Ed tom standage (6 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: New. As deputy editor of The Economist Tom Standage is familiar with statistics but here focuses on economic oddities that have a wider story to tell. Among the collection are explorations of the correlation between overweight politicians and corruption, the size of the Chinese economy in terms of Big Macs, and why it's better to be a poor pupil in a rich country than the reverse.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. These 106 articles represent the oddest and most counter-intuitive truths that The Economist writers have discovered in their research. Organized into categories including travel, food, politics and the environment, they range from Italy's dislike for Nutella and why people prefer sloppily wrapped Christmas presents, to weightier topics such as steadily shortening lifespans in America, and how to predict a political coup.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Why do female astronauts have more limited time in space than their male colleagues? How did China eliminate malaria? Are penalty shoot-outs the fairest way to break football deadlocks? As they explore 90 questions ranging across science, the arts, diplomacy, the environment and health, the Economist journalists reveal a wealth of curious and intriguing explanations.…

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