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Using more than 6,000 color photos and illustrations, this dictionary analyzes all aspects of the natural world and human achievement in stunning visual realism. Cutaways and exploded views provide an illuminating new perspective on everything from the inside of a volcano to the inner workings of a car.Tags
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From amoebas to sailing ships, from horses to Pluto, this book helps you see what things look like and defines terms in useful ways.
Good—but the subject matter is necessarily limited.
Beautiful
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Series
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1994
- Important places
- Galileo spacecraft; International Space Station; St Fagans Museum, Wales (House of the Future); Osaka, Japan (Kansai International Airport); Alexandria, Egypt; Normandy, France (Pont de Normandie) (show all 21); Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain (Guggenheim Museum Bilbao); Milky Way Galaxy; Solar System; Sun; Mercury; Venus; Earth (incl. atmosphere and crust); The Moon; Mars; Jupiter; Saturn; Uranus; Neptune; Pluto; churches
- Important events
- El Niño; La Niña
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- Members
- 1,299
- Popularity
- 18,526
- Reviews
- 6
- Rating
- (4.18)
- Languages
- Chinese, English, German
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 22
- UPCs
- 8
- ASINs
- 6
