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Smith, David J. (David Julian), 1944- author.
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Measurement -- Juvenile literature.
Size judgment -- Juvenile literature.
Size perception -- Juvenile literature.
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If... : a mind-bendi...
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If... : a mind-bending new way of looking at big ideas and numbers / written by David J. Smith ; illustrated by Steve Adams.
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Smith, David J. (David Julian), 1944- author.
Toronto, ON ; Tonawanda, NY : Kids Can Press, c2014.
Subjects
Measurement -- Juvenile literature.
Size judgment -- Juvenile literature.
Size perception -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781894786348
1894786343
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40 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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.
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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).
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J -- Juvenile Nonfiction
530.8 Smith
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J -- Juvenile Nonfiction
530.8 Sm
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