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Tim Harford
The Truth Detective: How to make sense of a wor...

Tim Harford
The Truth Detective: How to make sense of a world that doesn´t add up

2023 | Nakladatelství Folio, spol.s r.o.

'Tim Harford is peerless at making sense of a complicated world and our place within it. This is a book that all children should read' - Matthew Syed-> Did you know that a toy spaceship can teach you about inflation?-> Or that a pooping cow can show you how to invest your pocket money?-> And that even the greatest dete…ctives have been fooled by fake news and dancing fairies?The world is often full of bamboozling headlines and numbers that don't add up. But don't panic. Within these pages you will transform into a Truth Detective, hunting down the truth about the world around you. You will meet heroic truth detectives, such as Florence Nightingale who started a revolution with a pie chart. You will encounter dastardly villains who have tried to trip us up with dodgy data and misinformation. And you will learn how being smart and savvy with numbers, will help you be smart and savvy about everything else in life too.So grab your detective cap, pick up your magnifying glass and start seeing the world like never before.A must read for curious kids from presenter of BBC Radio 4's "More or Less", Tim Harford and with wonderful illustrations to enjoy by Ollie Mann. 'Tim Harford is peerless at making sense of a complicated world and our place within it. This is a book that all children should read' - Matthew Syed-> Did you know that a toy spaceship can teach you …about inflation?-> Or that a pooping cow can show you how to invest your pocket money?-> And that even the greatest detectives have been fooled by fake news and dancing fairies?The world is often full of bamboozling headlines and numbers that don't add up. But don't panic. Within these pages you will transform into a Truth Detective, hunting down the truth about the world around you. You will meet heroic truth detectives, such as Florence Nightingale who started a revolution with a pie chart. You will encounter dastardly villains who have tried to trip us up with dodgy data and misinformation. And you will learn how being smart and savvy with numbers, will help you be smart and savvy about everything else in life too.So grab your detective cap, pick up your magnifying glass and start seeing the world like never before.A must read for curious kids from presenter of BBC Radio 4's "More or Less", Tim Harford and with wonderful illustrations to enjoy by Ollie Mann.

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Vazba:	brožovaná
Počet stran:	191
Jazyk:	anglicky
ISBN10:	1526364573
ISBN:	9781526364579
Vydání:	1
Vystaveno:	23. 2. 2025 23:7
Číslo položky:	1150590

O autorovi

Tim Harford

Práce z oboru ekonomie a financí.Tim Harford píše pro list Financial Times známý sloupek ?The Undercover Economist? a v časopise Men?s Health vede rubriku „Dear Economist“. Publikuje i v dalších časopisech a novinách jako Esquire, Forbes, New York Magazine, Wired, The Washington Post a The New York Times. Napsal také několik knih, z nich nejznámější je The Undercover Economist , které se po světě prodalo přes jeden milion výtisků. Dalšími jsou Logika života , Dear Undercover Economist a The Undercover Economist Strikes Back . Harford je hostujícím profesorem na Nuffield College v Oxfordu a na londýnské Cass Business School. V roce 2006 získal Bastiatovu cenu za ekonomický žurnalismus. Uvádí také pořad More or Less vysílaný stanicí BBC Radio 4.

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