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TechnoTV - The Atlas of the Real World
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Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 912
EAN: 9780500514252
ISBN: 0500514259
Label: Thames & Hudson
Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 2008-10-27
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Studio: Thames & Hudson
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Summary: Great gift
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This book is a wonderful addition to any library. The graphs are clear and easy to read; giving you tons of information in a neat, concise space.
A sure hit for anyone that loves trivia and likes information on a variety of subjects.
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Summary: atlas for Christmas
Comment: This atlas was a big hit at Christmas. My daughter had asked for it, but all the family enjoyed the takes on mapping.
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Summary: Points of view
Comment: The Atlas of the Real World
I found it fascinating to see the world through different eyes. The author shows how the world really looks with charts, diagrams and maps drawn to new scales.
The Atlas appeals not only to those of a geographical bent but to statisticians and everyman.
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Summary: Insightful
Comment: A very interesting approach to raw data, the maps may be hard to decipher at times but its a fantastic synthetic view of our world and how it works, I began to wish there were more maps on more topics. Origninal way to see how nations invest, how people live what impact policies may have. It highlights unobvious patterns and trends that can then be studied in greater depth. Strongly recommended.
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Summary: Cartograms - Reality maps
Comment: These 391 maps are cartograms - intentional distortions proportional to what is being represented and in relation to every other area. This is valuable because it shows what geography is about, spatial and temporal. Politicians may argue and we may perceive ourselves as "bigger, longer, wealthier, better fed, better educated or lower, longer and poorer." The cartograms show things in proportion.
The US thinks of itself as highly educated, but map 247, "Growth in Secondary Education Spending" shows the US as almost nonexistent in proportion to other countries. The highest is western Europe, India, China, Japan and Brazil. For wealth China is about to come full circle by 2015 and exceed the US in wealth. At a glance you see the net importers and exporters of goods and services. The Middle East stands out for fuel exports while the US is the largest fuel importer. These are all cartograms, there is no need to look at a data table. Through color and distortion, you know, immediately, who is larger, smaller, richer, poorer, and more.
There is a significant quote on each page for each topic. 'At City Toys Ltd, . . . . Shenzhen, youngsters worked 16-hour days, seven days a week.' The cartogram shows China far and away the largest exporter of toys. Deaths from Cholera overwhelm Africa and India while the rest of the world shrinks away.
www.worldmapper.org is a site that compliments the text and makes the information all the more accessible and useful. It gives you a full, cross-referenced index and makes the information in all the maps easily accessible. The 400 page text (28 * 24 cm) is too big to carry around, the web site makes the information accessible almost anywhere.
l use the text and the web site in the Human Geography, Geomorphology and Meteorology courses I teach. Students love the colors, shapes and easy access to data. This sets a high standard for other map - data combinations.
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366 cartograms cover a vast array of subjects, providing a definitive reference on how regions and countries compare in resources, production, consumption, and more.
Advances in technology have made widespread and detailed data gathering easier, resulting in a deluge of statistics on subjects as diverse as literacy rates, military spending, overweight children, television viewing figures, and endangered species. But how do we represent and compare data from one part of the world to another in a useful way?
Here, sophisticated software combined with comprehensive analysis of every aspect of life represents the world as it really is. Digitally modified maps depict the areas and countries of the world not by their physical size but by their demographic importance on a vast range of topics.
The rainforests of South America, with thirty percent of the world's fresh water, make the continent balloon in an analysis of water resources, whereas Kuwait, dependent on desalinated seawater, disappears from the map. Fuel use, alcohol consumption, population, malaria: here are hundreds of key indicators to the way we live.
This innovative and exceptionally accessible reference work will be an indispensable tool for journalists, economists, marketers, politicians, financiers, environmentalists, and scholars. Its cartograms are augmented by graphs, tables, and full commentaries. 366 color maps.
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