Don't Know Much About Geography - Revised and Updated Edition

Informationen zum Autor Kenneth C. Davis is the New York Times bestselling author of A Nation Rising ; America's Hidden History ; and Don't Know Much About ® History , which spent thirty-five consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, sold more than 1.7 million copies, and gave rise to his phenomenal Don't Know Much About ® series for adults and children. A resident of New York City and Dorset, Vermont, Davis frequently appears on national television and radio and has been a commentator on NPR's All Things Considered . He blogs regularly at www.dontknowmuch.com. Klappentext Who killed the Dead Sea? What can you build with BRICS? Does the World Bank have ATMs? Is all the talk of global warming just a lot of hot air? In Don't Know Much About® Geography , Kenneth C. Davis, New York Times bestselling author and creator of the Don't Know Much About® series of books, takes the reader on a fascinating, breathtaking, and hilarious grand tour of the planet Earth—opening our eyes and imaginations to a wide, wild, and wonderful world we never knew. In this newly revised, updated, and expanded edition of the classic anti-textbook, he reflects on many of the profound and important changes that have occurred on our planet in the last twenty years. Zusammenfassung Don't Know Much About Geography by New York Times bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis is a fascinating and fun exploration of our planet. Geography is the hub from which other disciplines radiate: meteorology, ecology, geology, oceanography, demographics, cartography, agricultural studies, economics, and political science. In addition to presenting geographical trivia that’ll impress your friends, Davis explores 21st-century topics of global concern, including the role of the Internet and technology in transforming the lives of people around the world, how so-called developing nations develop, sustainability, and the debates over climate change and evolutionary science. This completely revised and updated version of Don't Know Much About Geography is an entertaining and illuminating grand tour of planet Earth. ...

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth C Davis, Kenneth C. Davis, DAVIS KENNETH C
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.05.2013
• EAN: 9780062043566
• ISBN: 978-0-06-204356-6
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Don't Know Much About Series; Don't Know Much About; Don't Know Much About Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Geography, Science: general issues, HISTORY / Reference, History of Science, Reference works, Regional / International studies, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Trivia and quiz questions, HISTORY: WORLD, SCIENCE: Reference, HISTORY: Reference, REFERENCE: Trivia, SCIENCE: History, NATURE: Regional, SCIENCE: Earth Sciences / Geography, HISTORY: Historical Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Regional Studies, SCIENCE: Earth Sciences / Geology