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Record breakers!
2018

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Record Breakers brings you the first, fastest, longest, largest, biggest, and best records in the world. Track the longest shark migration (20,000 km/12,400 miles); visit the coolest place on the planet (Vostok Station, Antarctica: a chilling -89.2°C/-128.6°F); see how plane pioneer Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier, and much more. The greatest human achievements are showcased, from pioneering inventors to modern feats of engineering, technology, transport, and sport. But there's far more than just people power in the book, there are also records about animals, plants, and our amazing natural world, Earth, and space.

Item Details

ISBN:

  • 9781465474384
  • 1465474382

Edition: First American edition.

Description: 192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Other Title: Record breakers! : more than 500 fantastic feats : fastest, biggest, strongest

Notes:

  • Includes index.
  • Amazing facts about people, animals, Earth, and space pack this fantastic kids' book of world records

Contents:

  • Planet earth
  • People power
  • Sporting prowess
  • Feats of engineering
  • Living world
  • Out of this world.

Control Number: 2592509

Publisher: New York : DK Publishing, 2018.
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