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L000002959 |
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DE-000-10119 |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20171025113857.0 |
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
1894786343 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780750293846 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Smith, David J. |
9 (RLIN) |
4017 |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
If... a mind-bending new way of looking at big ideas and numbers / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. |
David J. Smith ; illustrated by Steve Adams. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Kids Can Press, Toronto. |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2014 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
40 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc. |
Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way. So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith 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). Accompanying each description is a kid-friendly drawing by illustrator Steve Adams that visually reinforces the concept |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Natural history |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)1034268 |
Source of heading or term |
fast |
9 (RLIN) |
4018 |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Natural resources |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)1034403 |
Source of heading or term |
fast |
9 (RLIN) |
4019 |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Population |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)1071476 |
Source of heading or term |
fast |
9 (RLIN) |
4020 |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
World history |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)1181345 |
Source of heading or term |
fast |
9 (RLIN) |
4021 |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Astronomy |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)819673 |
Source of heading or term |
fast |
9 (RLIN) |
4022 |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Picture books for children |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)1063717 |
Source of heading or term |
fast |
9 (RLIN) |
724 |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Space and time |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)1127622 |
Source of heading or term |
fast |
9 (RLIN) |
4023 |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Space |
Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)1765196 |
Source of heading or term |
fast |
9 (RLIN) |
4024 |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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Koha item type |
Books |