The Big Countdown: 1.5 Billion Transport Vehicles on the World's Roads

Discover the numbers behind cars, planes, trains and rockets - from the teeny tiny to the mindbogglingly massive Do you know how fast a space rocket blasts through the sky? Or how deep under the sea submarines have ventured? How about the number of electric cars on the road? Or the top speed of NASA's crawler transporter (hint - it's not very fast!) Discover the answers to all these questions and much more in The Big Countdown: Transport. Helping readers to visualise and understand numbers, The Big Countdown series looks at popular topics and investigates the great many numbers that make them fascinating. From the mind-bogglingly large to the smallest and most precious, this series helps us understand that it's not just our days that are numbered. Ideal reading for number-crunchers aged 9 and up.

Product details

• Authors: Ben Hubbard
• Publisher: Franklin Watts
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781445160863
• ISBN: 978-1-4451-6086-3
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 264 mm x 6 mm
• Series: The Big Countdown
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Transportation / General, Transport (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 9 years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England and Wales), For primary education, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Places / General