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Size : how it explains the world / by Smil, Vaclav,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."To answer the most important questions of our age, we must understand size. Neither bacteria nor empires are immune to its laws. Measuring it is challenging, especially where complex systems like economies are concerned, yet mastering it offers rich rewards: the rise of the West, for example, was a direct result of ever more accurate and standardized measurements. Using the interdisciplinary approach that has won him a wide readership, Smil draws upon history, earth science, psychology, art, and more to offer fresh insight into some of our biggest challenges, including income inequality, the spread of infectious disease, and the uneven impacts of climate change. Size explains the regularities--and peculiarities--of the key processes shaping life (from microbes to whales), the Earth (from asteroids to volcanic eruptions), technical advances (from architecture to transportation), and societies and economies (from cities to wages). This book about the big and the small, and the relationship between them, answers the big and small questions of human existence: What makes a human society too big? What about a human being? Which alternative energy sources have the best chance of scaling and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels? Why do tall people make more money? What makes a face beautiful? How about a cathedral? How can changing the size of your plates help you lose weight? The latest masterwork of "an ambitious and astonishing polymath who swings for fences" (Wired) Size is a mind-bending journey that turns the modern world on its head."--
Subjects: Size perception.; Stature.;
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Are you big? / by Willems, Mo.;
"Are YOU big? A simple question sends readers to the far reaches of the universe"--
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Picture books.; Size perception;
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Are you small? / by Willems, Mo.;
"Are you small? This tiny question allows readers to zoom in from an average-sized kid down to a single quark."--
Subjects: Picture books.; Size perception;
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What will fit? / by Lin, Grace.;
"Olivia searches the farmers market for something that will fill her basket. The apple is too small, and the zucchini is too long. What will fit just right? Engages young children in the math of spatial sense."--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Space perception; Size perception;
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Big and small, room for all / by Bogart, Jo Ellen,1945-; Newland, Gillian.;
Rhyming verse follows the progression of big to small.LSC
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Size judgment; Size perception;
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Pezzettino / by Lionni, Leo,1910-;
Little Pezzettino is so small he is convinced he must be a piece of somebody else. A wise man helps him discover the truth.
Subjects: Identity (Psychology); Size perception;
© [2006], c2003., Alfred A. Knopf,
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Big things / by Smith, Annette.; Randell, Beverley,1931-; Giles, Jenny.;
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Subjects: Transportation; Size perception;
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Little things / by Smith, Annette.; Randell, Beverley,1931-; Giles, Jenny.;
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Subjects: Transportation; Size perception;
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Think big! / by Munsch, Robert N.,1945-; Whamond, Dave.;
Jamaal is the biggest kid in his family, but his room is the smallest one. If Mom and Dad won't help, what can he do?LSC
Subjects: Sharing; Size perception;
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Big or small? / by Baruzzi, Agnese.; Piroddi, Chiara,1982-; Iceigeo (Firm);
Infants can discover big and small things with images in the opposing colors of black, white and red.Ages 0-12 months.LSC
Subjects: Size perception; Polarity;
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