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Tallest Tower, Smallest Star

A Pictorial Compendium of Comparisons
By Kate Baker
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Tallest Tower, Smallest Star by Kate Baker explores the Relationship between architecture and the cosmos, highlighting humanity's efforts to reach the stars, both literally and metaphorically. The book delves into the impressive parallels between monumental structures and the mysteries of the universe, offering a vivid examination of how these elements intrigue and inspire human imagination. This science and nature narrative invites readers to contemplate our place in the vast expanse of the cosmos through the lens of human innovation and wonder.
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If you're fascinated by the mysteries of the universe and marvel at the wonders of human engineering, you might enjoy this book. It beautifully intertwines the vastness of space with the marvels of scientific achievement on Earth, offering a captivating journey through the realms of science and nature.

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Tallest Tower, Smallest Star

Follow-up to Highest Mountain, Deepest Ocean, this time exploring extraordinary comparisons in the human and natural world.

Follow-up to Highest Mountain, Deepest Ocean, this time exploring extraordinary comparisons in the human and natural world.

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Have you ever wondered how a dinosaur would measure up against the Great Pyramids of Giza, if a hummingbird could outfly a jet plane, or how many atoms could fit inside a grain of sand? These are just some of the questions explored in this extraordinary book of comparisons.

Detailed images drawn to scale, informative text, and unexpected visual analogies will help the reader to comprehend just how fast, how strong, how small, and how big things really are. With stunning Victorian-style artwork by award-winning illustrator Page Tsou, this visual feast of a compendium will surprise and delight inquisitive minds in equal measure.

Peek inside and discover a beetle that is stronger than an elephant, meet the pterosaur that was bigger than a spitfire, and explore the furthest reaches of the known universe.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781783708451

Publisher: Templar Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 March 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Big Picture Press

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Page Tsou Studio

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 277.0mm

Height: 346.0mm

Weight: 696g

Pages: 40

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Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference Kate Baker Non-Fiction Science & Nature Travel & Adventure

About the Author

Michael James is an accomplished chef and baker who grew up in Penzance, West Cornwall, before moving to London, where he met Pippa over the pass at the two-Michelin starred restaurant Pied à Terre. They moved to Australia in 2004 and opened the Tivoli Road Bakery in 2013. After garnering a loyal following for their bakery in Melbourne and beyond, and writing their first book together, The Tivoli Road Baker, Michael and Pippa sold the business to focus on new opportunities. Together they are committed to sustainability and remain active members of Melbourne's baking, grain growing and milling community. In 2019, Michael set up the bakery at Alla Wolf Tasker's Dairy Flat Farm in Daylesford. He consults internationally and runs regular baking classes. As well, he and Pippa are scouting for a location to establish a new bakery in Melbourne.  

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