Bibliograph

Magnitude, the scale of the universe, Kimberly Arcand and Megan Watzke ; illustrations by Katie Peek

Type

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Magnitude, the scale of the universe, Kimberly Arcand and Megan Watzke ; illustrations by Katie Peek

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Magnitude

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

975485684

Responsibility statement

Kimberly Arcand and Megan Watzke ; illustrations by Katie Peek

Sub title

the scale of the universe

Summary

"In Magnitude, Kimberly Arcand and Megan Watzke take us on an expansive journey to the limits of size, mass, distance, time, temperature in our universe, from the tiniest particle within the structure of an atom to the most massive galaxy in the universe; from the speed at which grass grows (about 2 to 6 inches a month) to the speed of light. Fully-illustrated with four-color drawings and infographics throughout and organized into sections including Size and Amount (Distance, Area, Volume, Mass, Time, Temperature), Motion and Rate (Speed, Acceleration, Density, Rotation), and Phenomena and Processes (Energy, Pressure, Sound, Wind, Computation), Magnitude shows us the scale of our world in a clear, visual way that our relatively medium-sized human brains can easily understand."--, Publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction (Orders of magnitude ; Linear versus logarithmic scales ; Scientific notation ; Multiplying with exponents ; Units, equations and other fun stuff ; SI units ; Derived units) -- Part one: Size and quantity (Distance ; Area ; Volume ; Mass ; Time ; Temperature) -- Part two: Rates and ratios (Speed ; Acceleration ; Density ; Rotation) -- Part three: Phenomena and process (Energy ; Pressure ; Sound) -- Part four: Computation

Target audience

adult

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