Amazing Pop-Up 3-D Time Scape [Hardcover]

Richard Platt (Author), Stephen Biesty (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: DK Amazing Pop-Up Books

An intricate, intriguing visual history of the world designed to hang on a classroom or bedroom wall, this amazing 3-D pop-up poster takes the viewer on an incredible journey across 10 billion years -- from the Big Bang to today. Entertaining as well as informative, Biesty's witty, minutely detailed artwork shows the history of the planet Earth and its people like is has never been shown before.

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About the Author

Stephen Biesty is an artist of phenomenal talent with remarkable visual skills. As a child he spent hours drawing castles, knights at battle, and ferocious Vikings, taking inspiration from films such as Spartacus, Ben Hur, and Anthony and Cleopatra, which fueled his already fertile imagination.

In 1980, he attended Brighton Polytechnic where he specialized in historical reconstruction illustration and developed a particular interest in what went on inside castles and other ancient buildings. After graduating from Brighton with a BA in Graphic Design, Stephen earned an MA in Graphic Design at City of Birmingham Polytechnic working further in historical reconstruction.

Stephen became a full-time illustrator in 1985 and has since worked on a variety of information books for adults and children. It took Stephen two and a half years to draw the wonderful illustrations for the best-selling Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections, which was published in 1992. That volume was the inspiration for a new range of cross-section books which include Man-of-War (1993), Castle (1994), Incredible Pop-Up Cross-Sections (1995), Incredible Explosions (1996), Incredible Everything (1997), Incredible Body (1998), and DK Amazing Pop-Up 3D Time Scape (1999). Stephen Biesty lives in Somerset, England with his wife and son.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 8 pages
• Publisher: DK CHILDREN (September 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789447169
• ISBN-13: 978-0789447166
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 10 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,449,969 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Richard Platt has been writing for children since 1992. One of his books, Castle Diary, was shortlisted for the Kate Maschler Award, The Times Education Supplement award, and a History Today prize. His Pirate Diary won the Kate Greenaway Medal 2002, the Silver Smarties Award 2002, and won the 'Best Book With Facts' prize in the Blue Peter Book Awards 2003.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars History alive !, March 26, 2000

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This review is from: Amazing Pop-Up 3-D Time Scape (Hardcover)

This amazing book folds and opens out as a HUGE pop-up history book...from the Big Bang to the 20th century. Each 'slice'of pop-up history shows they way people were in ancient times. Illustrated in a lively and humourous way by Stephen Biesty, this book is sure to keep anyone bored, busy. This amazing book can even be hung up on the wall; great as a unique decoration, toy or classroom tool.