The visual miscellaneum : a colorful guide to the world's most consequential trivia /
""The visual miscellaneum" is a unique, groundbreaking look at the modern information age, helping readers make sense of the countless statistics and random facts that constantly bombard us. Using cutting edge graphs, charts, and illustrations, David McCandless creatively visualizes t...
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New York :
Collins Design,
c2009.
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| 001 | 99844028204151 | ||
| 005 | 20210811144236.0 | ||
| 008 | 090219s2009 nyuab 001 0 eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9780061748363 | ||
| 020 | |a 0061748366 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)310399331 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)ocn310399331 | ||
| 040 | |a BTCTA |c BTCTA |d YDXCP |d IAM |d CXP |d BLP |d B2A |d OCLCO |d U@S | ||
| 049 | |a U@SA | ||
| 050 | 4 | |a AG195 |b .M33 2009 | |
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| 100 | 1 | |a McCandless, David. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The visual miscellaneum : |b a colorful guide to the world's most consequential trivia / |c [written and designed by] David McCandless. |
| 260 | |a New York : |b Collins Design, |c c2009. | ||
| 300 | |a 253 p. : |b il., mapas ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 500 | |a Incluye índice. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Pop : BIllion-dollar-o-gram ; Books everyone should read ; The 'in' colours ; The 'interesting' colours ; SImple part I ; International number ones ; Better than Bacon ; Who clever are you? Types of facial hair ; Good news ; Immortality ; Red vs blue ; Simple part II ; Most popular US girls' names ; Most popular US boys' names -- Web : Looking for love online ; The one machine ; Internet virals ; YouTubes ; Google insights ; The great firewall of China ; Articles of war ; Virtual kingdoms ; Avatars ; Fast internet ; The clouds ; Selling your soul -- Thought : Left vs. right ; Three's a magic number ; What is consciousness? ; Colours and culture ; Stages of you ; World religions ; Moral matrix ; Postmodernism ; Being defensive ; Enneagram -- Nature : Tons of carbon ; Which fish are okay to eat? ; Stock check ; 30 years makes a difference ; Carbon conscious ; Rising sea levels ; The carbon dioxide cycle ; Extinct ; Kyoto targets ; 30 years makes a difference II ; Tons of carbon II ; Amphilbian extinction rates ; Bee limit warning -- Science : Creationism vx. evolutionism ; Creation myths ; The book of you ; The book of me ; Personal computer evolution ; Low resolution ; Climate sceptics vs the consensus ; Nature vs nuture ; The future of energy ; the future of the future -- Health : Snake oil? ; The remedy ; Wat are athe chances? ; Some things you can't avoid ; Body by ; Microbes most dangerous ; Cosmetic ingredients ; Things that'll give you cancer ; Alternative medicine -- Food : Taste buds ; The poison ; The remedy ; Salad dressings ; Not nice ; Pass the ... ; Types of coffee ; Daily diets ; Calories in, calories out ; Vintage years ; Feeding frenzy -- Power : Who runs the world? ; Who really runs the world? ; Behind every great man ; Peter's projection ; The Middle East ; The Middle East: some context -- Life : 20th century death ; Dangers of death ; Varieties of romantic relationships ; Motive, timing and delivery ; Man's humanity to man -- Film : Timelines ; 22 stories ; Most profitable stories 2007 ; Most profitable stories 2008 ; Most profitable stories ever -- Media : Mountains out of molehills ; X is the new black ; In 25 words or less ; Types of information viz ; The media jungle -- Music : Dance genre-ology ; Rock genre-ology ; Most successful rock bands. | |
| 520 | |a ""The visual miscellaneum" is a unique, groundbreaking look at the modern information age, helping readers make sense of the countless statistics and random facts that constantly bombard us. Using cutting edge graphs, charts, and illustrations, David McCandless creatively visualizes the world’s surprising relationships and compelling data, covering everything from the most pleasurable guilty pleasures to how long it takes different condiments to spoil to world maps of Internet search terms." --Descripción del editor. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Curiosities and wonders |v Pictorial works. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Questions and answers |v Pictorial works. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Curiosidades y maravillas |v Libros de láminas. |2 UDESA | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Preguntas y respuestas |v Libros de láminas. |2 UDESA | |