Size - Vaclav Smil

Size

How It Explains the World

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
304 Seiten
2023
Viking (Verlag)
978-0-241-50700-1 (ISBN)
21,15 inkl. MwSt
'There is no author whose books I look forward to more' Bill Gates

The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth.

Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society and technology, Smil busts myths around proportions - from bodies to paintings and the so-called golden ratio - tells us what Jonathan Swift got wrong in Gulliver's Travels - the giant Brobdingnagian's legs would buckle under their enormous weight - and dives headfirst into the most contentious issue in ergonomics: the size of aeroplane seats.

It is no exaggeration to say this fascinating and wide-ranging tour de force will change the way you look at absolutely everything.

Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba, Canada. He is the author of over forty books on topics including energy, environmental and population change, food production, and public policy. His books for a general reader include Numbers Don't Lie and the New York Times bestseller How the World Really Works. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Smil is the expert's expert (Bill Gates: 'There is no author whose books I look forward to more').

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 153 x 234 mm
Gewicht 369 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Mathematische Spiele und Unterhaltung
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10 0-241-50700-6 / 0241507006
ISBN-13 978-0-241-50700-1 / 9780241507001
Zustand Neuware
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