Numbers Don't Lie : 71 Things You Need to Know About the World (Paperback, 영국판)
Penguin Books Ltd | Vaclav Smil- ISBN : 9780241989692
20,900원
- 『숫자는 어떻게 진실을 말하는가 - 넘겨짚지 않고 현실을 직시하는 71가지 통찰』 영어원서
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| 출간일 | 2021-04-01 |
|---|---|
| 구성/판형 | Paperback | 384 pages |
| 크기 | 129 x 198 x 23mm 내외 |
| 상품번호 | 2682576 |
전 세계가 주목하는 에너지·환경·경제 사상가 바츨라프 스밀의
데이터와 통계로 세상의 진실을 읽는 법
“통계 뒤에 숨은 이야기를 생각하게 한다.” 빌 게이츠
“우리 세계의 실제 모습과 우리가 어디로 가고 있는지를 설득력 있게 증명한 책.” 스티븐 핑커
“통계분석의 대가, 세계 발달사에 대해 손꼽히는 사상가.” [가디언]
인간의 기대 수명은 정점에 이른 것일까? 왜 실업률만으로 모든 것을 설명할 수 없을까? 전기 자동차는 정말 친환경적일까? 풍력발전에 화석연료가 필요한 이유는? 인구와 식량부터 에너지, 기술, 환경 그리고 국제정세까지, 사실 기반의 명확한 데이터와 입체적인 통계분석으로 밝히는 세상에 관한 71가지 진실. 숫자의 의미와 맥락을 파악하면 현실이 보인다. 팩트가 외면당하는 불확실성의 시대, 추측과 오해, 편견을 배제하고 세상을 깊고 넓게 이해하는 법.
'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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