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Firefly Books (2013), Hardcover, 224 pages
Description
Depicts the course of human history and civilization from prehistoric times to the present day in infographics, with a section on the political, social, economic, and technological trends of the twenty-first century.
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LibraryThing member annbury
Interesting, but not as revelatory as I had hoped. Perhaps I've just seen enough infographics in other books with an historical slant to be underwhelmed by this targetted effort.
LibraryThing member encephalical
Corny. The writing is corny. The visual metaphors are corny. For too many of the infographics, there were long explanations and ancillary diagrams for how to read them. This arbitrary icon means this, that arbitrary icon means that, this icon represents some arbitrary number of items, like 29 of
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whatever unit. Right, I'm going to add up multiples of small primes in my head. There's no rhyme or reason other than what fits on the page (and not even then, many of the graphics bleed off the edge) and what's cute. Show Less
LibraryThing member themulhern
This should have been really interesting. The commentary really detracted from the diagrams and the diagrams seemed ill-chosen.
LibraryThing member tuckerresearch
A fun, entertaining look at world history through infographics. Infographics are quite popular these days, and looking at history through these data-filled illustrations and graphs reach a whole new audience used to looking at data in such a graphical format. Pretty good coverage and neat
4.5 out of 5 stars.
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throughout. This seems to be written by Brits, as there is more emphasis on the British than the Americans.4.5 out of 5 stars.
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Original publication date
2013
Physical description
224 p.; 9.7 inches
ISBN
1770853162 / 9781770853164