PHASES OF THE MOON
eight phases · a full cycle of 29.53 days
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
eight planets · size, distance, year and day
SIZE CHARTS
shoes, tops, bottoms — and a centimetre under every grid
SERUM ACTIVES
when to apply, what to keep apart in time, what the season changes
THE HAMBURGER
the ratios of the mince and the five steps that decide the result
SUGAR IN FRUIT
grams of natural sugar per 100 g of fresh fruit — and how much water sits beside it
NEAPOLITAN PIZZA DOUGH
four ingredients in the proportions written into an EU regulation
POUND CAKE
four equal weights — a recipe whose name is its ratio
PROTEIN IN FOODS
grams per 100 g · animal and plant · and the state each one was weighed in
THE VERTICAL PLANET
from the Challenger Deep to the summit of Everest · one scale, nothing compressed
MAMMALS IN TIME
from the first synapsid to us · 320 million years on one axis
VERTEBRATES IN TIME
when each group appeared · five hundred million years on one axis