"From Michelangelo's paintings to climbing the world's highest mountains and breaking the sound barrier, this book offers a glimpse of the greatest achievements made by humans in history. Bite-sized bits of information combine with relevant images to make it easy to access useful facts and numbers."-- Provided by publisher.

The greatest human achievements -- Flying through the skies -- Climbing Mount Everest -- Landing on the moon -- Painting the Sistine Chapel -- To the ends of the earth -- Understanding our past -- Sporting superhumans -- Lines of communication -- Vaccines and antibiotics -- Breaking the limits -- Humanity's farthest journey -- Timeline: the greatest human achievements -- More great human achievements.