Bibliograph

If..., a mind-bending new way of looking at big ideas and numbers, written by David J. Smith ; illustrated by Steve Adams

Type

Label

If..., a mind-bending new way of looking at big ideas and numbers, written by David J. Smith ; illustrated by Steve Adams

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

If...

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

864394778

Responsibility statement

written by David J. Smith ; illustrated by Steve Adams

Sub title

a mind-bending new way of looking at big ideas and numbers

Summary

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)

Table Of 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

Target audience

juvenile

Classification