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Really good explanation of this topic.
For a visual description of the above mentioned method to ensure the blockchain can't be manipulated, this page can help: http://blockchain.mit.edu/blockchain/
Upon manipulating a block, the hash changes and thus all the blockchain entries after the manipulated block is different

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