The scale of things
By: Mike Fairbrass, David Tanguy
Contributors: Tanguy, David, author
Published: 2017
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781787130579
Subjects: Curiosities and wonders; Ratio and proportion
Description: If the Sun is the size of a Grapefruit, the Earth is a grain of sand, then the distance between the two is a London bus. Scale is intriguing. Scale is everywhere. Scale is our experience of the world, from our perception of time to physical distance to weights and measures. The human scale is 1:1, the point of reference. Everything is designed around it. Wealth is an example of scale, so is a sculpture, a building, a planet or a molecule. Scale is a universal and timeless subject. It's a BIG subject. The Scale of Things brings together facts and figures in a visual way, embracing popular science, space, economics, politics, geography, nature, technology and architecture in an accessible and entertaining way. Fun and informative, it will change the way you look at the world around you.
Table of contents: title: Biology; title: Cosmos; title: Economics; title: Power; title: Environment; title: Technology; title: Humans; title: Animals.