Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World
Vaclav Smil
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Add to basket: En este libro, Vaclav Smil nos lleva a una aventura de búsqueda de datos, utilizando estadísticas sorprendentes y gráficos esclarecedores para desafiar el pensamiento perezoso. Smil tiene la misión de hacer que los hechos importen, porque después de todo, los números no mienten, pero ¿qué verdad transmiten? El autor aborda una amplia gama de temas, desde la energía y el cambio ambiental hasta la producción de alimentos y la nutrición, la innovación técnica, la evaluación de riesgos y las políticas públicas. Con un enfoque realista y accesible, Smil nos invita a comprender mejor el mundo que nos rodea a través del análisis crítico de los datos. EAN: 9780241989692 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Ciencia Ficción|Fantasía|Infantil y Juvenil|Tecnología|Salud y Bienestar|Educación|Filosofía|Arte y Cultura|Religión y Espiritualidad|Idiomas|Historia|Negocios y Economía|Ciencias|Deportes y Recreación|Derecho|Hogar y Cocina|Cómics y Manga|Películas|Romance|Enciclopedias|Diccionarios|Entretenimiento|Libros de Texto|Literatura y Ficción Título: Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World Autor: Vaclav Smil Editorial: Penguin Idioma: en Páginas: 384 Formato: tapa blanda.
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'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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