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Synopsis

Plants - Geography - Buildings & Transport - Science

This sequel to 4000 Things You Should Know is an amazing storehouse of memorable facts. There are 400 subject panels each containing an illustration and 10 key facts, star facts and news flashes. There are no long passages of text - just facts like these:

- When astronauts went to the Moon, their clock lost a few seconds. The clock was not faulty, but time actually ran slower in the speeding spacecraft.

- In 1906 an American steam-driven car, the Stanley Steamer, broke the land speed record at over 205km/h.

- The 'Eternal God' redwood tree in Prairie Creek, California, is 12,000 years old.

- Japan has the world's largest fishing industry with 400,000 vessels catching 12 million tonnes of fish a year.

Now immerse yourself in the other 3996 brilliant facts in 4000 More Things you Should Know.

About the Author

John Farndon is the author of many successful books for children. He has written on subjects such as geography and natural history, but specializes in science and has twice been shortlisted for the Copus Science Book Prize. John currently lives in London.