Megafast: Buckle up and explore some of the fastest machines ever made!

Farndon, John

ISBN 10: 1916598595 / ISBN 13: 9781916598591

Edité par Beetle Books, 2024

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Megafast: Buckle up and explore some of the fastest machines ever made!
• Éditeur: Beetle Books
• Date de parution: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1916598595
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781916598591
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Illustrateur: Edwards, Mat; Pyke, Jeremy
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

This exciting book brings together over 30 of the fastest machines ever invented.

With fantastically detailed, true-to-life illustrations showcasing speedy supercars, spectacular superbikes, powerful planes, and mighty monster trucks, Megafast is packed with awesome speed machines that have broken records around the world. With incredible statistics on maximum speeds, facts about engineering, and anecdotes about the journey from factory to road, racetrack, or air, speed-lovers will find themselves entertained for hours.

• Discover the ultimate, world record-breaking speed machines.
• From supersonic planes to jet-powered motorcycles, uncover the fastest vehicles ever made.
• Find out what wins the race for the most powerful engine of all time!
• Bite-size facts and a dashboard of stats show off each machine's special features.

With some of the world's most famous vehicles, as well as some you may not have heard of before, Megafast is full of record-breakers, world-class technology, and daring designs. The perfect gift for kids who are fascinated by speed, this eye-catching and captivating book is one to return to again and again.

À propos des auteurs

John Farndon is a Royal Literary Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK, and the author of a huge number of books for adults and children on science, history, technology and nature, including such international best-sellers as Do Not Open and Do You Think You're Clever?

UK-based illustrator Mat Edwards has been drawing for as long as he can remember. He began his career working in art studios, becoming a freelance artist in 1992, and carved a flourishing career that continues right up to today.

After a nine-year stint in the Royal Air Force as an airframes technician, Jeremy Pyke decided to launch a new career as a freelance illustrator. He started as an airbrush artist in 1988. He lives in the UK.