The Sizesaurus
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (928 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0380728494 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Utilizing essays, ephemera, thousands of definitions and examples, charts, scales, and illustrations, this informative and entertaining guide sizes up the world and reveals it in new and astonishing ways. Web site promo.. From measuring the world in Big Maws to gauging government waste via a "porkometric" system, this is engaging popular science
"Witty, yes. Accurate, no-to-barely." according to A Customer. The essays at the first part of the book are both witty and clever. However, I also purchased the book for (I thought) some factual information as well, and regret to report that the bulk of the book, containing relationships among units, is dreadful. As an example, a "stone" is given as a unit of mass, when its definition (1Witty, yes. Accurate, no-to-barely. A Customer The essays at the first part of the book are both witty and clever. However, I also purchased the book for (I thought) some factual information as well, and regret to report that the bulk of the book, containing relationships among units, is dreadful. As an example, a "stone" is given as a unit of mass, when its definition (14 pounds) makes it clear that it is a unit of weight. The definition of "barn" refers to a "barn door", but I believe it was originally a reference to "the side of a barn". Too bad; it could have. pounds) makes it clear that it is a unit of weight. The definition of "barn" refers to a "barn door", but I believe it was originally a reference to "the side of a barn". Too bad; it could have. The sizesaurus is supersaurus Dalton Jackson The Siazesaurus is awesome! I am a teacher and it allows me to bring very complex subjects down to my fourth grade students in an amuzing and educational way. The book itself is extremely interesting. Pick up The Sizesaurus you will not be disappointed.. Fun, informative, silly and useful The first half of the book is a collection of essays and the second starts with a list of definitions of weights and measures terms and continues with comparisons of various things to give a sense of the quantity being measured; for example, to talk about illumination, we are given for comparison an overcast sky, a candle flame, the sun, a lightning flash, among others; to talk about speed, we are given the growth rate of a child, speed a bacteria moves, the speed Heinz ketchup comes out of the bottle, speed of a coc