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It's About Time!
Big Ideas That Changed the World #6 (A Nonfiction Graphic Novel)
Series: BIG IDEAS That Changed the World
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Award-winning author-illustrator Don Brown explores the science of time in It’s About Time!, part of the Big Ideas That Changed the World graphic novel series. In It’s About Time!, narrator Albert Einstein takes kids through time—literally. The book explores the measurement of time, from the stone...
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Award-winning author-illustrator Don Brown explores the science of time in It’s About Time!, part of the Big Ideas That Changed the World graphic novel series.
In It’s About Time!, narrator Albert Einstein takes kids through time—literally. The book explores the measurement of time, from the stone circles and giant pyramids of ancient cultures to hourglasses and sundials, early timepieces and watches, and atomic clocks. It explains why there are 12 months in a year, 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour, and 60 seconds in a minute, as well as why there are seven days in a week.
From Stonehenge to Greenwich Mean Time to James Hutton’s Deep Time, the book helps kids understand the passage of time and why it sometimes seems so slow and at other times way too fast.
The book also includes: Time Timeline, Who was Albert Einstein?, endnotes, and a bibliography.
Big Ideas That Changed the World is a graphic novel series that celebrates the hard-won succession of ideas that ultimately changed the world. Humour, drama, and art unite to tell the story of events, discoveries, and ingenuity over time that led humans to come up with a big idea and then make it come true.
Big Ideas That Changed the World series:
- Rocket to the Moon! (#1)
- Machines That Think! (#2)
- A Shot in the Arm! (#3)
- We the People! (#4)
- All Charged Up! (#5)
- It’s About Time! (#6)
Series: BIG IDEAS That Changed the World
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It's About Time!
Award-winning author-illustrator Don Brown explores the science of time in It’s About Time!, part of the Big Ideas That Changed the World graphic novel series. In It’s About Time!, narrator Albert Einstein takes kids through time—literally. The book explores the measurement of time, from the stone circles and giant pyramids of ancient cultures to hourglasses and sundials, early timepieces and...Hardback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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We the People!
Award-winning author Don Brown explores the history of democracy in the United States in this installment of the Big Ideas That Changed the World series. The Greek word democracy comes from demos (people) and kratos (rule)—meaning “the people hold power.” In this timely graphic novel, acclaimed author-illustrator Don Brown explores the history of democracy—from civilization’s beginnings as hunter-gatherers to the...Hardback$2499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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Award-winning author/illustrator Don Brown explores computers and technology in this instalment of the Big Ideas That Changed the World graphic novel series. Machines That Think! explores machines from ancient history to today that perform a multitude of tasks, from making mind-numbing calculations to working on assembly lines to guiding spaceships to the moon. It includes fascinating looks at the world’s...HardbackSold Out
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781419773310
Publisher: Abrams
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 13 March 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Abrams
Illustration: Full-color illustrations throughout
Audience: Children, Teenage
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 19.0mm
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 191g
Pages: 128
About the Author
Don Brown is the award-winning author and illustrator of many nonfiction graphic novels and picture books, including All Charged Up!, We the People!, A Shot in the Arm!, Machines that Think!, and Rocket to the Moon! His books have been called “masterful” and “a must for youth graphic collections.” Brown has received an Eisner Award nomination, two Sibert Honors, a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award honor, a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award, and multiple starred reviews, among other awards and notices. He lives in the Hudson Valley in New York with his family.
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