Numbers Don't Lie

Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World by Vaclav Smil

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


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Despite giving this book a 5 I'm not recommending it. It got the 5 because it fulfilled a specific purpose, not because it was interesting. It's basically just a random collection of facts backed up by numbers along with some editorializing.

I selected this book because I wanted some background noise. When I was on vacation I was a week without radio or television and by the time I came home I was totally relaxed so decided to continue leaving both radio and TV turned off. But still I like some spoken word during meals so I got the audio version of this book and listened to it. I didn't pay much attention, just let the reader rattle on in the background and it was quite pleasant. As background it's great, but for interest not so much. Admittedly I a few topics caught my attention but not many.



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