If
A Mind-bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers
Toronto, ON ; Tonawanda, NY : Kids Can Press, [2014]
Format: Book
Description: 40 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Author has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one hundred coins), to size differences (the planets shown as different types of balls).
Contents:
If ... -- Our galaxy -- The planets -- History of Earth -- Life on Earth -- Events of the last 3000 years -- Inventions through time -- Inventions of the last 1000 years -- The continents -- Water -- Species of living things -- Money -- Energy -- Life expectancy -- Population -- Food -- Your life -- A note for parents and teachers.
Subjects:
Astronomy -- Juvenile literature.
World history -- Juvenile literature.
Population -- Juvenile literature.
Natural resources -- Juvenile literature.
Nature stories.
Astronomy -- Juvenile literature.
World history -- Juvenile literature.
Population -- Juvenile literature.
Natural resources -- Juvenile literature.
Nature stories.
ISBN:
9781894786348
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C MATH Smi | Edgewood | Children's NonFiction | In |
C MATH Smi | North Main | Children's NonFiction | In |
C MATH Smi | North Main | Children's NonFiction | Out (Due: 5/16/2024) |
C MATH Smi | Northeast Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
C MATH Smi | Sandhills Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
C MATH Smi | St. Andrews Indoors | Children's NonFiction | Out (Due: 5/22/2024) |
C MATH Smi | Southeast | Children's NonFiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (page 40).