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The Human Race Sean Callery

The Human Race By Sean Callery

The Human Race by Sean Callery


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Summary

This fully illustrated, large format book, explores human achievements and the desire to be the first, the fastest, the best in history.

The Human Race Summary

The Human Race by Sean Callery

Who was the first, who is the fastest and who is the best? This book celebrates humans' quest to race to the top!

Split into fivechapters, the book explores humans' physical abilities, geographical discoveries, engineering achievements and scientific and technological breakthroughs. Find out who is the fastest human being on Earth, discover the story behind the race to the source of Nile and marvel at how human beings have conquered the skies, always striving to fly higher.

With fact-packed timelinesthroughout the book, readers can find out where they stand in the human race and be inspired by the incredible people who have come before them.

About Sean Callery

Sean Callery originally trained and worked as a journalist before he became a primary school teacher. He writes both fiction and nonfiction and has written over sixty books for children. He has a particular passion for history and has a knack for mining little tantalising nuggets of information that you might have missed before.

DONOUGH O'MALLEYis an Irish illustrator and designer currently based in the UK. He has over seventeen years'experience working for clients in a wide variety of areas such as editorial, advertising, fiction and childrens picture books.

Table of Contents

Chapter one: the race to go faster, higher, further
- The race to run the fastest
- The race to swim the fastest
- Throwing and hitting
- The race to be the fastest on four wheels
- The fastest on two wheels
- The Olympics
- The Paralympics

Chapter two: journeys and expeditions
- The race to the East
- Columbus and his journey from Europe to South America
- The race to find the source fo the Nile
- The south/north expedition across Australia
- The race to the poles
- Amelia Earhart

Chapter three: Transport
- Trains
- Cars
- The journey from rafts to liners to hydrofoils
- How deep can we sail underwater?
- Early balloon flights
- From first flight to how a plane works
- Rocket technology and related advances
- The race to reach the Moon

Chapter four: Technology
- The race to make things better part one
- The race to make things better part two
- The race to find things out
- The race to make people better
- The race to communicate
- The race to move faster
- The race to work and play better

Additional information

GOR013691466
9780711256675
0711256675
The Human Race by Sean Callery
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Quarto Publishing PLC
2020-10-20
96
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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