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24 produkter
Economist Quiz Book
60 Brain Teasers for Inquisitive Minds
Av Tom Standage
Häftad, 2025
131 kr
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Calling all problem-solvers drawn to the smart, quirky and counter-intuitive.Challenge yourself to join the dots, get your facts straight and sort the genuine from the fake in this puzzle book inspired by the sharpest brains at The Economist.Do stocks with catchy names outperform the market? Is …
Seriously Curious
109 facts and figures to turn your world upside down
Av Tom Standage
Häftad, 2018
121 kr
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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 …
Victorian Internet
Av Tom Standage
Häftad, 1999
151 kr
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The history of the telegraph - the men and women who made it - and its relevance to the current Internet debateBeginning with the Abbe Nollet's famous experiment of 1746, when he successfully demonstrated that electricity could pass from one end to the other of a chain of two hundred monks, Tom …
Edible History of Humanity
Av Tom Standage
E-bok, 2009
185 kr
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The bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses charts an enlightening history of humanity through the foods we eat. Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance. It has acted as a tool of social transformation, political organization, geopolitical …
Writing on the Wall
Social Media - the First 2,000 Years
Av Tom Standage
E-bok, 2013
200 kr
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Today we are endlessly connected: constantly tweeting, texting or e-mailing. This may seem unprecedented, yet it is not. Throughout history, information has been spread through social networks, with far-reaching social and political effects. Writing on the Wall reveals how an elaborate network of …
Writing on the Wall
The Intriguing History of Social Media, from Ancient Rome to the Present Day
Av Tom Standage
Häftad, 2014
181 kr
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Today we are endlessly connected: constantly tweeting, texting or e-mailing. This may seem unprecedented, yet it is not. Throughout history, information has been spread through social networks, with far-reaching social and political effects. Writing on the Wall reveals how an elaborate network of …
Brief History of Motion
From the Wheel to the Car to What Comes Next
Av Tom Standage
Häftad, 2022
121 kr
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'Speckled with anecdotes, insights and surprises. It is great fun - and utterly timely' Sunday Times'Standage writes with a masterly clarity' New York Times'The product of deep research, great intelligence and burnished prose . . . It is rare that I encounter a non-fiction author whose prose is so …
Brief History of Motion
From the Wheel to the Car to What Comes Next
Av Tom Standage
E-bok, 2021
141 kr
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''Speckled with anecdotes, insights and surprises. It is great fun - and utterly timely'' Sunday Times ''Standage writes with a masterly clarity'' New York Times ''The product of deep research, great intelligence and burnished prose . . . It is rare that I encounter a non-fiction author whose prose …
Brief History of Motion
From the Wheel to the Car to What Comes Next
Av Tom Standage
E-bok, 2021
141 kr
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''Speckled with anecdotes, insights and surprises. It is great fun - and utterly timely'' Sunday Times ''Standage writes with a masterly clarity'' New York Times ''The product of deep research, great intelligence and burnished prose . . . It is rare that I encounter a non-fiction author whose prose …
Brief History of Motion
From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next
Av Tom Standage
E-bok, 2021
140 kr
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From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses, an eye-opening road trip through 5,500 years of humans on the go, revealing how transportation inevitably shapes civilization.Hailed for their "colorful, smooth, and wonderfully engaging" writing (Smithsonian), Tom Standage''s …
Go Figure
Things you didn’t know you didn’t know: The Economist Explains
Av Tom Standage
E-bok, 2016
112 kr
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Which James Bond drinks the most martinis? What do Satanists really believe?How do hurricanes get their names?Why are bees disappearing?Is chocolate healthy?...Go Figure has the answers. Bringing together the very best from the clever people at The Economist, Go Figure explains the mind-boggling, …
Seriously Curious
109 facts and figures to turn your world upside down
Av Tom Standage
E-bok, 2018
122 kr
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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 …
Uncommon Knowledge
Extraordinary Things That Few People Know
Av Tom Standage
E-bok, 2019
133 kr
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The world can be an amazing place if you know the right questions to ask:How did carrots become orange? What''s stopping us from having a four-day week? How can we remove all the broken bits of satellite from orbit? If everything is so terrible, why is the global suicide rate falling?The keen minds …
Unconventional Wisdom
Adventures in the Surprisingly True
Av Tom Standage
E-bok, 2020
100 kr
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The world can be an amazing place if you know the right questions to ask: How much does a ghost reduce a house''s value? How are winemakers responding to climate change? How much should you tip your Uber driver? Should your dog fear Easter more than fireworks? The keen minds of The Economist love …
Truly Peculiar
Fantastic Facts That Are Stranger Than Fiction
Av Tom Standage
E-bok, 2021
99 kr
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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 …
Uncommon Knowledge
Extraordinary Things That Few People Know
Av Tom Standage
Häftad, 2019
134 kr
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The world can be an amazing place if you know the right questions to ask:How did carrots become orange? What's stopping us from having a four-day week? How can we remove all the broken bits of satellite from orbit? If everything is so terrible, why is the global suicide rate falling?The keen minds …
Unconventional Wisdom
Adventures in the Surprisingly True
Av Tom Standage
Häftad, 2020
114 kr
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The world can be an amazing place if you know the right questions to ask:How much does a ghost reduce a house's value? How are winemakers responding to climate change? How much should you tip your Uber driver? Should your dog fear Easter more than fireworks?The keen minds of The Economist love to …
Truly Peculiar
Fantastic Facts That Are Stranger Than Fiction
Häftad, 2021
110 kr
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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 …
Oddly Informative
Matters of fact that amaze and delight
Av Tom Standage
Häftad, 2022
129 kr
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The more we ponder, the odder the world can seem.How do footballers get their shirt numbers? Why does having daughters make couples more likely to divorce? How do you move a horse from one country to another? What counts as a journey into space? The keen minds at The Economist contemplate all these …
Oddly Informative
Matters of fact that amaze and delight
Av Tom Standage
E-bok, 2022
114 kr
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The more we ponder, the odder the world can seem. How do footballers get their shirt numbers? Why does having daughters make couples more likely to divorce? How do you move a horse from one country to another? What counts as a journey into space? The keen minds at The Economist contemplate all …
History of the World in 6 Glasses
Av Tom Standage
Häftad, 2007
122 kr
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New York Times BestsellerFrom beer to Coca-Cola, the six drinks that have helped shape human history.Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than simply quench our thirst. As Tom Standage relates with easy authority and charm, six of them - beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea and …
Edible History of Humanity
Av Tom Standage
Häftad, 2010
160 kr
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Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance. It has acted as a tool of social transformation, political organization, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict and economic expansion. In An Edible History of Humanity Tom Standage serves up a …
