruction for both simple builds and more complicated pieces--from coat hooks and small treasure boxes to che
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3D Printing Failures: 2019 Edition: How to Diagnose and Repair ALL Desktop 3D Printing Issues

Sean Aranda and David Feeney

4.6
Every Tool's a Hammer: Life is What You Make It book cover7

Every Tool's a Hammer: Life is What You Make It

Adam Savage

4.5
MythBusters ’ Adam Savage—Discovery Channel star and one of the most beloved figures in science and tech—shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully turning your idea into reality.

Adam Savage is a maker. From Chewbacca’s bandolier to a thousand-shot Nerf gun, he has built thousands of spectacular projects as a special effects artist and t
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Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything

Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith

4.5
From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, an illustrated investigation into future technologies

What will the world of tomorrow be like? How does progress happen? And why do we not have a lunar colony already?

In this book, Zach and Kelly Weinersmith give us a snapshot of the transformative technologies that are coming next - from robot s
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Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life

Adam Greenfield

4.5
A field manual to the technologies that are transforming our lives

Everywhere we turn, a startling new device promises to transfigure our lives. But at what cost? In this urgent and revelatory excavation of our Information Age, leading technology thinker Adam Greenfield forces us to reconsider our relationship with the networked objects, services and spaces that define us. It is time to re-evaluate
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A New Kind of Science

Stephen Wolfram

4.5
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Autodesk Fusion 360 for Beginners, Step-by-Step: Design, Print, and Fix Real Parts: The CAD, 3D Modeling, and 3D Printing Guide for Makers, Hobbyists, and Students, Matched to Your Screen Today book cover11

Autodesk Fusion 360 for Beginners, Step-by-Step: Design, Print, and Fix Real Parts: The CAD, 3D Modeling, and 3D Printing Guide for Makers, Hobbyists, and Students, Matched to Your Screen Today

Hugo Trent

4.5

If your screen doesn't match the tutorial, you are not the problem.Every Fusion 360 tutorial you open starts on a screen you do not have. In January 2026 Autodesk changed the first thing you see, and most books and videos were made before that. Step one fails, and your first evening goes on hunting for a button instead of designing anything.This book is for the person who wants a real object at th

Getting Started with 3D Printing: Making Your Digital Designs Tangible at Home, Work, or School book cover12

Getting Started with 3D Printing: Making Your Digital Designs Tangible at Home, Work, or School

Liza Wallach Kloski

4.5
Make: Getting Started with 3D Printing is a practical, informative, and inspiring book that guides readers step-by-step through understanding how this new technology will empower them to take full advantage of all it has to offer. The book includes fundamental topics such as a short history of 3D printing, the best hardware and software choices for consumers, hands-on tutorial exercises the reader
The 3D Printing Handbook: Technologies, design and applications book cover13

The 3D Printing Handbook: Technologies, design and applications

Ben Redwood

4.5
The 3D Printing Handbook provides practical advice on selecting the right technology and how-to design for 3D printing, based upon first-hand experience from the industry's leading experts.

In this book:
- The mechanisms behind all major 3D printing technologies
- The benefits and limitations of each technology
- Decision making tools for technology selection
- Actionable design advice and guidelines
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Fusion 360 for Makers

Lydia Sloan Cline

4.5
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Printing Polymers: an introduction to polymer science for 3D printers, students and STEM educators

Curtis Barr, Daniel Vennerberg PhD

4.5
Polymer science and engineering are exciting fields that most people take for granted. Stop and think for a moment about all of the polymers that we use on a daily basis and everything that goes into their design. Packages and kitchenware need to be food safe, while engine components need to withstand swings in temperature from a cold winter night to the heat of a running engine. Nylon webbing mus
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Building Excitement with 3D Printing: A Primer for STEM Education

Curtis Barr and Daniel Vennerber

4.4
From the time we are very young, nothing inspires creative mechanical design quite like building and breaking things. 3D printing allows us to take that innate creativity to a whole new level. At the same time, it is a platform for teaching materials science, mechanics and engineering through hands-on experimentation. This book introduces basic 3D printing concepts and includes an experiment in wh
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Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing

Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman

4.4
Fabricated tells the story of 3D printers, humble manufacturing machines that are bursting out of the factory and into schools, kitchens, hospitals, even onto the fashion catwalk. Fabricated describes our emerging world of printable products, where people design and 3D print their own creations as easily as they edit an online document.

A 3D printer transforms digital information into a physical ob
The Zombie Apocalypse Guide to 3D Printing: Designing and Printing Practical Objects book cover18

The Zombie Apocalypse Guide to 3D Printing: Designing and Printing Practical Objects

Clifford T Smyth

4.4
The Zombie Apocalypse Guide to 3D printing is written for the person who wants to use their printer to make practical, durable items for everyday use. Whether rebuilding civilization from your jungle hideaway, fighting off zombie hordes, or just printing a new plastic bit for your latest project, The Zombie Apocalypse Guide to 3D printing has what you need to get the job done. If you are going to
Book of Making 2026: Projects for Makers and Hackers book cover19

Book of Making 2026: Projects for Makers and Hackers

The Makers of Raspberry Pi Official magazine

4.4

Dive into today’s most inspiring and innovative tech projects with this full-color guidebook.Whether you're new to programming with electronics or an experienced maker, there's a project here for you. With a bit of know-how you can 3D print jigs for more accurate woodworking, build your own custom games controller, add artificial intelligence to an old phone, and advance your hacking knowledge. Di

3D Granny Squares: 100 Crochet Patterns for Pop-Up Granny Squares book cover20

3D Granny Squares: 100 Crochet Patterns for Pop-Up Granny Squares

Celine Semaan, Sharna Moore, et al.

4.4
The humble granny square gets a fresh new look in this collection of 100 3D granny square crochet patterns. Choose your favourite from 100 different designs including flowers, animals, food and drink, and motifs; whether it's a fragrant rose, a cherry pie or a jelly fish. Each motif features a 3D element that is integral to the granny square design.

There are also ten bright and beautiful projects
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Art Forms from the Ocean: The Radiolarian Prints of Ernst Haeckel

Olaf Breidbach

4.4
At the nexus of art and science, this dazzling new edition of Ernst Haeckel's first work reintroduces the genius of an enigmatic scientist and passionate observer of the natural world. Although original editions of this book are extremely rare, it is now available for the first time in a paperback edition, beautifully reproducing his drawings and watercolours. While the variety and detail of Haeck
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3D Printing 101: The Ultimate Beginners Guide

Johannes Wild

4.3
SPECIAL EDITION: Fully colored

You can develop a basic and profound understanding of FDM 3D printing by using this 3D printing guide. You will learn everything you need to know about how to print objects using an FDM 3D printer.

The author of the book is an enthusiastic 3D printing user and engineer (M.Eng.), who will guide you professionally from the basics to even more advanced settings.After a sh
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Free to Make: How the Maker Movement is Changing Our Schools, Our Jobs, and Our Minds

Dale Dougherty, Tim O'Reilly, et al.

4.3
Dale Dougherty, creator of "MAKE: "magazine and the Maker Faire, provides a guided tour of the international phenomenon known as the Maker Movement, a social revolution that is changing what gets made, how it s made, where it s made, and who makes it. "Free to Make" is a call to join what Dougherty calls the renaissance of making, an invitation to see ourselves as creators and shapers of the world
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The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care

Eric Topol

4.3
What if your cell phone could detect cancer cells circulating in your blood or warn you of an imminent heart attack? Mobile wireless digital devices, including smartphones and tablets with seemingly limitless functionality, have brought about radical changes in our lives, providing hyper-connectivity to social networks and cloud computing. But the digital world has hardly pierced the medical cocoo
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3D Printing for Beginners 2026: The Complete Starter Guide to 3D Printing at Home — Easy Setup, Beginner Projects, and Troubleshooting Tips book cover25

3D Printing for Beginners 2026: The Complete Starter Guide to 3D Printing at Home — Easy Setup, Beginner Projects, and Troubleshooting Tips

Dennis Stewart

4.3

This book is an independent educational publication created for informational and instructional purposes. It is not affiliated with, authorized, sponsored, or endorsed by any 3D printer manufacturer, software developer, or technology company referenced within this guide. All trademarks and brand names mentioned are the property of their respective owners..Stop Being Intimidated by 3D Printing and

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Socio-Legal Aspects of the 3D Printing Revolution

Angela Daly

4.3
Additive manufacturing or '3D printing' has emerged into the mainstream in the last few years, with much hype about its revolutionary potential as the latest 'disruptive technology' to destroy existing business models, empower individuals and evade any kind of government control. This book examines the trajectory of 3D printing in practice and how it interacts with various areas of law, including
3D Printing: A practical and hands-on textbook for mastering 3D printing technology (English Edition) book cover27

3D Printing: A practical and hands-on textbook for mastering 3D printing technology (English Edition)

Arunkrishnan P R, Pijush Ghosh

4.3

3D printing is transforming industries from design to manufacturing and has become a vital skill for modern innovators.This book offers a clear, structured path that develops the reader’s ability to operate and apply 3D printing confidently. One of the major emphases of this book is hands-on learning, ensuring that readers not only understand the concepts but also practically execute real 3D print

A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO BAMBU STUDIO (2026 EDITION): Step-by-Step Instructions on How to Slice, Configure Filament, Fix Common Failures, and Produce Professional-Quality Multi-colored 3D Prints book cover28

A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO BAMBU STUDIO (2026 EDITION): Step-by-Step Instructions on How to Slice, Configure Filament, Fix Common Failures, and Produce Professional-Quality Multi-colored 3D Prints

Jason Mercer

4.3

A Beginner's Guide to Bambu Studio (2026 Edition)You just unboxed your Bambu Lab printer.You opened Bambu Studio.Now you are staring at a screen full of settings, sliders, and options you have never seen before — and you have no idea where to start.This book fixes that. Completely.A Beginner's Guide to Bambu Studio (2026 Edition) is the only step-by-step manual written specifically for new Bambu L

3D Printing for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide to FDM, SLA, and Your First Successful Print book cover29

3D Printing for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide to FDM, SLA, and Your First Successful Print

Ashton Moss

4.3

2026 Edition - Comprehensive Guide to Modern 3D PrintingYour First 3D Print Should Be Perfect — Not a Disaster.MASTER MODERN 3D PRINTING with the 2026 Beginner's Roadmap.Whether you're an engineer prototyping your first design, a maker exploring creative possibilities, or someone simply curious about additive manufacturing, "3D Printing for Beginners 2026" is your essential guide into this revolut

3D Printing Failures: 2022 Edition: How to Diagnose and Repair ALL Desktop 3D Printing Issues book cover30

3D Printing Failures: 2022 Edition: How to Diagnose and Repair ALL Desktop 3D Printing Issues

Sean Aranda

4.3
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Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle

Deborah Lee Rose, Jane Veltkamp

4.3
Meet Beauty, the bald eagle that made world news when she was injured, rescued and received a 3D-printed prosthetic beak. Follow Beauty's brave and inspiring story as she grows up in the wild, is rescued after being illegally shot, and receives a new beak specially engineered by a human team including a raptor biologist, engineer and dentist. Learn more about how bald eagles as a species came back
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All Tomorrow's Parties (Bridge, #3)

William Gibson

4.3
Although Colin Laney (from Gibson's earlier novel Idoru) lives in a cardboard box, he has the power to change the world. Thanks to an experimental drug that he received during his youth, Colin can see "nodal points" in the vast streams of data that make up the worldwide computer network. Nodal points are rare but significant events in history that forever change society, even though they might not
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3D Technology in Fine Art and Craft: Exploring 3D Printing, Scanning, Sculpting and Milling

Bridgette Mongeon

4.3
The possibilities for creation are endless with 3D printing, sculpting, scanning, and milling, and new opportunities are popping up faster than artists can keep up with them. 3D Technology in Fine Art and Craft takes the mystery out of these exciting new processes by demonstrating how to navigate their digital components and showing their real world applications. Artists will learn to incorporate
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Things Come Apart: A Teardown Manual for Modern Living

Todd McLellan

4.3
Welcome to Todd McLellan's unique photographic vision of the material world: fifty design classics--arranged first by size and then by intricacy--are beautifully displayed, piece by piece, exploding in midair and dissected in real-time, frame-by-frame video stills. This book makes visible the inner workings of some of the world's most iconic designs. From SLR camera to mantel clock to espresso mac
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The Art of Missing Link

Ramin Zahed

4.3
The Art of Missing Link is a lushly illustrated volume that goes behind the scenes of LAIKA’s new stop-motion adventure.

The charismatic Sir Lionel Frost (voiced by Hugh Jackman) considers himself to be the world’s foremost investigator of myths and monsters. The trouble is none of his small-minded high-society peers seems to recognize this. Sir Lionel’s last chance for acceptance by the adventurin
Design for 3D Printing: Scanning, Creating, Editing, Remixing, and Making in Three Dimensions book cover36

Design for 3D Printing: Scanning, Creating, Editing, Remixing, and Making in Three Dimensions

Samuel N. Bernier, Bertier Luyt, et al.

4.3
France's Le FabShop has extensive experience testing 3D printers and creating digital models for them. From an articulated Makey Robot to a posable elephant model, Samuel N. Bernier and the rest of Le FabShop's team have created some of the most-printed designs in the 3D printing world. This book uses their work to teach you how to get professional results out of a desktop 3D printer without needi
Functional Design for 3D Printing: Designing 3d printed things for everyday use - 3rd edition book cover37

Functional Design for 3D Printing: Designing 3d printed things for everyday use - 3rd edition

Clifford T Smyth

4.3
Functional Design for 3D Printing 3rd Edition is your guide to the intersection of design, 3d printing, and utility.

This volume will demonstrate design practices that expand the possibilities for durable, functional objects. Your functional models will print quickly and reliably, delivering the full potential of the "desktop factory".

Functional Design for 3D Printing will help you to:

Turn your ide
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Grid Index

Carsten Nicolai

4.3
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Rule 34 (Halting State, #2)

Charles Stross

4.2
DI Liz Kavanaugh: You realise policing internet porn is your life and your career went down the pan five years ago. But when a fetishist dies on your watch, the Rule 34 Squad moves from low priority to worryingly high profile.

Anwar: As an ex-con, you'd like to think your identity fraud days are over. Especially as you've landed a legit job (through a shady mate). Although now that you're Consul f
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Digital Hand Lettering and Modern Calligraphy: Essential Techniques Plus Step-by-Step Tutorials for Scanning, Editing, and Creating on a Tablet

Shelly Kim

4.2
Lettering enthusiasts of all levels will love learning easy ways to develop and adapt hand lettering skills and techniques to a variety of digital platforms in Digital Hand Lettering and Modern Calligraphy.

Popular Instagram lettering artist and workshop instructor Shelly Kim (@lettersbyshells) offers lettering enthusiasts at all levels step-by-step instruction, along with ample photos and letteri
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Lippincott Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology

Karen Whalen PharmDBCPS

4.2
Students’ favorite review resource for studying the essentials of medical pharmacology, Lippincott® Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology , Seventh Edition, presents up-to-date drug information in an accessible format ideal for a fast, effective refresher.

Part of the popular Lippincott® Illustrated Reviews series, this concise resource features clear, effective writing and hundreds of illustrations t
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Motors for Makers: A Guide to Steppers, Servos, and Other Electrical Machines

Matthew Scarpino Scarpino

4.2
The First Maker-Friendly Guide to Electric Motors!

Makers can do amazing things with motors. Yes, they're more complicated than some other circuit elements, but with this book, you can completely master them. Once you do, incredible new projects become possible.

Unlike other books, Motors for Makers is 100% focused on what you can do. Not theory. Making.

First, Matthew Scarpino explains how electric
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3D Printing

Christopher Barnatt

4.2
3D printing continues to advance, and will increasingly facilitate low-run, customized, on-demand and material-efficient manufacturing. Already 3D printed metal and plastic parts are being fitted into products that range from jet engines to medical devices and personalized shoes. Next generation 3D printing processes are also being developed, while the convergence of 3D printing with other technol
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The Hardware Hacker: Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware

Andrew Bunnie Huang

4.2
For over a decade, Andrew "bunnie" Huang, one of the world's most esteemed hackers, has shaped the fields of hacking and hardware, from his cult-classic book Hacking the Xbox to the open-source laptop Novena and his mentorship of various hardware startups and developers. In The Hardware Hacker, Huang shares his experiences in manufacturing and open hardware, creating an illuminating and compelling
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3D Printing

John M. Jordan

4.2
An accessible introduction to 3D printing that outlines the additive manufacturing process, industrial and household markets, and emerging uses.

The use of 3D printing--digitally controlled additive manufacturing--is growing rapidly. Consumer models of 3D printers allow people to fabricate small plastic objects, from cabinet knobs to wedding cake toppers. Industrial uses are becoming widespread, as
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3D Printing for Dummies

Richard Horne and Kalani Kirk Hausman

4.2
The bestselling book on 3D printing3D printing is one of the coolest inventions we've seen in our lifetime, and now you can join the ranks of businesspeople, entrepreneurs, and hobbyists who use it to do everything from printing foods and candles to replacement parts for older technologies--and tons of mind-blowing stuff in between! With 3D Printing For Dummies at the helm, you'll find all the fas
The Nerf Blaster Modification Guide: The Unofficial Handbook for Making Your Foam Arsenal Even More Awesome book cover47

The Nerf Blaster Modification Guide: The Unofficial Handbook for Making Your Foam Arsenal Even More Awesome

Luke Goodman

4.2
The Nerf Blaster Modification Guide has all you need to know to create a cooler-looking Nerf Blaster with increased range, projectile speed, and firing capacity. Luke Goodman—better known on YouTube as “Out of Darts”—guides readers through the basics of Nerf's two main propulsion systems and provides simple mods that kids and their parents can make to their foam blasters.

Nerf Blasters, first intr
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Mastering 3D Printing

Joan Horvath

4.2
Mastering 3D Printing shows you how to get the most out of your printer, including how to design models, choose materials, work with different printers, and integrate 3D printing with traditional prototyping to make techniques like sand casting more efficient.

You've printed key chains. You've printed simple toys. Now you're ready to innovate with your 3D printer to start a business or teach and in
3D Printing and Maker Lab for Kids: Create Amazing Projects with CAD Design and STEAM Ideas book cover49

3D Printing and Maker Lab for Kids: Create Amazing Projects with CAD Design and STEAM Ideas

Eldrid Sequeira

4.2
Create 25 amazing projects with 3D printing! With 3D Printing and Maker Lab for Kids, you can explore the creative potential behind this game-changing technology.
Design your projects using free browser-based versions of CAD software Tinkercad and SketchUp.
Follow the simple steps to create a variety of different projects.
Learn about the fascinating science behind your creations.
Get guidance on orga
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Autonomous

Annalee Newitz

4.2
Autonomous features a rakish female pharmaceutical pirate named Jack who traverses the world in her own submarine. A notorious anti-patent scientist who has styled herself as a Robin Hood heroine fighting to bring cheap drugs to the poor, Jack’s latest drug is leaving a trail of lethal overdoses across what used to be North America—a drug that compels people to become addicted to their work.

On Jac
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The Art of Ghost in the Shell

Titan Books

4.2
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3D Printing, Intellectual Property and Innovation: Insights from Law and Technology

Charles A. Corr, Donna M. Corr, et al.

4.2
3D Printing, Intellectual Property and Innovation evaluates the tensions created by 3D printing (3DP) technology in the context of growing global economy. The term ‘3DP’ (or, more correctly, additive manufacturing) refers to the software-driven technologies that create physical objects by successive layering of materials. As a result of the improved quality of objects produced and lowered processi
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3D Printing: An Introduction

Stephanie Torta

4.2
This book is designed as an overview of the technology, applications, and design issues associated with the new 3D printing technology. It will be divided into three parts. Part 1 will cover a brief background of the history and evolution of 3D printing, along with their use in industry and personal consumer end. Part 2 will document three different projects from start to finish. This will show a
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3D Printing with Sketchup

Marcus Ritland

4.2
This book is a practical tutorial, packed with real-world case studies to help you design models that print right the first time. If you are familiar with SketchUp and want to print the models you've designed, then this book is ideal for you. You don't need any experience in 3D printing; however, SketchUp beginners will require a companion book or video training series to teach them the basic Sket
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Not Impossible: The Art and Joy of Doing What Couldn't Be Done

Mick Ebeling

4.2
What if you discovered by accident that you could change the world? Mick Ebeling—a film producer by trade, optimist by nature—set out to perform a simple act of kindness that quickly turned into a lifelong mission. In the process he discovered that he could, indeed, change the world—and this fascinating new book shows how you can, too.

On the cutting edge of the new “Maker Movement”—an outgrowth of
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Makers

Cory Doctorow

4.2
From the New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother, a major novel of the booms, busts, and further booms in store for America

Perry and Lester invent things—seashell robots that make toast, Boogie Woogie Elmo dolls that drive cars. They also invent entirely new economic systems, like the “New Work,” a New Deal for the technological era. Barefoot bankers cross the nation, microinvesting in
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Introducing MATH! Grade 3 by ArgoPrep: 600+ Practice Questions + Comprehensive Overview of Each Topic + Detailed Video Explanations Included | 3rd Grade Math Workbook

Argo Brothers

4.2
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Glasshouse

Charles Stross

4.2
When Robin wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing, it doesn’t take him long to discover that someone is trying to kill him. It’s the twenty-seventh century, when interstellar travel is by teleport gate and conflicts are fought by network worms that censor refugees’ personalities and target historians. The civil war is over and Robin has been demobilized, but someone wants him out o
3D Printing For Dummies book cover59

3D Printing For Dummies

Richard Horne

4.2

Print out whatever you can dream up3D Printing For Dummies is an easy reference for anyone new to the process of taking a digital file and turning it into an object in the real world. (Pretty amazing stuff, right?) It’s also a handy guide for more experienced users looking to learn the latest and greatest in additive manufacturing. Updated for the latest generation of machines and materials, this

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How To Make Money With 3D Printing: Passive Profits, Hacking The 3D Printing Ecosystem And Becoming A World-Class 3D Designer

Jeffrey Ito

4.2
"#1 Amazon Bestselling 3D Printing Book"Many people know what 3D printing is, and others may have even seen one in action. However, few today know how to create 3D models, much less use their printer. Currently, understanding and utilizing the technology to design and manufacture products (as opposed to "things") still proves to be difficult for a myriad of reasons. Like any growing innovative tec
Make: Props and Costume Armor: Create Realistic Science Fiction & Fantasy Weapons, Armor, and Accessories book cover61

Make: Props and Costume Armor: Create Realistic Science Fiction & Fantasy Weapons, Armor, and Accessories

Shawn Thorsson

4.2
Have you been trying to think of a way to conquer your local comic convention through cosplay? Do you gaze with envious eyes upon the fan-made suits of armored awesomeness strolling around every year on Halloween? Do you have a spot on your wall, bookshelf, or desk that desperately needs to be filled with a screen-accurate replica of your favorite science-fiction or fantasy weapon? If so, look no
3D Printing for Complete Beginners: The Step-by-Step Guide to Start 3D Printing at Home without Technical Knowledge book cover62

3D Printing for Complete Beginners: The Step-by-Step Guide to Start 3D Printing at Home without Technical Knowledge

Tino Vanco

4.2

Start 3D Printing at Home.Buying your first 3D printer is exciting.Figuring out how to use it can feel overwhelming.There are hundreds of printers, dozens of filament types, countless YouTube videos, and endless online advice. It's hard to know where to begin.This book gives you a clear path.Written for complete beginners, it takes you step by step from choosing your first printer to successfully

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Advanced Manufacturing: The New American Innovation Policies

William B. Bonvillian

4.2
How to rethink innovation and revitalize America's declining manufacturing sector by encouraging advanced manufacturing, bringing innovative technologies into the production process.

The United States lost almost one-third of its manufacturing jobs between 2000 and 2010. As higher-paying manufacturing jobs are replaced by lower-paying service jobs, income inequality has been approaching third world
The Total Inventor's Manual: Transform Your Idea into a Top-Selling Product book cover64

The Total Inventor's Manual: Transform Your Idea into a Top-Selling Product

Sean Michael Ragan

4.1
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The Pan-Industrial Revolution: How New Manufacturing Titans Will Transform the World

Richard D'Aveni

4.1
A stunning look at what will happen to global industry as 3-D printing quickly becomes a worldwide phenomenon–and how this will influence our economic and geopolitical landscape.

Best‑selling author Richard D’Aveni contends that the advent of massive, industrial‑scale 3‑D printing is already happening quietly under the radar, and that it will have a far‑reaching impact that most corporate and gove
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Come and Take It: The Gun Printer's Guide to Thinking Free

Cody Wilson

4.1
Cody Wilson, a self-described crypto-anarchist and rogue thinker, combines the controversial yet thrilling story of the production of the first ever 3D printable gun with a startling philosophical manifesto that gets to the heart of the twenty-first century debate over the freedom of information and ideas.

Reminiscent of the classic Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman, Cody Wilson has written a unique
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Best of Make, Volume 2: 65 Projects and Skill Builders from the Pages of Make

The Editors of Make:

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After ten years, Make: has become one of most celebrated magazines to hit the newsstands, and certainly one of the hottest reads. If you're just catching on to the Maker Movement and wonder what you've missed, this book contains the best projects and articles from the magazine. Find out what keeps Makers coming back to Make: with this assortment of DIY projects and articles selected by Make: 's ed
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3D Printing - Top 5 Methods + Secrets From The Trade

Ben Frant

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3D Printing: The Next Industrial Revolution

Christopher Barnatt

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3D Printing is about to transform our lives. While traditional laser and inkjet printers only make marks on paper, 3D printers build up solid objects in a great many very thin layers. Already pioneers are 3D printing production tools, prototypes, jewelry, sunglasses, works of art, toys and vehicle parts. But this is just the beginning, with digital manufacturing destined to change how we create, t
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The Big Book of Maker Skills: Tools & Techniques for Building Great Tech Projects

Chris Hackett

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Singularity Sky (Eschaton, #1)

Charles Stross

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In the twenty-first century man created the Eschaton, a sentient artificial intelligence. It pushed Earth through the greatest technological evolution ever known, while warning that time travel is forbidden, and transgressors will be eliminated.

Distant descendants of this ultra high-tech Earth live in parochial simplicity on the far-flung worlds of the New Republic. Their way of life is threatened
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Materials in Progress: Innovations for Designers and Architects

Sascha Peters, Diana Drewes

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New materials and technologies play a significant role in architecture and design. Environmentally compatible materials and production methods are demanded just as much as smoothly functioning recycling management. In addition, trends like digitalization, 3D printing and intelligent systems and materials have a decisive influence on material innovations.
The book's eight chapters span a bridge from
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Oceanic

Greg Egan

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Collected together here for the first time are twelve stories by the incomparable Greg Egan, one of the most exciting writers of science fiction working today. In these dozen glimpses into the future Egan continues to explore the essence of what it is to be human, and the nature of what - and who - we are, in stories that range from parables of contemporary human conflict and ambition to far-futur
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3D Printing Money: The Beginner’s Comprehensive Guide to a 3D Printed Small Business

J. Salem

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3D Printing Projects: Toys, Bots, Tools, and Vehicles to Print Yourself

Brook Drumm, James Floyd Kelly, et al.

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The Truth About Your Future: The Money Guide You Need Now, Later, and Much Later

Ric Edelman

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

New York Times bestselling author and legendary investment guru Ric Edelman reveals his forward-thinking guide on how technology and science will reshape the way we save, invest, and plan for the future.

Technology and science are evolving at a blistering, almost incomprehensible pace.

The Human Genome Project took eleven years and $2.7 billion dollars to complete. Today, it
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3D pen: Colour & Construct #1 Fairy Houses & Fantasy Gardens

Ms Angie Scarr

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A Printer’s Choice: A science-fiction murder-mystery about crime, faith, and the power of free will

W. L. Patenaude

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Open-Source Lab: How to Build Your Own Hardware and Reduce Research Costs

Joshua M. Pearce

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Open-Source Lab: How to Build Your Own Hardware and Reduce Scientific Research Costs details the development of the free and open-source hardware revolution. The combination of open-source 3D printing and microcontrollers running on free software enables scientists, engineers, and lab personnel in every discipline to develop powerful research tools at unprecedented low costs. After reading Open-So
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The Maker Movement Manifesto: Rules for Innovation in the New World of Crafters, Hackers, and Tinkerers

Mark Hatch

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YOU can create the next breakthrough innovation A revolution is under way. But it's not about tearing down the old guard. It's about building, it's about creating, it's about breathing life into groundbreaking new ideas. It's called the Maker Movement, and it's changing the world.

Mark Hatch has been at the forefront of the Maker Movement since it began. A cofounder of TechShop--the first, largest,
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Tropical Gardens of the Philippines

Lily Gamboa O'Boyle, Elizabeth Reyes, Luca Invernizzi Tettoni

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Offering a rare glimpse into some of the most beautiful tropical gardens in the world, Tropical Gardens of the Philippines presents spectacular contemporary gardens—large and small—situated in and around the Metropolitan Manila area and the nearby provinces of Laguna, Batangas and Tagaytay. This gorgeous volume introduces a contemporary gardening style that has been evolving in the Philippines ove
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3D Printing: Modern Technology in a Modern World

Raymond T Reeves

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Designing Reality: How to Survive and Thrive in the Third Digital Revolution

Neil Gershenfeld

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That's the promise, and peril, of the third digital revolution, where anyone will be able to make (almost) anything
Two digital revolutions--computing and communication--have radically transformed our economy and lives. A third digital revolution is here: fabrication. Today's 3D printers are only the start of a trend, accelerating exponentially, to turn data into objects: Neil Gershenfeld and his c
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Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling

Bruce Sterling, Jonathan Strahan

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Two dozen tales of future shock and twisted history from an undisputed king of cyberpunk science fiction, including Nebula Award finalists “Sunken Garden” and “Dori Bangs.”

Time magazine describes Bruce Sterling as “one of America’s best-known science fiction writers and perhaps the sharpest observer of our media-choked culture working today in any genre.” Sterling’s abilities are on full display i
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Idiot's Guides: 3D Printing

Cameron Coward

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Idiot's Guides: 3D Printing is an all-in-one, simple guide to the basics of 3D printing. Ideal for at-home inventors and artists who are looking to design and print any project they can dream up or even build their own 3D printer.

Covering all of the essentials including materials, software, modelling, basic design, and finishing a project, Idiot's Guides: 3D Printing offers an excellent gateway in
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The Big Book of Makerspace Projects: Inspiring Makers to Experiment, Create, and Learn

Colleen Graves

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Start-to-finish, fun projects for makers of all types, ages, and skill levels!

This easy-to-follow guide features dozens of DIY, low-cost projects that will arm you with the skills necessary to dream up and build your own creations. The Big Book of Makerspace Projects: Inspiring Makers to Experiment, Create, and Learn offers practical tips for beginners and open-ended challenges for advanced makers
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FAB: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop–from Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication

Neil Gershenfeld

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What if you could someday put the manufacturing power of an automobile plant on your desktop? It may sound far-fetched-but then, thirty years ago, the notion of “personal computers” in every home sounded like science fiction. According to Neil Gershenfeld, the renowned MIT scientist and inventor, the next big thing is personal fabrication–the ability to design and produce your own products, in you
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Shaping the Future of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: A guide to building a better world

Klaus Schwab

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing everything - from the way we relate to each other, to the work we do, the way our economies work, and what it means to be human. We cannot let the brave new world that technology is currently creating simply emerge. All of us need to help shape the future we want to live in. But what do we need to know and do to achieve this?

In Shaping the Fourth Indus

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3D Printers: A Beginner's Guide

Oliver Bothmann

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Robot House: The New Wave in Architecture and Robotics

Peter Testa, Eric Owen Moss, Greg Lynn

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Robotics is the fastest-growing and most exciting area of development in architecture and architectural education for a generation, offering new paradigms for design and fabrication. Schools and practices around the world are installing machines, but few have the experience to appreciate the full design potential of their application.


Robot House features projects produced by the most advanced robo
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Fablab: Of Machines, Makers and Inventors

Julia Walter-Herrmann and Corinne Büching

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Ten years after the first FabLab (a so called fabrication laboratory) was opened at MIT, more than 120 FabLabs exist all over the world. Today, it is time to look back at a decade of FabLab activities. This book shows how small production devices, such as laser cutters and 3D printers, and dedicated educationists, researchers and FabLab practitioners transform the fields of learning, work, product
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3D Printing Handbook: From Basic to Advanced Tips and Tricks to help the new user.

Scott worthington

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In this Book I go over real world basic and advanced setup and use of 3D printers. Covering items I have learned for all my experience in printing in hopes to help you to avoid the same issues along the way.In this book I go over3D Printer Basics Building the Printer Setting the Printer UpTrouble Shooting Common IssuesAdvanced Tips and TricksAll based off the experiences from daily use of many dif
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3D Pen Projects for Beginners (Dabble Lab: Hands-On Projects for Beginners)

Tammy Enz

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Drawing and sculpture merge in this hands-on introduction to drawing with 3D pens. Step-by-step instructions will help you get sketching and structuring. You'll be 3D doodling in your makerspace in no time. Plus, readers can watch video tutorials and access bonus content through the free Capstone 4D augmented reality app.
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Getting Started with CNC: Personal Digital Fabrication with Shapeoko and Other Computer-Controlled Routers

Edward Ford

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Getting Started with CNC is the definitive introduction to working with affordable desktop and benchtop CNCs, written by the creator of the popular open hardware CNC, the Shapeoko. Accessible 3D printing introduced the masses to computer-controlled additive fabrication. But the flip side of that is subtractive fabrication: instead of adding material to create a shape like a 3D printer does, a CNC
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The New Mathematics of Architecture

Jane Burry, Mark Burry

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Ever since building began, architecture has relied on mathematics to achieve visual harmony, structural integrity, and logical construction. For most of the history of building, architects have applied the principles of Euclidean geometry, the description of points, lines, and volumes according to the three axes of space.


Recently, however, digital design tools and massive computer processing power
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Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your 3D Printer

Charles Bell

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Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your 3D Printer by Charles Bell is your guide to keeping your 3D printer running through preventive maintenance, repair, and diagnosing and solving problems in 3D printing. If you've bought or built a 3D printer such as a MakerBot only to be confounded by jagged edges, corner lift, top layers that aren't solid, or any of a myriad of other problems that plague 3D pri
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20 Makey Makey Projects for the Evil Genius

Aaron Graves

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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.




20 fun and inventive Makey Makey projects for Makers from beginner to expert

This hands-on guide is filled with DIY projects that show readers, step-by-step, how to start creating and making cool inventions with
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3D Printing for Development in the Global South: The 3D4D Challenge

T. Birtchnell, William Hoyle

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Will 3D printers become as commonplace as mobile phones in the megacities or the backwaters of the Global South? Thomas Birtchnell and William Hoyle assess the development potential of this new technique for producing three-dimensional objects, which resembles the way a paper printer produces pages of text. Will 3D printing for development become a key strategy for community action against endurin
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Design for Cnc: Practical Joinery Techniques, Projects, and Tips for Cnc-Routed Furniture

Gary Rohrbacher

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Design, DIY, and computer-controlled fabrication are a powerful combination for making high-quality customized things. Written by the founders of the architecture, design, and research firm Filson and Rohrbacher, this book takes you through the basics of CNC fabrication, the design process, production, and construction of your own furniture designs. Through their AtFAB series of projects, accompan
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The Invent To Learn Guide to 3D Printing in the Classroom: Recipes for Success

David Thornburg Ph.D., Norma Thornburg MA, et al.

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"3D printing will be bigger than the Web." Chris Anderson, former editor-in-chief of Wired magazine This book is an essential guide for educators interested in bringing the amazing world of 3D printing to their classrooms. Learn about the technology, exciting powerful new design software, and even advice for purchasing your first 3D printer. The real power of the book comes from a variety of teach