Customer Reviews

Really interesting book - By: Mr. T. Keen, 07 Oct 2008
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 & 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 & an ideal coffee table read. You don't need to be particularly analytical to get a lot from it - just need to be interestedin the world. A fantastic new way of looking at the world.