This far-reaching reference is designed with many entry points and a visually engaging format to satisfy the curious browser, the student researcher, and the earnest knowledge seeker alike. A multifaceted reference book for the 21st century, "The Answer Book" will fascinate with up-to-date, authoritative, and endlessly interesting information about the world today. From earth sciences to astronomy, from climate and habitats to human arts and cultures, from ancient history to cutting-edge technology, and including brief descriptions, flags, and statistics of all the countries of the world, it delivers exactly the kind of quick-dip information that modern readers crave. Maps, charts, diagrams, graphs, photographs, illustrations - some 600 pictures in total - combine with hundreds of fast facts and short pieces on the people, places, wildlife, weather, history, and current events that matter in our world today. "National Geographic Answer Book" is a vital reference for school, an handy resource for the office, and a fabulous browsing companion at home.
| ISBN | 1426208928 | | Pages | 448 | | ISBN13 | 9781426208928
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 1152 | | Publisher | National Geographic Society | | Published in | Hanover, PA | | Imprint | National Geographic Society | | Height (mm) | 248 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 194 | | Publication date | 01 Oct 2011 | | Spine width (mm) | 31 | | DEWEY | 032.02 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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