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This superb atlas reviews 6 types of world records:
* the smallest and the biggest;
* the lightest and the heaviest;
* the slowest and the fastest;
* the longest and the shortest;
* the most silent and the noisiest;… Read more  /> * the hottest and the coldest.
Breaking down these categories, 8 types of records are featured:
* involving human beings;
* sports;
* architecture;
* technology;
* the sky and space;
* records in nature;
* records held by animals;
* dinosaurs.
Each of the 6 parts of the book is devoted to one unit of measure.
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