Size How It Explains the World

Paperback • 2023 • English

Size How It Explains the World

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About the book

'There is no author whose books I look forward to more' Bill Gates 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...Show more

Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world

Narrative theme: Identity / belonging

Topics in philosophy

Book details

ISBN

9780241992142

Publisher

Penguin Books, Limited

Published year

2023

Language

English

Original title

Size How It Explains the World

Format

Paperback

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