Unconventional Wisdom by Tom Standage

Unconventional Wisdom by Tom Standage

The world can be an amazing place if you know the right questions to ask: How much does a ghost reduce a house's value? How are winemakers responding to climate change? How much should you tip your Uber driver? Should your dog fear Easter more than fireworks? The keen minds of The Economist love to look beyond everyday appearances to find out what really makes things tick. In this latest collection of The Economist Explains, they have gathered the weirdest and most counter-intuitive answers they've found in their endless quest to explain our bizarre world. Take a peek at some Unconventional Wisdom - and pass it on! The world only gets more amazing when discoveries are shared.

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 * Daily Mail *

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.

SKU	GOR011080122
ISBN 13	9781788166133
ISBN 10	1788166132
Title	Unconventional Wisdom
Author	Tom Standage
Condition	Very good
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Profile Books Ltd
Year published	2020-11-05
Number of pages	272
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