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LEADER: 02444cam 2200589 a 4500
001 ocm51439132
003 OCoLC
005 20210421045609.0
008 031208s2003 enka j 001 0 eng
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082 04 $a500$221
100 1 $aGribbin, Mary.
245 10 $aBig numbers /$cMary and John Gribbin ; illustrated by Ralph Edney and Nicholas Halliday.
260 $aCambridge :$bWizard,$c2003.
300 $a189 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aLooks at the comparative scale of phenomena in our world, from the vast to the infinitesimal, covering maths, physics, chemistry, biology and technology. Topics range from zero to infinity in maths and time; from subatomic particles to galaxies; from the speed and size of the Big Bang to the size and age of the universe; from the speed of light to the power of gravity; from the size of a White Dwarf to that of a Black Hole; from a strand of DNA to the evolution of life on Earth; and, from the Hubble telescope to nanotechnology. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
650 0 $aMathematics$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aScience$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aTechnology$vJuvenile literature.
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655 7 $aJuvenile works.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411637
700 1 $aGribbin, John R.
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