Featuring fifty of the most famous sights on earth, The World’s Great Wonders takes you beyond familiar first impressions to reveal the stories behind how these incredible places came into being.
Written by the former editor of Focus, the BBC’s award-winning science and technology magazine, it delves into the geological and engineering secrets of both natural and
manmade wonders, aided by detailed cutaways and stepby-step illustrations.
Discover the optical illusions of the Taj Mahal, how the Easter Island statues ‘walked’, why the world’s tallest skyscraper won’t topple over, and how the Maglev train floats on air. Find out why Death Valley is the most consistently hot place on Earth, why trees don’t grow taller than 116m, why the Northern Lights glow in different colours, and what kind of life lies deep down in the Dead Sea.
