Numbers Don't Lie

Categories: Science & Math

Vaclav Smil presents 71 short essays using numbers to explain the modern world, from vaccines and energy to food, transport, and the environment.

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• Bill Gates: “Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World, which came out last fall, takes everything that makes his writing great and boils it down into an easy-to-read format.”