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The Big Countdown: 2.67 Trillion Internet Searches Each Year Using Technology Paul Mason

The Big Countdown: 2.67 Trillion Internet Searches Each Year Using Technology By Paul Mason

The Big Countdown: 2.67 Trillion Internet Searches Each Year Using Technology by Paul Mason

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Count down your world with an amazing mix of numbers, facts and stats; from the biggest to the smallest

The Big Countdown: 2.67 Trillion Internet Searches Each Year Using Technology Summary

The Big Countdown: 2.67 Trillion Internet Searches Each Year Using Technology by Paul Mason

Do you know how many zeros there are in a duotrigintillion? Or which country has the greatest number of smartphones? Have you ever heard of the 'curiosity gap'? And do you know how fast the speediest passenger zooms over the tracks? Discover the answers to all these and much, more more in Big Countdown: Technology.

The Big Countdown looks at popular topics and investigates the great many numbers that make them fascinating. From the mind-bogglingly large to smallest and most precious, this series helps us understand that it's not just our days that are numbered. Ideal reading for number-crunchers aged 9 and up.

About Paul Mason

Paul's books cover a wide range of subjects, from whether the Romans ate crisps to how to build the world's best skatepark, but he writes mostly about sport. Whether you are interested in swimming, cycling, snowboarding, surfing or another sport, Paul has probably written something that will inspire you to get out and give it a try. Paul writes in a shack by the beach, which he shares with his one-eyed surf dog, Daisy.

Table of Contents

  • 1: Counting down technology
  • 2: 2,080,240,700,000 Google searches a year (at least)
  • 3: 132,763,000,000 TOE of energy used by the world each year
  • 4: 6,100,000,000 smartphones in use by 2020
  • 5: 3,696,000,000 passengers carried by plane in a year
  • 6: 300,000,000 m of steel wire in the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
  • 7: 75,000,000 bytes in a song
  • 8: 20,000 gauss magnet in the most powerful MRI scanners
  • 9: 900% increase in clicks because of the curiosity gap
  • 10: 430 kph speed of the fastest passenger train
  • 11: 134 months to do a (robot) marathon on Mars
  • 12: 22 gears on a modern racing bike
  • 13: 1 International Space Station

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GOR013257114
9781445160887
1445160889
The Big Countdown: 2.67 Trillion Internet Searches Each Year Using Technology by Paul Mason
Paul Mason
The Big Countdown
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Hachette Children's Group
20200213
32
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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