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All about the planet Earth
PLANET Earth never looked as spectacular in a book as in this large-format encyclopaedic compendium. Divided into five major sections for reader's convenience: Planet Earth, Land, Ocean, Atmosphere and Tectonic Earth. It is an extremely well-organized work with thousands of breathtaking photographs and visual catalogues of the features and phenomena that take place on Earth - such as rocks, minerals, and mountains to tropical rainforests and the different types of clouds.
It also features colour-coded thematic panels, or sidebars, some highlighting the brief biography of the scientists involved and how they went about their findings, others emphasizing different aspects of how humans are changing the environment, and still more to mark out scientific facts. The unique format in the style of DK's Concise Atlas of the World makes the whole picture obvious at one glance, without flipping pages. Colour-coded pages make it quick and easy to go to a specific section of the book. The book also has a comprehensive index and glossary.
The Planet Earth section features the Earth's Past, the Earth in Space, the Anatomy of the Earth and The Changing Earth. All these subjects are further subdivided. Similarly, the Land section deals with Mountains and Volcanoes, Rivers and Lakes, Glaciers, Deserts, Forests, Wetlands, Grasslands and Tundra, Agricultural Areas, Urban Areas and Industrial Areas. And the Ocean section focuses on Oceans and Seas and Coasts.
This book suits all the readers from higher secondary school students down to anyone who is interested in our planet.
For this marvellous work to happen DK collaborated with the Smithsonian. Several contributors and staff members of the Smithsonian Institution working under the direction of James F. Luhr of the National Museum of Natural History.
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