321 Seriously Smart Things You Need To Know: Text by Mathilda Masters - Illustrations by Louize Perdieus - Softcover

Masters, Mathilda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500296022 ISBN 13: 9780500296028

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2021

Synopsis

321 surprising facts about flora and fauna, language, famous people, planet earth and much more

About this title

About the Author

Mathilda Masters is a writer and explorer. She is the author of numerous books. Louize Perdieus studied graphic and illustration design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.

From the Back Cover

321 surprising facts about flora and fauna, language, famous people, our planet earth and much more.

Did you know that:
A giraffe can lick its own ears clean?
You can weigh your head by putting it in a bucket of water?
Astronauts urinate into a vacuum cleaner?

What the encyclopaedia was to the 20th century, this book is to the 21st. Twelve elegantly designed chapters brim with 321 fascinating - and often surprising - facts, enabling people to dazzle their friends and family with their encyclopaedic knowledge of sports, science, plants and insects, famous people and space. The facts are all grouped together by topic, so readers can dip in and pick and choose the topics that they find most interesting. This well-structured collection of smart things you need to know will be fun for all the family.

Table of contents: 1. Animals galore 2. The Incredible Human Body 3. Sport is Good for You (most of the time) 4. (In)famous Faces 5. A Journey through History 6. Our Beautiful Planet 7. All Around the World 8. The Wonderful World of Science 9. Words and Language 10. Adventures in Botany 11. Food, Glorious Food 12. To Infinity and Beyond

Edition details

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500296022
• ISBN 13: 9780500296028
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Perdieus Louize
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288