Overview
Planet Earth. Four elements. One incredible story. Lonely Planet Kids' The Big Earth Book takes children on a rollercoaster ride through history, geography, science and more to show how four elements - earth, fire, air and water - created the world and everything that exists today in. Amazing facts, photography, and illustrations bring our planet and its past to life in an exciting, engaging way.
Written by Mark Brake, a science writer and broadcaster who's worked for NASA, the BBC, and the National Science Museum of Thailand. Created in consultation with Dr Mike Goldsmith, a research scientist and writer with a PhD in astrophysics from Keele University in the UK.
Highlights include:
Earth:
- How the Earth was formed
- The structure of the Earth
- Plate tectonics and rocks
- Earthquakes and volcanoes
- Humans in the stone age
- Hunter-gatherers and farming
- Fossils and digging for treasure
- DNA: the code of life
Fire:
- Ingredients for fire
- Fire and humans
- The history of fire
- The dangers of wildfire
- The Great Fire of London
- Gunpowder and fireworks
- The combustion engine
- Carbon and global warming
Air:
- What's air made of?
- Th(more...)
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