Size Audiobook
How It Explains The World
SYNOPSIS
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100 words: The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth.
Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society and technology, Smil busts myths around proportions - from bodies to paintings and the so-called golden ratio - tells us what Jonathan Swift got wrong in Gulliver''s Travels - the giant Brobdingnagian''s legs would buckle under their enormous weight - and dives headfirst into the most contentious issue in ergonomics: the size of aeroplane seats.
It is no exaggeration to say this fascinating and wide-ranging tour de force will change the way you look at absolutely everything.
10 words: Size, an omnipresent scalar, is the measure of all things.
1 word: Size.
© Vaclav Smil 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023
DETAILS
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 9780241997413 |
| Publisher: | PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Release Date: | May of 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Format: | Audiobook |
| File Size | B |
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| Categories: |
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| EAN: | 9780241997413 |