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The Visual Miscellaneum: A Colorful Guide to the World's Most Consequential Trivia

The Visual Miscellaneum: A Colorful Guide to the World's Most Consequential Trivia

by David Mc Candless (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

    $4.45
Synopsis

The bible for the modern information age has arrived. This unique, ground-breaking project makes sense of the countless statistics and random facts that constantly bombard us. The Visual Miscellaneum is designed to help us decipher vast amounts of statistics and research through brilliant, innovative graphics. If a picture is worth a thousand words, this single visual volume is worth an entire library of culture, philosophy, spirituality, ecology, society, technology, history, economics, and pop culture. Using cutting edge graphs, charts, and illustrations, David McCandless creatively visualizes the world's surprising relationships and compelling data, covering everything from sushi ingredients to Ultimate Fighting, celebrity marriage to Afghanistan, video game sales to oil. Some graphics include: how long it takes different condiments to spoil the many different ways civilization may end-and the likelihood of each the most pleasurable guilty pleasures everything that has ever been considered the new black cosmetic ingredients vs. lethality world maps of Internet search terms, fetishes, terrorism, abortion laws, and more. This provocative, wide-ranging, topical, and humorous book provides endless food for thought, and enlightens readers about the issues we hear about often, but have never actually managed to process-until now.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Edition: Csm
 Publisher: Collins Design
Published: 10 Nov 2009
ISBN 10: 0061748366
ISBN 13: 9780061748363

Media Reviews
Dangerous.to have on your desk if you have other work to get done..[T]he visuals will draw you in, and the sharpness of the questions some of them attempt to answer-and the efficiency with which they can communicate complex comparisons in a single page-will keep you hooked. -- Omnivoracious
For those drowning in the digital age's information glut, Visual Miscellaneum, the new eye-popping book of infographics ...makes the perfect antidote. ... By turns alarming and humorous in its revelations, it's a timely, if meandering, look at the state of our world. --Coolhunting.com
Dangerous...to have on your desk if you have other work to get done....[T]he visuals will draw you in, and the sharpness of the questions some of them attempt to answer--and the efficiency with which they can communicate complex comparisons in a single page--will keep you hooked. --Omnivoracious
. ..like a Harper's Index that's sprung to life....For a book that's as much about the online universe as it is a product of it, The Visual Miscellaneum is surprisingly timeless....The Visual Miscellaneum is not only required reading, but a book that rewards any number of re-reads. --EyeWeekly.com
.. .like a Harper's Index that's sprung to life....For a book that's as much about the online universe as it is a product of it, The Visual Miscellaneum is surprisingly timeless....The Visual Miscellaneum is not only required reading, but a book that rewards any number of re-reads. --EyeWeekly.com
Dangerous to have on your desk if you have other work to get done .[T]he visuals will draw you in, and the sharpness of the questions some of them attempt to answer and the efficiency with which they can communicate complex comparisons in a single page will keep you hooked. --Omnivoracious
For those drowning in the digital age s information glut, Visual Miscellaneum, the new eye-popping book of infographics makes the perfect antidote. By turns alarming and humorous in its revelations, it s a timely, if meandering, look at the state of our world. --Coolhunting.com
...like a Harper s Index that s sprung to life....For a book that s as much about the online universe as it is a product of it, The Visual Miscellaneum is surprisingly timeless....The Visual Miscellaneum is not only required reading, but a book that rewards any number of re-reads. --EyeWeekly.com