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Seriously Curious: The Facts and Figures That Turn Our World Upside Down
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Smart, savvy answers to universal questions, from the highly popular The Economist Explains and Daily Chart blogs-a treat for the knowing, the uninitiated, and the downright curious.

Seriously Curious: The Facts and Figures that Turn Our World Upside Down brings together the very best explainers and charts, written and created by top journalists to help us understand such brain-bending conundrums as why Swedes overpay their taxes, why America still allows child marriage, and what the link is between avocados and crime. Subjects both topical and timeless, profound and peculiar, are explained with The Economist's trademark wit and verve.

The Economist Explains and its online sister, the Daily Chart, are the two most popular blogs on The Economist's website. Together, these online giants provide answers to the kinds of questions, quirky and serious, that may be puzzling anyone interested in the world around them. Want to know why exorcisms are on the rise in France or how porn consumption changed during a false alarm missile strike warning in Hawaii? We have the answers They are sometimes surprising, often intriguing, and always enlightening.

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  • Title Seriously Curious: The Facts and Figures That Turn Our World Upside Down
  • Author Tom Standage (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher PublicAffairs
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781610399937 / 1610399935
  • Weight 0.44 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5 x 0.75 in (20.32 x 12.70 x 1.91 cm)
  • Category Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords
  • Library of Congress subjects Curiosities and wonders, Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2018957599
  • Dewey Decimal Code 031.02

About the author

Tom Standage is Deputy Editor of The Economist. He joined the magazine in 1998, and has been Technology Editor, Business Editor, and Digital Editor. He is author of six books, including Writing on the Wall: Social Media -- The First 2,000 Years and The Victorian Internet, and his writing has appeared in the New York Times, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, and Wired.

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