Amazing Transport by Tom Jackson

Amazing Transport by Tom Jackson

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Amazing Transport by Tom Jackson

Fasten your seat belts and get ready to zoom through the history of transport and discover incredible facts about all kinds of vehicles along the way. Every day, all over the world, people are busy travelling – short hops or great, long voyages, moving slowly and steadily or racing along at super-fast speeds. They make their trips in cars, trains, planes, ships and on bikes - and some people even blast off in rockets! Make your own amazing transport journeys as you explore timelines and discover the people and stories behind the machines that keep the world moving. Take a twist or turn and find out what happened when the Freedom 7 blasted into space, race your way through Japan at lightning speed on the awesomely fast bullet train, set sail on a Viking longship and let the wind carry you away in a hot-air balloon with the Montgolfier brothers. With wonderfully intricate illustrations from Chris Mould, Amazing Transport tells the story of some of science's most recognisable inventions in a way you've never seen before. Prepare yourself for the journey of a lifetime.
The text by Tom Jackson provides interesting and intriguing information about the evolution of a variety of different transport types over the ages… Vehicles explored include not just the expected ones such as trains, aeroplanes, cars and bikes, but also rockets, hot-air balloons, submarines and tanks -- Anne Harding * Armadillo *
Weave your way through history and find out how cars, trains, aeroplanes, rockets and many more exciting models of transport came to be the way they are today -- The Bookseller * The Bookseller *
Tom Jackson is a science writer based in Bristol, UK. Tom specialises in recasting science and technology into lively historical narratives. After almost 20 years of writing for children and adults, Tom has uncovered a wealth of stories that help to bring technical content alive and create new ways of enjoying learning about science. In his time, Tom is a Bloomsbury author who wrote Chilled: How Refrigeration Changed the World and Might Do So Again for the Sigma list. He is also the author for our Lights! Matter! Action!, A Beginners Guide to Physics, for Bloomsbury Children’s Books. Chris Mould is a freelance illustrator based in West Yorkshire. Known for his quirky black and white line work, he has illustrated a number of books for children including A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig, has been featured in magazines and newspapers, and most recently his work has been used in television and feature film development work. He has also been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway medal for Pirates 'n' Pistols.
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ISBN 13 9781408889770
ISBN 10 1408889773
Title Amazing Transport
Author Tom Jackson
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2019-02-07
Number of pages 64
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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