Seriously Curious: 109 facts and figures to turn your world upside down

Seriously Curious: 109 facts and figures to turn your world upside down

by TomStandage (Author)

Synopsis

Some questions you never think to ask. Others, you didn't know you didn't know. And some facts are so surprising they cry out for answers. What can a president actually do? Why do cities sink into the ground? Why is Australia seemingly invulnerable to recessions? Why do people in couples do more housework than singletons? The brilliant minds of the Economist collect these questions. Individually, they might seem bite-sized and inconsequential, but taken together they can reveal a whole new world.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: Main
Publisher: Economist Books
Published: 01 Nov 2018

ISBN 10: 178816136X
ISBN 13: 9781788161367
Book Overview: Following up 2016's hit Go Figure, another collection of astonishing bite-sized explainers from the Economist

Media Reviews
For Go Figure: Books like this make you wary of ever guessing the answer to anything -- Mark Mason * The Daily Mail *
Author Bio
Tom Standage is Deputy Editor of The Economist. He is author of several books, including Go Figure, Writing on the Wall: Social Media - The First 2,000 Years and The Victorian Internet. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Daily Telegraph, Guardian and Wired.