Truly Peculiar

Fantastic Facts That Are Stranger Than Fiction

Truly Peculiar
Tom Standage
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Paperback
h196 x 128mm - 272pg
4 Nov 2021 UK
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9781788168960
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Frequently unasked questions include: Are overweight politicians less trustworthy? What can bosses learn from a hostage negotiator? What happened to the Vegas wedding industry last year? How can Big Macs measure the true size of China' s economy? And why do dung beetles' love of human faeces result in scientific bias? The ever-keen minds of The Economist Explains ponder all these and more in this latest encyclopaedic excursion around the globe. From Hollywood to the underground hair trade, discover answers to the unconventional headscratchers you never thought to ask. This is an extraordinary compendium of the peculiarly true.
' The Father Christmas of knowledge' - Giles Coren ' Praise for Go Figure: Books like this make you wary of ever guessing the answer to anything' - Mark Mason
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, Daily Telegraph, Guardian and Wired.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781788168960
Published: 4 Nov 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Economist Books
Publisher: Profile Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 196mm
Width: 128mm
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 380g
Pages: 272

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