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Title:
If ... : a mind-bending new way of looking at big ideas and numbers
Author:
Smith, David J. (David Julian), 1944- , author.
Publication Information:
Toronto, ON ; Tonawanda, NY : Kids Can Press, [2014]

©2014
Physical Description:
40 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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).
General Note:
Chiefly illustrations.
Language:
English
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.
Reading Level:
Elementary Grade.

1250 Lexile.

NC 1250 Lexile.
Added Author:
ISBN:
9781894786348
Format :
Book