Record breakers!

Titre
Record breakers!

Sommaire
Record Breakers brings you the first, fastest, longest, largest, biggest, and best records in the world. Track the longest shark migration (20,000 km/12,400 miles); visit the coolest place on the planet (Vostok Station, Antarctica: a chilling -89.2℗ðC/-128.6℗ðF); see how plane pioneer Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier, and much more. The greatest human achievements are showcased, from pioneering inventors to modern feats of engineering, technology, transport, and sport. But there's far more than just people power in the book, there are also records about animals, plants, and our amazing natural world, Earth, and space.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2018

Description matérielle
192 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps, portraits (some colour) ; 28 cm.

Note générale
Includes index.

Table des matières
Planet earth -- People power -- Sporting prowess -- Feats of engineering -- Living world -- Out of this world.

Terme de vedette-matière
Animals -- Miscellanea.
 
Curiosities and wonders.
 
Science -- Miscellanea.
 
Sports -- Miscellanea.
 
World records.
 
World records -- Miscellanea.

Terme géographique
Earth (Planet) -- Miscellanea.
 
Outer space -- Miscellanea.

Résumé
Record Breakers brings you the first, fastest, longest, largest, biggest, and best records in the world. Track the longest shark migration (20,000 km/12,400 miles); visit the coolest place on the planet (Vostok Station, Antarctica: a chilling -89.2℗ðC/-128.6℗ðF); see how plane pioneer Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier, and much more. The greatest human achievements are showcased, from pioneering inventors to modern feats of engineering, technology, transport, and sport. But there's far more than just people power in the book, there are also records about animals, plants, and our amazing natural world, Earth, and space.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9781465474384

Informations de publication
New York : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2018.
 
©2018


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
A. Blair McPherson031.02 RECBook31458100038150Non-Fiction