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The Handy Answer Book
The Handy Geography Answer Book
The world, its people, its countries, its history, the maps, and more! Geography is more than just maps and finding your destination. It is about the land, the people on that land, the delicate balance of nature, and our very interdependence upon it, despite the miracles of technology and grocery stores. It’s about the effects of nature on places and people, as well as how politics, borders, cities, and towns affect our lives. The Handy Geography Answer Book traces the history of geography from Eratosthenes and Alexander von Humboldt to latitude and longitude, folding maps, and the latest advances in the Global Positioning System (GPS). It provides insights into economic, social, historic, culture, religious, political, and climate geography, plus oceanography, demographics, and more. Completely revised and updated, The Handy Geography Answer Book tours the world, its natural features, and the ever-changing mark humans make on our planet. It answers 1,200 questions on today’s world, from the trivia (longest, hottest, tallest) to how geography has influenced history, religion, architecture, and the location of cities. You’ll learn answers to such questions as . . .
464 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2009
About the author
Paul A. Tucci
6 books2 followersPaul A. Tucci is the chief operating officer and partner at iwerk, inc., an innovative software developer and IT services corporation. Prior to that, he held senior executive management positions, managing global sales, marketing and product innovation for diverse academic information publishing companies.
He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and was a guest lecturer in international marketing, management, distribution, strategy and culture at Northwestern University, University of Michigan, , INSEAD (France), New York University and Oakland University. He serves on the board of directors of the Rislov Foundation, an organization that grants university scholarships to students of classical music.
He is also a researcher and author of Traveling Everywhere: How to Survive a Global Business Trip (2001), The Handy Geography Answer Book 2nd Ed. (2008), The Handy Personal Finance Answer Book (2011), The Handy Investing Answer Book (2014), The Handy Geography Answer Book 3rd Ed. (2016) as well as numerous articles regarding the information industry.
He has appeared on syndicated radio shows coast to coast, and in such publications as Crain's Detroit Business and The New York Times, as well as the graduate business school textbook, Marketing Channels. Throughout his business career, he has traveled to more than half of the countries in the world.
He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and was a guest lecturer in international marketing, management, distribution, strategy and culture at Northwestern University, University of Michigan, , INSEAD (France), New York University and Oakland University. He serves on the board of directors of the Rislov Foundation, an organization that grants university scholarships to students of classical music.
He is also a researcher and author of Traveling Everywhere: How to Survive a Global Business Trip (2001), The Handy Geography Answer Book 2nd Ed. (2008), The Handy Personal Finance Answer Book (2011), The Handy Investing Answer Book (2014), The Handy Geography Answer Book 3rd Ed. (2016) as well as numerous articles regarding the information industry.
He has appeared on syndicated radio shows coast to coast, and in such publications as Crain's Detroit Business and The New York Times, as well as the graduate business school textbook, Marketing Channels. Throughout his business career, he has traveled to more than half of the countries in the world.
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January 15, 2016
The Handy Geography Answer Book (2nd Ed.) by Paul A. Tucci and Matthew T. Rosenberg (Visible Ink Press 2009)(910) is a wonderful book of information about our world. Broken down into sections about each part of the globe, it features fascinating trivia found in few such handy sources. My rating: 7.5/10, finished 3/22/12.
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