Everything You Know About Planet Earth is Wrong

by Matt Brown

Overview

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 we 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.

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 set the record straight on everything from the location of Mexico to the correct way of measuring earthquakes. Discovering untruths about people and places, geography and the environment, Everything You Know About Planet Earth Is Wrong provides a hugely entertaining insight into the world we live in.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849944540
Publisher:	Rizzoli
Publication date:	11/01/2018
Series:	Everything You Know About...
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Matt Brown is author of 11 books for Batsford, including eight titles in the popular Everything You Know... series of mythbusting books. He has served as editor and editor-at-large of Londonist.com for many years, writing on topics as diverse as street art, politics, map-making and science. With a deep love of trivia, he's written and hosted hundreds of quizzes, including events for the Museum of London, London Eye, Royal Institution, Royal Society and Manchester Science Museum, among many others. All of his books use humour and playfulness as tools to explore the world. He is tweeting at @mattfromlondon.

Editorial Reviews

'An Entertaining title and a good gift for adult or teenager alike.’

—Popular Science Blog

'This truly has cross-generational appeal and thus comes high on our recommendation list. You might want to check out the rest of the series too.'

 

—How It Works

'This truly has cross-generational appeal and thus comes high on our recommendation list. You might want to check out the rest of the series too.'

 

—How It Works

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