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The Big Countdown Paul Rockett

The Big Countdown By Paul Rockett

The Big Countdown by Paul Rockett

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Count down your world with an amazing mix of numbers, facts and stats; from the biggest to the smallest

The Big Countdown Summary

The Big Countdown: The Universe in Numbers by Paul Rockett

You can count the number of legs on a spider, but can you count the number of stars in the Universe? Or the number of breaths we take each day? The Big Countdown explores the world through numbers, looking at rainforests, outer space, the animal kingdom the human body and much more.

This book counts you down from 70 sextillion to 0.01, bringing facts and figures to life with illustrations, fun infographics and photographs.

The Big Countdown Reviews

This is definitely a book to dip into and marvel over - a great one for number crunchers! It explores the world through numbers, huge and tiny,from 70 sextillion to 0.01. On the way it looks at numbers all around the universe - rainforests, outer space, oceans, the animal kingdom, nature, the human body and much more. It could be dry and boring but far from it - it brings facts and figures to life with illustrations, fun infographics and photographs, increasing our appreciation for the wonders of our world. It's a fascinating way to back up studies of specific subjects, such as science, history, geography and more. An excellent glossary and index complete the book. * Parents In Touch *

About Paul Rockett

Since landing on planet Earth, Paul Rockett has spent much of his time reading up on the adventures of human life, while also experiencing a few of his own. In his quest to find out more about his chosen home planet, Paul has travelled, doodled, eaten a lot of food, plundered dusty libraries and gazed out of windows. Having gathered together a vast amount of fascinating data, it is now his mission to present as much as he can in interesting ways, so that any passing Martian can see how brilliant life is on Earth.

Table of Contents

  • 1: There are 70 thousand, million, million, million stars in space
  • 1: There are about 200 tredecillion atoms in the Earths atmosphere
  • 1: There are 100 trillion bacteria living in the human body
  • 1: Seven quintillion, five hundred quadrillion grains of sand are on planet Earth
  • 1: Hurricanes can release nine trillion litres of rain a day
  • 1: Our Solar System is 11 billion km wide
  • 1: Over seven billion people live on planet Earth
  • 1: There are signs of life from 1,000,000,000 years ago
  • 1: 500 million people watched the first moon landing
  • 1: 30 million different insects live in the rainforest
  • 1: 15 million C at the centre of the Sun
  • 1: There are 1,305,250 known invertebrates in the world
  • 1: 700 thousand tribal people live in Brazil
  • 1: There are 321,212 species of plant
  • 1: Blondes have 146,000 strands of hair on their head
  • 1: 64,242 plants estimated at risk of extinction
  • 1: The largest vertebrate is 33,000 mm long
  • 1: 23,483 football pitches of rainforest are destroyed each day
  • 1: We take 20 thousand breaths a day
  • 1: It is 11,030 m down to the deepest part of the ocean
  • 1: There are 10,820 endangered species in the animal kingdom
  • 1: Darwin had 10,000 barnacles in his home
  • 1: The longest river measures 6,650 km
  • 1: There are 3,000 edible fruits
  • 1: All of Earths oxygen is renewed by plants every two thousand years
  • 1: 1642, the year of Galileo Galileis death
  • 1: 1,600 giant pandas live in the forests of China
  • 1: There are 1,510 active volcanoes in the world
  • 1: A pomegranate can have as many as 1,370 seeds
  • 1: Ladybirds migrate over a distance of 321 km
  • 1: There are more than 300 types of honey
  • 1: There are 206 bones in the human body
  • 1: The tallest tree is 115.54 m high
  • 1: The cheetah can travel up to 112 km per hour
  • 1: 100 species of moss grow in the Antarctic
  • 1: 8085 cocoa beans are used in an average chocolate bar
  • 1: Wait 7576 years for an appearance of Halleys Comet
  • 1: The anteaters tongue is 60 cm long
  • 1: There are one trillion, 300 billion skin cells on the human body
  • 1: 28% of the worlds oxygen comes from rainforests
  • 1: There are 27 moons of Uranus
  • 1: It takes 24 hours for Earth to rotate
  • 1: There are 16 tectonic plates
  • 1: A poison dart frog has a 15-year lifespan
  • 1: It takes 14 trees to make one tonne of magazine paper
  • 1: The pink flamingo has 12 black feathers
  • 1: It takes nine months for a baby to grow in the uterus
  • 1: There are five zones on Mount Kilimanjaro
  • 1: There are four layers of the rainforest
  • 1: The queen of the night blooms for one night every year
  • 1: The smallest animal is 0.01 mm long
  • 1: Further information and large numbers
  • 1: Glossary
  • 1: Index

Additional information

NGR9781445158211
9781445158211
1445158213
The Big Countdown: The Universe in Numbers by Paul Rockett
Paul Rockett
New
Hardback
Hachette Children's Group
2019-02-14
112
N/A
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