Record breakers!
2018
Book
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.Subjects:
- Animals -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
- Curiosities and wonders -- Juvenile literature.
- Earth (Planet) -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
- Outer space -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
- Science -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
- Sports -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
- World records -- Juvenile literature.
- World records -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
Genre: Trivia and miscellanea.
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