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Author Smith, David J. (David Julian), 1944- author.

Title If... : a mind-bending new way of looking at big ideas and numbers / written by David J. Smith ; illustrated by Steve Adams.

Publication Info. Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, [2014]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1612785~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Juvenile Nonfiction  J 500 SMI    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Juvenile Nonfiction  J 500 SMI    AVAILABLE
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Description 40 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 40).
Summary Author has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one hundred coins), to size differences (the planets shown as different types of balls).
Contents If... -- Our galaxy -- The planets -- History of Earth -- Life on Earth -- Events of the last 3000 years -- Inventions through time -- Inventions of the last 1000 years -- The continents -- Water -- Species of living things -- Money -- Energy -- Life expectancy -- Population -- Food -- Your life -- A note for parents and teachers.
Subject Astronomy -- Juvenile literature.
World history -- Juvenile literature.
Population -- Juvenile literature.
Natural resources -- Juvenile literature.
Natural history -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Adams, Steve, 1967- illustrator.
ISBN 9781894786348 (bound)
1894786343 (bound)
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