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Everything You Know About Planet Earth is Wrong (Hardcover)
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Everything You Know About Planet Earth is Wrong (Hardcover)
Series: Everything You Know is Wrong
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List price R330
Loot Price R264
Discovery Miles 2 640
You Save R66 (20%)
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A fascinating and humorous read that debunks the surprising myths
about the world we always believed. The latest addition to the
popular Everything You Know series, this book will blow apart your
beliefs in the world's physical and social landscape, leaving you
staggered by astounding facts about our planet's geography, nature,
countries and cities. Indulge your curiosity and you'll find a
plethora of myths, legends and misquotes that have shaped the way
you view the world today. Convinced the world is round? Think
again! It's actually flatter at the poles. Have the Sahara down as
the world's biggest desert? It's actually Antarctica. Learn how the
Mayans got it wrong when they predicted the world would end in 2012
and how a heatwave in 2003 led to a worldwide shortage of wine.
Brimming with facts about the world, how it works and the way we
live in it, this illuminating book will guide you through the
minefield of misinformation to answer questions such as whether
overpopulation could be solved by colonising space (only if we were
prepared to bankrupt our planet in the process!), what is the
shortest geographical name in the world (the answer is 'A', a
district in Sweden and Norway meaning 'river'), and why you
shouldn't measure earthquakes on the Richter scale. Discovering
untruths about people and places, geography and the environment,
Everything You Know About The World Is Wrong provides a hugely
entertaining insight into the world we live in.
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