Numbers Don't Lie 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Random House N.Y.
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Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
04.05.2021
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Random House N.Y.Seitenzahl
368
Maße (L/B/H)
21/14,2/2,5 cm
Gewicht
287 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-14-313622-4
"Vaclav Smil is my favorite author… Numbers Don't Lie takes everything that makes his writing great and boils it down into an easy-to-read format. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning."—Bill Gates, GatesNotes
From the author of How the World Really Works, an essential guide to understanding how numbers reveal the true state of our world—exploring a wide range of topics including energy, the environment, technology, transportation, and food production.
Vaclav Smil's mission is to make facts matter. An environmental scientist, policy analyst, and a hugely prolific author, he is Bill Gates' go-to guy for making sense of our world. In Numbers Don't Lie, Smil answers questions such as: What's worse for the environment—your car or your phone? How much do the world's cows weigh (and what does it matter)? And what makes people happy?
From data about our societies and populations, through measures of the fuels and foods that energize them, to the impact of transportation and inventions of our modern world—and how all of this affects the planet itself—in Numbers Don't Lie, Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge conventional thinking. Packed with fascinating information and memorable examples, Numbers Don't Lie reveals how the US is leading a rising worldwide trend in chicken consumption, that vaccination yields the best return on investment, and why electric cars aren't as great as we think (yet). Urgent and essential, with a mix of science, history, and wit—all in bite-sized chapters on a broad range of topics— Numbers Don't Lie inspires readers to interrogate what they take to be true.
From the author of How the World Really Works, an essential guide to understanding how numbers reveal the true state of our world—exploring a wide range of topics including energy, the environment, technology, transportation, and food production.
Vaclav Smil's mission is to make facts matter. An environmental scientist, policy analyst, and a hugely prolific author, he is Bill Gates' go-to guy for making sense of our world. In Numbers Don't Lie, Smil answers questions such as: What's worse for the environment—your car or your phone? How much do the world's cows weigh (and what does it matter)? And what makes people happy?
From data about our societies and populations, through measures of the fuels and foods that energize them, to the impact of transportation and inventions of our modern world—and how all of this affects the planet itself—in Numbers Don't Lie, Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge conventional thinking. Packed with fascinating information and memorable examples, Numbers Don't Lie reveals how the US is leading a rising worldwide trend in chicken consumption, that vaccination yields the best return on investment, and why electric cars aren't as great as we think (yet). Urgent and essential, with a mix of science, history, and wit—all in bite-sized chapters on a broad range of topics— Numbers Don't Lie inspires readers to interrogate what they take to be true.
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Numbers don't lie von Vanclav Smil ist ein äusserst tolles Buch vollgestopft mit gut recherchierten Statistiken und verblüffenden Fakten. Sie werden die Welt wirklich besser verstehen. Da so viel Zahlen aufs Mal kommen ist es nicht möglich, sich alle Sachen merken zu können. Es ist sehr kopflastig aber dennoch unterhaltsam, dieses Buch zu lesen.
Unter anderem werden Sie erfahren, weshalb die Erfindungen aus den 1880ern ausschlaggebender für unsere hochentwickelte Welt waren als die letzten Jahrzehnte seit 1980.
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