GO FIGURE: Things you didn’t know you didn’t know: The Economist Explains - Softcover

STANDAGE, TOM

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178125625X ISBN 13: 9781781256251

Publisher: Economist Books, 2016

Synopsis

Which James Bond drinks the most martinis?
What do Satanists really believe?
How do hurricanes get their names?
Why are bees disappearing?
Is chocolate healthy?

...Go Figure has the answers.

Bringing together the very best from the clever people at The Economist, Go Figure explains the mind-boggling, the peculiar and the profound, things you might always have quietly wondered about and yet more you didn't know you didn't know.

Figure out why so many Koreans are called Kim, how bitcoin mining works, why eating insects makes sense and how to get ahead under a dictator - a treat for the knowing, the uninitiated and the downright curious.

About this title

Review:

Books like this make you wary of ever guessing the answer to anything (Mark Mason The Daily Mail)

Book Description:

Smart, savvy answers to universal questions, from the highly popular Economist Explains and Daily Chart blogs, a treat for the knowing, the uninitiated and the downright curious

About this edition

• Publisher: Economist Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 178125625X
• ISBN 13: 9781781256251
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256