Oddly Informative

Matters of fact that amaze and delight

Oddly Informative
Tom Standage
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Paperback
h196 x 128mm - 272pg
20 Oct 2022 UK
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9781800812093
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The more we ponder, the odder the world can seem. Why are coups making a comeback? What counts as a journey into space? Which countries cheat the most in athletics? Is the tale of the difficult second novel fact or fiction? The keen minds at The Economist contemplate all these and more in their quest for the globe' s most extraordinary and up-to-date quandaries and conundrums, brought together in this latest annual compilation of the oddest and the most mind-boggling. Amaze and delight everyone you know with bizarre facts and headscratchers that show the world is even stranger than we might have thought.
' Praise for Tom Standage: ' Uncommonly brilliant' - Daily Mail ' The Father Christmas of knowledge' - Giles Coren ' Books like this make you wary of ever guessing the answer to anything' - Daily Mail
Tom Standage is Deputy Editor of The Economist. He is the author of several books, including Truly Peculiar, A Brief History of Motion, Uncommon Knowledge, 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.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781800812093
Published: 20 Oct 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Economist Books
Publisher: Profile Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 196mm
Width: 128mm
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 220g
Pages: 272

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