A01=Tom Standage
Author_Tom Standage
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Go Figure
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The Economist
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- ISBN 9781788161367
- Weight: 200g
- Dimensions: 128 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 2018
- Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 housework than singletons?
The brilliant minds of the Economist collect these questions. Individually, they might seem bite-sized and inconsequential, but taken together they can reveal a whole new world.
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.
