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You may be able to count to all the way to 100, but
have you ever counted to a googol? It''s impossible In this fun book of numbers,
Robert E. Wells explores the wonderful world of zeros and tells how the googol
came to be named.While you learn about place values and the names of big
numbers, try to imagine what those numbers can do. How long would it take to
toast 100,000 marshmallows? What does a million dollars really look like? How
many trillion miles away is the star nearest our own sun, and how do we know
this?
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關於作者: |
Robert E. Wells Robert Ernest Wells was born in Pasadena, CA in 1940.
In the 90s, he began to put words and pictures into the form of
children''s books, and now in the new century he continues to do so. In
1993 he wrote and illustrated his first book, "Is a Blue Whale the
Biggest Thing There is?". Other books include "What''s Smaller Than a
Pygmy Shrew?" Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children, 1996,
"What''s Faster Than a Speeding Cheetah?", and his latest book, "Why Do
Elephants Need the Sun?". Many of his books have been translated into
various other languages.
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