100 Things to Know about Saving the Planet

Alice James

ISBN 10: 180507508X / ISBN 13: 9781805075080

Published by Usborne Books Jun 2024, 2024

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Neuware - How could plastic-eating bacteria help reduce waste Can a river be given human rights Could we generate all the power we need from the sun and the wind How do woolly sweaters help penguins in peril Would building a giant sunshade in space stop the world from overheating Find the answers to these questions and more in this exciting book full of big, small and unexpected ways to save the planet.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 100 Things to Know about Saving the Planet
• Publisher: Usborne Books Jun 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 180507508X
• ISBN 13: 9781805075080
• Binding: Buch
• Illustrator: Mariani, Federico; Polo, Parko; Byron, Dominique; Murray, Dale Edwin; Williams, Jake; Hoff, Ollie
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 174H x 17D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 174 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 528 grams

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Synopsis

How could plastic-eating bacteria help reduce waste? Can a river be given human rights? Could we generate all the power we need from the sun and the wind? How do woolly sweaters help penguins in peril? Would building a giant sunshade in space stop the world from overheating? Find the answers to these questions and more in this exciting book full of big, small and unexpected ways to save the planet.

About the Authors

Jerome Martin has written children's books about science, history, Shakespeare and food. Before joining Usborne in 2014, he spent a decade studying literature at Harvard, Cambridge and the University of Iowa, and several years behaving responsibly in a copywriting office. Now, he spends his working hours researching delightful and amazing facts, his evening hours parenting two children, and the minutes in-between writing poetry.

Alice James joined Usborne after working in primary schools for a while. She absolutely loves science, and over the years has lived with chimps, spent a month in the rainforest, studied Biology at Oxford University, and grown 200 carnivorous plants (not necessarily in that order). Whilst at Usborne Alice has worked on books on all kinds of science topics, from space to energy to the periodic table.

Rose grew up in Northumberland, studied Physiology at Oxford and looked after orphaned orangutans for a bit. She worked in the charity sector for ten years, writing about issues from renewable energy, to the safety of workers in Bangladesh. For Usborne, she's written books about engineering, business, computers and the environment.

Tom studied History at university before joining Usborne in 2018. Since then he's worked on books about Planet Earth, technology, maths and inventions (and learned lots of amazing facts about everything from paleoburrows to fireworks along the way).

Lan joined Usborne after working as a bookseller. She absolutely loves learning about anything and everything. She has lived in China, attempted to create the perfect aquarium biotope, studied Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at Cambridge University, and can hit an archery target from 100 feet away. Lan has always loved collecting knowledge and as many weird facts as possible, so working for Usborne really is a dream job!