Amazing Achievements (Facts and Records)

by Matthew Turner (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $6.75

  This information-packed book provides many facts about human achievements, from the development of the alphabet to the latest space probes. It celebrates how we have shaped our world and highlights key discoveries and great human feats in three different levels: detailed, explanatory introductions and main text; interactive question and answer areas; and fact panels.;The colourful, easy-to-use structure helps the reader find their way quickly to the relevant section. Carefully organized into six chapters, each spread focuses in detail on a different topic, from communication and crucial inventions to engineering, sporting legends and great pioneers. Each section contains all the need-to-know facts, up-to-date statistics and frequently asked questions.