What a rock can reveal where they come from and what they tell us about our planet
"How do we know when the moon was formed, what dinosaurs looked like, or why there are seashells atop the highest mountain in the world? Through rocks! By looking at a rock's shape, color, texture, and more you can uncover mysteries of the universe. Take a closer look--there's so much that a rock ca...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Phaidon Press Inc.,
2024
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| Edition: | US edition. |
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| Summary: | "How do we know when the moon was formed, what dinosaurs looked like, or why there are seashells atop the highest mountain in the world? Through rocks! By looking at a rock's shape, color, texture, and more you can uncover mysteries of the universe. Take a closer look--there's so much that a rock can reveal"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 33 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781838667900 1838667903 |
| Author Notes: | Maya Wei-Haas is an award-winning science writer with a PhD in Earth Science. She was previously a staff reporter at National Geographic and an Assistant Editor of Science and Innovation at Smithsonian.com. Now she writes for a variety of publications, including The New York Times and Science. This is her first children's book. Sonia Pulido is an artist living in a seaside village close to Barcelona. The highly acclaimed What a Shell Can Tell , which she published in 2022 with Phaidon, was her first children's book. Her illustrations have appeared in publications globally, including The New Yorker and The New York Times . |
