The Macmillan Visual Desk Reference by The Diagram Group

The Macmillan Visual Desk Reference by The Diagram Group

Designed to give quick access to the most widely sought information, this reference book presents a wealth of facts through diagrams, charts, illustrations, maps, timetables and other graphics in addition to text. "The Natural World" invites you to see how crystals grow, locate the earth's zoological regions, find chronologies of evolution and extinction, or notice the differences between major dog and cat breeds. "Science and Technology" shows you how kites fly and describes and illustrates electricity, magnetism, gravity and simple machines. "Communication" illustrates alphabets from Egyptian hieroglyphics to Assyrian cuneiform characters to Mayan glyphs, and depicts the symbl systems used in astronomy, weather forecasting, underwater communication and sign language. In "Religion and Philosophy" you can look up the twelve tribes of Israel, the deities and sacred texts of various religions, a floor plan of a mosque, the Hindu calendar and a diagram of the Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhism.

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ISBN 13	9780025313101
ISBN 10	002531310X
Titel	The Macmillan Visual Desk Reference
Autor	The Diagram Group
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Pearson Education Limited
Erscheinungsjahr	1993-11-01
Seitenanzahl	512
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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