Bibliograph

Transportation, written by Leon Gray and Ian Graham

Type

Label

Transportation, written by Leon Gray and Ian Graham

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 8-17 years

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Transportation

Oclc number

795795228

Responsibility statement

written by Leon Gray and Ian Graham

Series statement

DK eyewitness books

Summary

Presents a history of transportation from ancient humans using muscle to traveling in space and discusses different modes of transportation

Table Of Contents

Why travel? -- Muscle power -- On the water -- The wheel -- On the road -- The age of sail -- Running on steam -- Steaming ahead -- Opening up the land -- Above and below -- Taking to the skies -- Internal combustion engine -- On two wheels -- The automobile -- Powered flight -- The helicopter -- Jet engines -- The age of the car -- Rockets -- Journey to the moon -- Exploring space -- Small world -- Ships of today -- High-speed trains -- Modern driving -- Fun on wheels -- War machines -- Running on a reactor -- The future of transportation -- Timelines -- Speedsters -- Record breakers -- Glossary -- Index

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Eyewitness transportation

Classification

Contributor