Oddly enough I found myself less interested in the political graphs than in his desperate attempts to make sense of psychobabble and cooking - here's one for instance mapping what flavours go with what main dishes. I also felt that he gave a bit too much weight (ie any at all) to the climate deniers in a couple of compare and contrast graphs. But the futurology ones are all very interesting. The other problem - which is hardly McCandless's fault, but is imposed by the format - is that the graphs are all static. If you want nifty moving graphics of the future (and immediate past) of our world, you need to talk to Hans Rosling over at Gapminder.
December Books 19) Information is Beautiful, by David McCandless
Oddly enough I found myself less interested in the political graphs than in his desperate attempts to make sense of psychobabble and cooking - here's one for instance mapping what flavours go with what main dishes. I also felt that he gave a bit too much weight (ie any at all) to the climate deniers in a couple of compare and contrast graphs. But the futurology ones are all very interesting. The other problem - which is hardly McCandless's fault, but is imposed by the format - is that the graphs are all static. If you want nifty moving graphics of the future (and immediate past) of our world, you need to talk to Hans Rosling over at Gapminder.
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Books of 2012 and 2013
Looking back, I discovered that I never did a proper books roundup of 2012, unlike in previous years ( 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006,…
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December Books
Non-Fiction 3 (2013 total 46) Tardis Eruditorum vol 4: Tom Baker and the Hinchcliffe Years, by Philip Sandifer Information is Beautiful, by…
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December Books 22) The Next Generation, vol. I, by John Francis Maguire
I'll write this up in full next year when I read volumes II and III; just to note for now that it is a political novel written by an Irish MP in…
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