Rock Explorer
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A brilliant first introduction to palaeontology, featuring awesome photography that captures ancient fossils.
The Discover Our World series captures children's imagination as they learn about the world they live in and provides a lively first introduction to geography and science. Explore our planet and discover what's below the world's surface. Learn about how different rocks are made, where they are found and how they are put to practical use. Packed with fascinating facts and amazing close-up photographs, you'll be an expert on your world in no time!
Did you know that sometimes diamonds fall to Earth from space inside rocks called meteorites? Most gemstones are minerals which form in the ground as rock heated in the Earth cools down. As minerals grow, they make regular shapes called crystals. Discover more fabulous facts about gemstones in this comprehensive and accessible guide, which features agate, amber, amethyst, diamond, emerald, jasper, lapis lazuli, opal, ruby and sapphire. Packed with stunning photographs of bright, shiny gems, as well as more practical images of excavation and extraction, this book explains how different environments affect different gemstones and provides a colourful insight into the geology of our world.
Did you know that thousands of years ago the ancient Chinese found dinosaur fossils and thought they were dragon bones? Or that everyone thought the coelacanth fish had been extinct for 66 million years, and then in 1938 living coelacanths were discovered off the coast of Africa? Fossils are the remains of animals and plants that lived thousands or millions of years ago and are the best way for us to understand how we, and other species, have evolved over time. This comprehensive and accessible introduction to palaeontology shows the beliefs and myths that have advanced – and inhibited – our understanding of evolution. Full of facts and photos of real-life excavations from all over the , world, it gives advice on where to find fossils and how to treat ancient remains with care.
A brilliant first introduction to palaeontology, featuring awesome photography that captures ancient fossils.
A brilliant first introduction to palaeontology, featuring awesome photography that captures ancient fossils.
Did you know there are three different kinds of rock – igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic? Find what our earth is made of and what processes make it a constantly changing environment, in this fun introduction to geology. From how rocks form and their distinguishing features, to whether they are valuable to scarce and where to find them, this accessible guide is full of fascinating facts to uncover, revealing the secrets of the past.
Did you know that if you pass electricity through quartz, it shakes at a regular pace? That is why many watches contain a tiny quartz crystal, to keep them ticking evenly. And did you know rhodium is far more expensive than gold? It is used in cars’ catalytic converters, which cut down the pollution from exhausts. Discover how and where minerals form, why some minerals are rarer than others, and how they are used to advance technology with this fascinating fact-filled book. Plus, find out what gives some minerals their fabulous colours and why some form intricate patterns and shapes in this absorbing, illustrated non-fiction title.