The What on Earth? Wallbook of Big History: A Timeline from the Big Bang to the Present Day - Rilegato

Christopher Lloyd

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ISBN 10: 0956593607 ISBN 13: 9780956593603

Casa editrice: What on Earth Publishing Ltd, 2010

Riassunto

Explore the world from the beginning of time until the present, in this amazing, over-sized timeline book that brings history to life! The timeline is uniquely broken out into 12 sections, including by subject areas (such as sea, land) and continents, as well as by date, with over 1,000 pictures and captions. From the rise of the dinosaur to the creation of the smart phone, the nearly 2-metre timeline allows you to compare events across the world at any given moment in time. An easy-to-read chronicle, written in the form of newspaper articles, highlights key moments from history, such as the rise and fall of Rome and the invention of the steam engine. Other features include a page of letters to the editor, a fifty-question quiz, and a pocket magnifier to make it easier to explore all the timeline's details. Perfect for 6-14 year olds, and history buffs of any age!

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Fascinating read - Fantastic! - Matthew Wright from The Wright Stuff (Channel 5) --Channel 5 The Wright Stuff

Truly impressive...an epic undertaking in terms of layout, typography, design and sheer scale of ambition.. --Christopher Middleton, The Daily Telegraph --The Daily Telegraph

History let out of its box. It simply sings to info-philes and visual learners alike...incredible... a wonderful gift for your family, friends, local school or library, and a must for home educators. In my view, this is education as it should be. --Lucy Pearce, Juno Magazine --Juno Magazine

Truly impressive...an epic undertaking in terms of layout, typography, design and sheer scale of ambition.. --Christopher Middleton, The Daily Telegraph --The Daily Telegraph

History let out of its box. It simply sings to info-philes and visual learners alike...incredible... a wonderful gift for your family, friends, local school or library, and a must for home educators. In my view, this is education as it should be. --Lucy Pearce, Juno Magazine --Juno Magazine

L'autore:

Christopher Lloyd was born in Dorking, England, in 1968. He became a scholar of History at Peterhouse Cambridge and was awarded a double first class honours degree. He then joined The Sunday Times as Technology and Innovation Editor in 1990. In 1996 he launched the first Internet Editions of The Times and The Sunday Times before becoming editorial director of LineOne, an online service jointed owned by News International and BT. In January 2000, Chris left journalism to become CEO of Oxford-based educational publishing company Immersive Education. Then, in 2005, he and his wife began home educating their two children. In 2006 the whole family went on a four-month Grand Tour of Europe in a campervan. It was during this trip that Chris decided to become an author and came up with the idea of a holistic world history that would reconnect natural and human history into a single illustrated narrative. What on Earth Happened? The Complete Story of Planet, Life and People form The Big Bang to the Present Day was published by Bloomsbury in 2008. It has since been translated into 15 languages worldwide. A sequel called What on Earth Evolved? 100 Species that Changed the World (also published by Bloomsbury) traces the story of life on Earth from its origins to the present day. In February 2010 Chris launched his own publishing company - What on Earth Publishing Ltd - a collaboration between Chris and Beckenham-based illustrator Andy Forshaw. The company's first product, The What on Earth? Wallbook, was published in October 2010. It is an innovative and detailed illustrated history of the world from the beginning of time to the present day displayed on a 2.3 metre-long timeline that can be read like a book or hung on a wall. There are now five Wallbooks in the series, the latest being the What on Earth? Wallbook of Shakespeare. Chris is the great nephew of the English gardening guru Christopher Lloyd of Great Dixter. Chris lectures extensively all over the UK and abroad in schools, museums and literary festivals. He can be contacted at chris@whatonearthbooks.com

Su questa edizione

• Editore: What on Earth Publishing Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0956593607
• ISBN 13: 9780956593603
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 16
• Disegnatore: Andy Forshaw