Numbers Tell Stories
How Data Reveals the Surprising Truths About Our World
$31.45
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2026
Summary
From the internationally bestselling author, a revealing look at the surprising numbers that uncover the hidden forces shaping our world.
What do marriage, milk, and the black market tell us about the state of humanity? Most people would say, not much at all. But the numbers reveal startling truths about who we are, how we live, and where we’re headed. For centuries, we’ve told ourselves stories about how the world works – yet the data often point to a very different reality.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241758854 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241758858 |
| Author: | Vaclav Smil |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Viking |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 700g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 40mm |
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About The Author
Vaclav Smil
Vaclav Smil
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.
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