false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178246950m/775930.jpg 775930 7 When National Geographic published its first <I>Atlas of the World</I> more than 35 years ago, the world was indeed a different place. In order to cover today's world--including its oceans, stars, climate, natural resources, and more--National Geographic has published its seventh edition of the <I>Atlas of the World</I>. With each new edition, National Geographic strives to make its atlas more than just maps. You'll learn that the coldest place in the world is the Plateau Station in Antarctica, where the average daily temperature is minus 56.7 degrees Celsius; the most populated continent is Asia, with more than 3.6 billion people, or 60.8 percent of the world's population; the driest place on earth is the Atacama Desert in Chile; a flight from New Delhi to Rio de Janeiro covers 14,080 kilometers; life expectancy in the Republic of Zambia is 37 years; and the literacy rate in Turkmenistan is 98 percent.<p> Flip through the pages of this impressive book and you will feel as though the world is literally at your fingertips. Full-page spreads are devoted to more than 75 political and physical maps (political maps show borders; physical maps show mountains, water, valleys, and vegetation). There are many new touches to be found in this edition, including increased usage of satellite images, an especially helpful feature when researching the most remote regions of the earth; more than 50 updated political maps that record the impact of wars, revolutions, treaties, elections, and other events; and the use of the latest research on topics such as tectonics, oceanography, climate, and natural resources. The sheer size of the atlas's index--134 pages--offers insight into just how much information is packed into 260-plus pages. The book is so physically large, in fact, that when it's open, the reader is staring at three square feet of information, a surface area larger than many television screens. The potential uses of this book for a family are vast, from settling a friendly argument to completing a school report. In the end, though, the atlas is still mostly about maps. Pages and pages of maps. Maps that force us to see how wonderful and dynamic our world is. Maps that remind us of where we've been and where we'd still like to go. <I>--John Russell</I> 761968 1990 National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition total:39|5:27|4:10|3:2|2:0|1:0| 39 181 69 8 4 1 false false Fri Sep 05 07:02:41 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 06:17:53 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Dec 27 19:36:21 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 19:36:21 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon May 04 08:15:27 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 08:27:30 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jul 18 20:48:30 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 09 14:33:38 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Mon Aug 27 10:06:15 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 16:00:54 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon Jun 25 11:20:48 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 25 14:19:55 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon Oct 06 13:11:20 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 13:11:53 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Feb 15 08:59:39 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 08:59:56 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 16 13:32:54 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 13:32:54 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Nov 11 05:55:04 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 05:55:04 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 04 23:14:06 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 23:14:06 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 26 16:03:38 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 23:44:03 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Oct 04 16:26:53 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 16:26:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 22 07:26:58 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 07:26:58 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jul 31 16:06:43 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 16:06:43 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jul 23 11:45:26 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 11:45:26 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jul 04 22:40:08 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 22:40:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jun 25 15:32:33 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 15:32:33 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jun 12 06:25:24 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 06:25:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 29 15:34:23 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 15:34:23 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=775930