TITLE:
Numbers don't lie : 71 stories to help us understand the modern world / Vaclav Smil.
Alternate Title:
Numbers do not lie
By:
Publication Date:
2021
Publication Information:
New York : Penguin Books,
Physical Description:
xvi, 350 p. : ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Vaclav Smil's mission is to make facts matter. An environmental scientist, policy analyst, and a hugely prolific author, he is Bill Gates' go-to guy for making sense of our world. In Numbers Don't Lie, Smil answers questions such as: What's worse for the environment--your car or your phone? How much do the world's cows weigh (and what does it matter)? And what makes people happy?
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780143136224
