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Wild Animals
there are 100 illustrated topic panels on wild animals and each panel contains 10 key facts. Facts like these: The tiger cowrite shellfish has a nasty way of repelling enemies. It should out a jet of sulphuric acid into the eyes of its attacker. The biggest single meal known to be eaten by a snake was an entire 60 kg impala. Prairie dogs are so sociable they live in underground 'towns' …
- Edition
- Cet. 1, 2000
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1902947327
- Collation
- 66 p.: Ilus.; 30 cm
- Series Title
- 1000 Thinga You Shoul Know About
- Call Number
- 591.5 FAR w
Space
There are 100 illustrated topic panels on space and each panel contains 10 key facts. Facts like these:rn* A tablespoon of neutron star would weigh about 10 billion tonnes.rn* Telescope dishes have to be made accurate to within 2 billionths of a millimetre.rn* You can see about 2.000 stars with the naked eye.rnNow discover the other 997 facts in 1000 Things You Should Know About Space.
- Edition
- Cet. 1, 2000
- ISBN/ISSN
- 2947312
- Collation
- 66 p.: Ilus.; 29 cm
- Series Title
- 1000 Things You Should Know About
- Call Number
- R 523 FAR s
Human Body
These are 100 illustrated topic panels on the human body and each panel contains 10 key facts. Fact like these:rn* Your nose can distinguish between over 3000 different chemicals.rn* Bones are so strong they can be squeezed twice as hard as granite and streched four times as much as aconcrete.rn* 1.3 litres of blood is filtered by the kidney a minute.rnNow discover the other 997 facts in 1000 T…
- Edition
- Cet. 1, 2000
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1902947303
- Collation
- 62 p.: Ilus.; 30 cm
- Series Title
- 1000 Things You Should Know About
- Call Number
- R 612 FAR h
Science
there are 100 illustrated topic panels on science and each panel contains 10 key facts. Facts like these:rn* The internet began in the 1960s when the US Army developed a network called ARPAnet to link computers.rn* One kilogram of deuterium (a kind of hydrogen) can give the same amount of energy as three million kilograms of coal.rnNow discover the other 998 facts in 1000 Things You Should Know…
- Edition
- Cet. 1, 2000
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1902947266
- Collation
- 66 p.: Ilus.; 30 cm
- Series Title
- 1000 Things You Should Know About
- Call Number
- R 500 FAR s
Planet Earth
there are 100 illustrated topic panels on planet Earth and each panel contains 10 key facts. Facts like these: rn* Continents move as fast as toenails grow - and the whole of the USA is moving over 2cm furhter from London every year. rn* The global network of seismographs records an earthquake measuring over 7 on the Richer scale once a fortnightrn* At any moment there are 2,000 thunderstorms …
- Edition
- Cet. 1, 2000
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1902947334
- Collation
- 62 p.: Ilus.; 30 cm
- Series Title
- 1000 Things You Should Know About
- Call Number
- R 525 FAR p
Plants
There are 100 illustrated topic panels on plants and each panel contains 10 key facts. Facts like these:rn* Every year the world uses three billion cubic metres of wood - a pile asa big asa a football stadium and as high as Mt. Everest.rn* Legend says Ethiopian goatherds discovered coffee when they saw their goats staying awake all night after eating the berries of the coffee plant.rn* The jui…
- Edition
- Cet. 1, 2000
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1902947747
- Collation
- 62 p.: Ilus.; 30 cm
- Series Title
- 1000 Things You Should Know About
- Call Number
- R 580 FAR p
Modern History
there are 100 illustrated topic panels on modern history and each panel contains 10 key facts. Facts like these:rn* When gold was discovered in Australia 1851, fourtune seekers helped to triple the country's population in just nine years.rn* Im 1837, 18 year-old Victoria became queen and reigned for 63 years- the longest reign in British history.rn* In the 1980s the JApanese government was roc…
- Edition
- Cet. 1, 2001
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1902947983
- Collation
- 66 p.: Ilus.; 30 cm
- Series Title
- 1000 Things You Should Know About
- Call Number
- R 909 FAR m
Geography
There are 100 illustrated topic panels on geography and each panel contains 10 key facts. Facts like these:rn* South Africa produces more diamonds than all the rest of the world put togetherrn* The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest structure made by living things.rn* The American Great Lakes hold a fifth of the world's fresh water. rnNow discover the other 997 facts in 1000 Things You S…
- Edition
- Cet. 1, 2001
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1902947730
- Collation
- 64 p.: Ilus.; 30 cm
- Series Title
- 1000 Things You Should Know About
- Call Number
- R 910 FAR g
Buildings & Transport
There are 100 illustrated topic panels on Buildings and Transport and each panel contains 10 key facts. Facts like these:rn* The Maclaren F1 can accelerate from 0 - 160 kmh in less time than it takes to read this sentencern* Hard tack was hard biscuits that kept for years - but often became infrested with maggots.rnNow discover the other 998 facts in 1000 Things You Should Know About Buildings …
- Edition
- Cet. 1, 2001
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1902947274
- Collation
- 66 p.: Ilus.; 30 cm
- Series Title
- 1000 Things You Should Know About
- Call Number
- R 690 FAR b
Ancient History
There 100 illustrated topic panels on Ancient History and each panel contains 10 key facts. Facts like these:rn* The Emperor Trajan went to a gladiator contest that lasted 117 days and involved 10.000 gladiators. rn* Catching a bull by the horns and leaping over it ( leaping) was an important Minoan religious rite.rn* Legend has it that Cleopatra had herself delivered to Caesar in a carpet. Wha…
- Edition
- Cet. 1, 2001
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1902947778
- Collation
- 64 p.: ilus.; 30 cm
- Series Title
- 1000 Things You Should Know About
- Call Number
- R 930 FAR a
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