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How the World Works

Know It All, From How the Sun Shines to How the Pyramids Were Built
By Clive Gifford
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How the World Works by award-winning author Clive Gifford is an essential guide for children curious about the natural world and modern science. It explores Earth's formation, the evolution and adaptation of plants and animals, ancient human technology, and cutting-edge scientific and eco-friendly innovations. Covering topics from space and wildlife to dinosaurs and volcanoes, this book answers a wide range of 'How?' and 'Why?' questions.
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Perfect for children with a passion for learning about science, nature, and technology, this book is ideal for curious young minds seeking clear and engaging explanations of the world around them.

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Explore the wonders of everything you see around you and discover just how the world works.

Explore the wonders of everything you see around you and discover just how the world works.

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This essential title from award-winning author Clive Gifford provides children with all the information they need to know how the world works! We are surrounded by amazing things in the natural world, and we live in an age of exciting advances in science, engineering and technology. But do we really understand how and why things happen the way they do? This book explains all! - Witness the formation of Earth and the evolution of living things - See how animals and plants have adapted to live in every corner of the planet - Learn how ancient people lived and created their technology - Discover today's incredible scientific and eco-friendly advances Covering a range of children's favourite subjects, including space, nature, wildlife, dinosaurs, volcanoes, technology and much more, How the World Works is guaranteed to provide the answers to a world of tricky How? and Why? questions!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780753449165

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 November 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Kingfisher Books Ltd

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 275.0mm

Weight: 666g

Pages: 160

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Children's Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Clive Gifford

About the Author

Clive Gifford is an award-winning author of over 180 books for children and adults including This Is Not A Science Book (Ivy Press), The Race To Space (QED) and Eye Benders: The Science of Seeing - winner of the prestigious Royal Society Young People's Book Prize. Clive's The Colours of History (QED) won the Blue Peter Best Book With Facts in 2019.

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