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The Atlas of the Real World: Mapping the Way we Live (Hardcover)

by Daniel Dorling (Author), Mark Newman (Author), Anna Barford (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Thames & Hudson (6 Oct 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0500514259
  • ISBN-13: 978-0500514252
  • Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 24.1 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 44,679 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is one of the most significant works of reference ever published. Here is our planet as youve never seen it before: 366 digitally modified maps known as cartograms depict the areas and countries of the world not by their physical size, but by their demographic importance on a vast range of topics, ranging from basic data on population, health, wealth and occupation to how many toys we import and whos eating their vegetables. Created by the team behind worldmapper.org, this compelling reference is an invaluable resource for anyone involved in understanding the new world order: how trends and statistics determine our planets future and success.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Really interesting book, 7 Oct 2008
By Mr. T. Keen (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This book is brilliant! It uses maps of the world to display data by distorting the physical size of countries according to the relevant data - the result is a very visual feel for the data - much more powerful than figures or words could be. Every page has a global map displaying a different set of data and the range of data is huge, spanning from spread of diseases to energy use, from prevalence of national disasters to effectiveness of legal systems.

The book is pretty large and an ideal coffee table read. You don't need to be particularly analytical to get a lot from it - just need to be interested in the world. A fantastic new way of looking at the world.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, 4 Feb 2009
By N. Anderson (UK) - See all my reviews
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This book is full of fascinating facts about the world - some will leave you feeling angry and/or sad about the state of the world, others are just plain interesting. The kind of book you don't want to put down.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful, Attractive Series of Snapshots of Our World, 14 Sep 2009
By Bagnari Tullio - See all my reviews
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With this book You can know, only with eyes, what's the reality about an incredible number of arguments and questions. If You consider the wolly set of data here involved, You can comprise the "why" of very very many events of today life. That's a book that every person would read (see): a mine of questions to think about, and possibly to do about.
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