| Description |
47 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Series |
What's the big idea? |
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What's the big idea?
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Giant squid: Lengthy leggy leviathan -- Olympus mons: Biggest volcano in the solar system -- Reticulated python: Longest snake -- Quetzalcoatlus: Biggest animal that ever flew -- Great pyramid at Giza: Wonder of the ancient world -- Goliath bird-eating spider: Biggest, creepiest arachnid -- Tsunami: Highest wave -- Polar bear: Biggest living carnivore -- Dragonfly of the carboniferous: Biggest flying insect -- Ice age glacier: Gigantic ice sheet -- Airship: Biggest flying machine -- Dinosaur-killing asteriod: Giant rock from outer space -- Egg of the elephant bird: Largest egg in history -- Redwood: Tallest living thing -- Akula (shark) submarine: Biggest diving machine -- Giraffe: Tallest living animal -- Arecibo radio telescope: Biggest dish -- Diamond: Too big for your finger -- Valles Marineris: Biggest crack in the solar system -- Flower: Biggest, weirdest flower -- Eta Carinae: Enormous star -- Googol: Extremely gigantic humongous insanely large number. |
| Summary |
Interesting facts about some of the world's biggest things. |
| Subject |
Size perception -- Juvenile literature.
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Size judgment -- Juvenile literature.
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| ISBN |
9780439918084 |
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0439918081 |
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