Truly Peculiar
Fantastic Facts That Are Stranger Than Fiction
(Sprache: Englisch)
Our extraordinary world makes more (and sometimes less) sense when you wonder:
What's driving the international turkey-meat boom?
How does a cannonball determine a maritime boundary?
Where can you wed your mobile phone?
Why do...
What's driving the international turkey-meat boom?
How does a cannonball determine a maritime boundary?
Where can you wed your mobile phone?
Why do...
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Our extraordinary world makes more (and sometimes less) sense when you wonder:What's driving the international turkey-meat boom?
How does a cannonball determine a maritime boundary?
Where can you wed your mobile phone?
Why do septuagenarians have a better chance of summiting Mount Everest than ever?
The ever-keen minds of The Economist Explains solve all these riddles and more in their latest encyclopaedic excursion around the globe. Baffle your friends and colleagues with unconventional headscratchers that shed surprising light on science, culture, world affairs and more. From the underground trade in hair to Hollywood's role in the creation of the snow globe, Truly Peculiar takes a walk on the weird side.
Autoren-Porträt von Tom Standage
Tom Standage is Deputy Editor of The Economist. He is the author of several books, including Uncommon Knowledge, Seriously Curious, Writing on the Wall: Social Media - The First 2,000 Years and The Victorian Internet. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and Wired.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Tom Standage
- 2021, 262 Seiten, Maße: 13,1 x 19,8 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Tom Standage
- Verlag: Profile Books
- ISBN-10: 1788168968
- ISBN-13: 9781788168960
- Erscheinungsdatum: 04.11.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
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