smil vaclav numbers don t lie 71 things you need to know about the world
Smil Vaclav Numbers Don't Lie. 71 Things You Need to Know About the World
'My favourite author has done it again. Numbers Don't Lie is by far his most accessible book to date, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is curious about the world. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning' Bill Gates Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy? From Earth's nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all of this affects the planet itself - in Numbers Don't Lie, Professor Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge lazy thinking. Smil is on a mission to make facts matter, because after all, numbers may not lie, but which truth do they convey? 'Smil's title says it all: to understand the world, you need to follow the trendlines, not the headlines. This is a compelling, fascinating, and most important, realistic portrait of the world and where it's going' Steven Pinker 'The best book to read to better understand our world. It should be on every bookshelf!' Linda Yueh 'There is perhaps no other academic who paints pictures with numbers like Smil' Guardian Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of over forty books on topics including energy, environmental and population change, food production and nutrition, technical innovation, risk assessment and public policy. No other living scientist has had more books (on a wide variety of topics) reviewed in Nature. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, in 2010 he was named by Foreign Policy as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. This is his first book for a more general readership.
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Smil V. Numbers Don t Lie
Is flying dangerous? How much do the world’s cows weigh? And what makes people happy? From Earth’s nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all of this affects the planet itself - in Numbers Don’t Lie, Professor Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge lazy thinking. Smil is on a mission to make facts matter, because after all, numbers may not lie, but which truth do they convey? Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of over forty books on topics including energy, environmental and population change, food production and nutrition, technical innovation, risk assessment and public policy. No other living scientist has had more books (on a wide variety of topics) reviewed in Nature. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, in 2010 he was named by Foreign Policy as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. This is his first book for a more general readership.
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Smil V. Numbers Don t Lie
Is flying dangerous? How much do the world’s cows weigh? And what makes people happy? From Earth’s nations and inhabitants, through the fuels and foods that energize them, to the transportation and inventions of our modern world - and how all of this affects the planet itself - in Numbers Don’t Lie, Professor Vaclav Smil takes us on a fact-finding adventure, using surprising statistics and illuminating graphs to challenge lazy thinking. Smil is on a mission to make facts matter, because after all, numbers may not lie, but which truth do they convey? Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of over forty books on topics including energy, environmental and population change, food production and nutrition, technical innovation, risk assessment and public policy. No other living scientist has had more books (on a wide variety of topics) reviewed in Nature. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, in 2010 he was named by Foreign Policy as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. This is his first book for a more general readership.
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Harris Sarah J. The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder
There are three things you need to know about Jasper.1. He sees the world completely differently/2. He can’t recognise faces – not even his own.3. He is the only witness to the murder of his neighbour, Bee Larkham.But uncovering the truth about that night will change his world forever.An extraordinary and compelling debut which will make you see the world in a way you’ve never seen it before.
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Harris S. The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder
There are three things you need to know about Jasper.1. He sees the world completely differently/2. He can’t recognise faces – not even his own.3. He is the only witness to the murder of his neighbour, Bee Larkham.But uncovering the truth about that night will change his world forever.An extraordinary and compelling debut which will make you see the world in a way you’ve never seen it before.
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Harris S. The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder
There are three things you need to know about Jasper.1. He sees the world completely differently/2. He can’t recognise faces – not even his own.3. He is the only witness to the murder of his neighbour, Bee Larkham.But uncovering the truth about that night will change his world forever.An extraordinary and compelling debut which will make you see the world in a way you’ve never seen it before.
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Harris Sarah J. The Colour of Bee Larkham's Murder
How do you solve a mystery when you can’t understand the clues? There are three things you need to know about Jasper. 1. He sees the world completely differently. 2. He can’t recognise faces – not even his own. 3. He is the only witness to the murder of his neighbour, Bee Larkham. But uncovering the truth about that night will change his world forever… An extraordinary and compelling debut which will make you see the world in a way you’ve never seen it before
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Cleave Chris The Other Hand
We don t want to tell you what happens in this book. It is a truly special story and we don t want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know enough to buy it so we will just say this: This is the story of two women. Their lives collide one fateful day, and one of them has to make a terrible choice. Two years later, they meet again the story starts there Once you have read it, you ll want to tell your friends about it. When you do, please don t tell them what happens either. The magic is in how it unfolds.
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Dartnell Lewis The Knowledge. How To Rebuild Our World After An Apocalypse
If the world as we know it ended tomorrow, how would you survive? A nuclear war, viral pandemic or asteroid strike. The world as we know it has ended. You and the other survivors must start again. What knowledge would you need to start rebuilding civilisation from scratch? How do you grow food, generate power, prepare medicines, or get metal out of rocks? Could you avert another Dark Ages, or take shortcuts to accelerate redevelopment? Living in the modern world, we have become disconnected from the basic processes and key fundamentals of science that sustain our lives. Ingenious and groundbreaking, The Knowledge explains everything you need to know about everything, revolutionising your understanding of the world.
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Become an Earth expert and find out all you need to know about our planet - from the tallest mountain to the deepest ocean trenches - in this brilliant mini-book. With Earth facts at your fingertips, Pocket Eyewitness Earth makes learning about our blue-and-green planet fun. Bite-sized chunks of information and stunning images help you explore Earth's volcanoes, mountains, rivers, forests, and seas. There are chapters, too, on weather and climate. Packed with profiles on more than 180 of Earth's major features you'll soon become a know-it-all on all things Earth. Get the facts and stats on the Nile, the world's longest river at 6,650 km (4,130 miles), see incredible pictures of giant crystals that weigh 55 tonnes each, and find out about the Mississippi tornado that tossed a train into the air. All this and more can be discovered in Pocket Eyewitness Earth, the handy pocket-sized encyclopedia of everything you need to know about our world!
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13 1/2 Incredible Things You Need to Know About Everything
Learn something about everything with 13 mind-blowing facts plus a little myth-buster about every topic under (and including) the Sun! Exploded images of everyday objects, from cars and skeletons to pianos and chocolate, will take you on an incredible factual adventure. Did you know that one in every four animals on Earth is a beetle? Were you aware that white chocolate isn't technically chocolate? Or that the dwarf planet Pluto is so small that two of it could sit side-by-side across the USA? 13 1/2 Incredible Things You Need to Know About Everything includes over 1000 facts on 80 different subjects to satisfy your thirst for knowledge. Familiar objects - the Earth, a tiger, an Apollo spacesuit, a scorpion - are exploded to reveal their extraordinary insides. Surprising myth-busters will give you lots of new favourite facts, such as chameleons change colour to stand out not blend in and that on sharks on average only kill 6 people annually while people kill 100 million sharks a year! Awesome images will draw you into 13 1/2 Incredible Things You Need to Know About Everything and irresistible and fascinating information will keep you there.
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Tomley Sarah, Weeks Marcus Children's Book of Philosophy. An Introduction to the World's Greatest Thinkers and their Big Ideas
Delve into the minds of the world's most famous philosophers and discover the answers to the world's big questions - the perfect introduction to philosophy for younger readers From Socrates and Aristotle to Kant and Confucius, meet the thinkers and theories which shaped our world. Find answers to life's big questions such as 'Who am I?' or 'Should I ever tell a lie?' and what philosophy is. How do you know whether you're awake or dreaming? Is the world real? Why do we need rules? Complex topics are explored in The Children's Book of Philosophy, inspiring you to think about the philosophical theories and concepts for yourself with both conflicting and complimentary viewpoints to encourage you to be part of the next generation of thinkers. Meet the key philosophers throughout history and across the world that changed the way we live today.
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Salmon Caspar How to Count to ONE
A hilariously bossy picture book about counting that children will love to outsmart! You know how to count, right? GREAT! There are LOADS of fun things to count in this book. Whales, baboons, rainbows, pyramids . . . There’s just one rule. You must ONLY ever count to ONE. So don’t even about THINK bigger numbers. OK?! Get ready to show off your skills in this fun new counting book! But all is not as it seems . . . is this book really only about counting to ‘ONE’? Because there are SO MANY fun things that you could count. But – wait – maybe there’s a way to outsmart the book . . . and count all the way up to 100!
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Feeney Alice Sometimes I Lie
My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me. 1.I'm in a coma 2.My husband doesn't love me any more 3.Sometimes I lie Unnerving, twisted and utterly compelling, you won't be able to put this thriller down. Perfect for fans of Behind Closed Doors, The Girl on the Train and The Woman in the Window.
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