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. 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, and 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?
- The Northern Lights
- How animals learned to fly
- Dinosaurs in the air
- Birds and bats
- The history of flight
- Speech and language
- Music and instruments
- Weather and climate
Water:
- The origins of water
- Rivers and oceans
- The water cycle
- The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- Canals, bridges and dams
- Exploring the seas
- The age of exploration
- Tsunamis and waterfalls
ISBN: 9781787012776
Edition: 1st
Publication Date: November 2017
Writers:
Brake, Mark
Kearney, Brendan
Age range: 9-12
256 pages | Dimensions: 230mm width × 305mm height
