Infographic guide to life, the universe and everything
Eaton, Thomas2014
Book
100 stunning, ingenious and absorbing infographics reveal the secrets of life, the universe and everything! Discover unique, witty and surprising facts about all sorts of natural phenomena, from the secrets of the universe to the wonders of natural science and the impenetrable dimensions of quantum physics. Scientific facts are presented in a memorable, surprising and illuminating way. More than just a book of words, with graphs, Venn diagrams and charts, this book provides a unique overview of surprising and fantastic aspects of life, the universe and everything in 100 unique infographics. Discover: Driving You Crazy - The theory of a major city's traffic flow system explained Is the Earth in danger? The Torino Scale - Assesses the impact hazard associated with near-Earth objects, such as asteroids and comets Mass Extinction Events - Comparisons according to: When they happened, what caused them, which organisms were affected and what percentage of total species were killed off What is a Greenhouse gas? - What makes up the 'greenhouse house' and who's emitting the most - comparison by country and cause of emission Future Population Pyramid - How we are ageing via pyramids for each continent.
Main title:
Infographic guide to life, the universe and everything / Thomas Eaton.
Author:
Eaton, Thomas, author
Imprint:
London : Cassell Illustrated, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, 2014.London Cassell Illustrated, a division of Octopus Publishing Ggroup Ltd, 2014.
Collation:
160 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps ; 21 cm.
Contents:
Black Holes -- Modern Life Is Dangerous -- Grand Torino -- Where Did Everybody Go? -- Wave Hello -- World Wide Web -- Extreme Weather Watch -- A Mighty Wind -- The Sleep Of Success -- Pump It Up! -- What Are You A Man, Or A Mouse? -- Chemical Composition -- The Evolution Of Language -- The New Power Generation -- Worth More Dead Than Alive -- The Sun Has Got His Heat On -- The 47-Hour Day -- New Planet, New You -- Circles of Life -- Tiny Noisemakers -- Up, Up And Away -- High Anxiety -- Crosstown Traffic Crazy -- These Aren't The Planets You Are Looking For -- Megacities Of The Future -- Not Only In Kansas, Toto -- It's A Dog's Life Line -- Throwing Air Bricks In A Greenhouse -- Is It A Plane? Is It A Car? No, It's A Cow -- Shrimps Louder Than A Jet -- Are We There Yet? -- Burning Up In Your Kitchen -- Quaking In Our Beds -- Pandemic Vs War -- Some Brains Are Bigger Than Others -- The Carbon Footprint Diet -- Vacuum Packed World -- Pills For All Ills -- Make Words Or Wars? -- Extreme Taste Test -- How Low Can You Go? -- Six Degrees Of Separation: Stephen Hawking -- What's Out There -- Lost In The Bermuda Triangle -- Lost Tongues -- Know Your Oligarch -- All Creatures Great And Small -- Boldly Going -- Living Under A Volcano -- Light Up The World -- Elementary Nomenclature -- What Planet Are You On? -- Stamping Out Diseases -- May Your God Go With You -- Flatpack Forests -- Abacus To Twitter -- Climb Every Mountain -- The Weight Of Happiness -- Great Balls Of Fire -- Who Really Runs The World -- It'll Never Catch On -- Alt, Shift ... Delete? -- Going Off The Grid -- To Infinity ... And Beyond? -- Life, Death And Wealth -- Inside The Large Hadron Collider -- Snarling Up Traffic -- Happy Accidents -- Going Up And Down -- Qualified To Run A Country? -- World Of Dinosaurs -- Snails Or Chocolate? -- Everyone Who Ever Lived -- Voyager In My Pocket -- At The Edge Of The World -- The Air That Breathe -- Water, Water, Everywhere -- Gangster Universe -- Work, Rest Or Play -- Six Degrees Of Separation: Peter Higgs.
ISBN:
97818440378891844037886
Dewey class:
032.02
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
282816