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Informationen zum Autor Christopher Lloyd read history at Cambridge! getting a double first! before becoming Technology correspondent for The Sunday Times. Since leaving journalism he has run a number of internet and educational publishing businesses. He now divides his time between writing books! journalism! and lecturing mostly in schools! museums and literary festivals. His books include the hugely popular What on Earth Happened? and What on Earth Evolved? Chris lives in Tonbridge! Kent in the UK. Klappentext The What on Earth? Wallbook of Natural History Pocket Edition tells the complete story of natural history! from the formation of the Earth to the latest breakthroughs in evolutionary science. On one side the 4.5 billion year pocket-sized timeline presents a unique illustrated guide to the past! cleverly linking subjects together from asteroids to algae. Streams of colour represent key themes! including the land! sea and sky! and provide a backdrop to all the major events of natural history. On the reverse side is a fantastic 100-question multiple choice quiz - the answers to which can all be found somewhere on the timeline. Readers will learn all about the people behind the science and the key moments in the understanding of natural history from Aristotle to the present day. The What on Earth? Wallbook of Natural History Mini Edition is about the size of an A5 postcard but tells the complete story of life on Earth. It contains a 4.5 billion year fold-out timeline which is crammed with over 1,000 illustrations and bite-size facts. There is a 100-question multiple choice quiz on the back and a special magnifier inside.
