100 Things to Know About Numbers, Computers & Coding
Rose Hall author Minna Lacey author Alice James author Eddie Reynolds author Shaw Nielsen illustrator Federico Mariani illustrator Parko Polo illustrator
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Usborne Publishing Ltd
Published:1st Nov '18
£9.99
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A colourful information book filled with 100 fascinating and surprising facts.
Did you know there’s a single spot on your brain that recognizes numbers? Or that the first computer bugs were actual insects and that most of the internet is under water? This fascinating book is filled with 100 fascinating facts, bright, infographic illustrations, a glossary and index and links to specially selected websites to find out more.Did you know there’s a single spot on your brain that recognizes numbers? Or that the first computer bugs were actual insects and that most of the internet is under water? This fascinating book is filled with 100 fascinating facts, bright, infographic illustrations, a glossary and index, and links to specially selected websites to find out more.
Coding and computing are subjects normally difficult to make entertaining, so the authors have cleverly turned them into narratives, making the topics engaging with these little stories you can just dip in and out of. They’re the perfect size, too, so you really feel like returning again and again. * Royal Society Prize Judge *
There is enough in it to build a lesson a day for almost an entire school year and that doesn't include the offshoot investigations that would take you off on a tangent! I can envisage those eight-year-olds of 30 years ago pouring over it! * Barbara Braxton, Librarian *
- Short-listed for Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2019
ISBN: 9781474942997
Dimensions: 247mm x 177mm x 17mm
Weight: 530g
128 pages