Knowledge Encyclopedia: The World as You've Never Seen It Before

✍ Scribed by DK

• Publisher: DK Children
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 360
• Series: Knowledge Encyclopedias
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

An incredible, educational journey through space and time on planet Earth and beyond. The perfect children's encyclopedia for a young explorer.

This bold kid's encyclopedia uses ground-breaking CGI imagery to reveal the world as you've never seen it before. Informative, diverse in subject matter, easy to read and brimming with beautiful graphics that make it a truly immersive reading experience.


Part of a fantastic series of kid's educational books. Explore the incredibly detailed cross-sections and cutaways that reveal the inner workings of just about everything.

Look inside an Apollo spacecraft, a volcano, or the body of a T-rex! Learn about the Big Bang and the science behind fireworks. Then explore the galaxies and stars back to Earth, and in and around the mechanics of the human body.

This fully updated edition of Knowledge Encyclopedia is the perfect reference book for inquisitive minds of all ages, covering space, Earth, nature, the human body, science, and history. More than a general knowledge book, jam-packed with fun facts about the world, it includes fascinating statistics, maps, timelines, graphics, and superb photorealistic cross-sections. A family encyclopedia that makes the most complex subjects easy to understand, so anyone can go on an adventure through its pages.

Explore, Discover And Learn!

Spend quality time exploring our universe with your children, accompanied by impressive visuals to engage their senses.

Discover the mysteries of Tutankhamun's tomb, what powers tsunamis, tornadoes, and earthquakes or witness the birth of a star in all its glory and learn about the secrets held in our DNA. You can also go back in time to the building of the Great Wall of China or walk the scarred battlefields of two World Wars.

DK's Knowledge Encyclopedia uncovers the marvels of our world in unprecedented detail and with stunning realism.

This educational book opens the world in new ways through:

-Amazing insights into space and the universe
-Interesting facts about Earth include:
-A closer look at nature
-Diving into the human body
-The amazing world of science
-Our world's history

Knowledge Encyclopedia is part of the Knowledge Encyclopedia educational series. Complete the collection to keep your little ones entertained while learning more about the world around them. This series includes titles such as Knowledge Encyclopedia Dinosaur! History!, Space!, Ocean! and more.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
SPACE
THE UNIVERSE
The Big Bang
Galaxies
Star birth
Star death
The Sun
The Solar System
Inner planets
Outer planets
The Moon
SPACE EXPLORATION
Astronomy
Mission to the Moon
Exploring the planets
EARTH
PLANET EARTH
Inside the Earth
Earth’s climate
TECTONIC EARTH
Plate tectonics
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
EARTH’S RESOURCES
Rocks and minerals
WEATHER
Hurricanes
The water cycle
SHAPING THE LAND
Caves
Glaciers
EARTH’S OCEANS
The ocean floor
NATURE
HOW LIFE BEGAN
Timeline of life
The dinosaurs
Tyrannosaurus rex
How fossils form
THE LIVING WORLD
Plant life
Green energy
INVERTEBRATES
Insects
Butterfly lifecycle
VERTEBRATES
Fish
Great white shark
Amphibians
Frog lifecycle
Reptiles
Crocodile
Birds
How birds fly
Mammals
African elephant
SURVIVAL SECRETS
Habitats
American desert
Amazon rainforest
African savanna
Coral reef
Animal architects
Predators and prey
HUMAN BODY
BODY BASICS
Building blocks
The skeleton
Muscle power
The skin
FUELING THE BODY
From mouth to stomach
The intestines
In the blood
The heart
Fighting germs
Cleaning the blood
Air supply
IN CONTROL
Nervous system
Brainpower
How vision works
Inside the ear
Taste and smell
Control chemicals
LIFE CYCLE
A new life
Life in the womb
Growing up
Genes and DNA
SCIENCE
MATTER
Atoms and molecules
Atom smasher
Solids, liquids, and gases
The elements
Chemical reactions
Material world
FORCES
Laws of motion
Engines
Simple machines
Flotation
Magnetism
Gravity
Flight
ENERGY
Electromagnetic spectrum
Signals from space
Light
Telescopes
Sound
Heat
Electricity
Power network
Radioactivity
ELECTRONICS
Digital world
Robotics
HISTORY
THE ANCIENT WORLD
The first humans
The first towns
Early empires
Ancient Egypt
The pharaohs
Ancient Greece
Ancient Athens
The Roman Empire
Roman society
THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
Viking raiders
Fortresses
Wars of faith
World religions
The Ottoman Empire
The Silk Road
Samurai warriors
THE AGE OF DISCOVERY
Voyage to the Americas
Ancient Americas
The Renaissance
Shakespeare’s theater
Imperial China
Rulers of India
THE MODERN WORLD
The slave trade
The Enlightenment
The American Revolution
French Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
The Age of Steam
The Civil War
World War I
Trench warfare
World War II
Modern warfare
The Cold War
The 1960s
The 21st century
REFERENCE
GLOSSARY
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS