Around the World in 80 Ways: Exploring Our Planet Through Maps and Data (Hardcover, 2023)

· 제목 : Around the World in 80 Ways: Exploring Our Planet Through Maps and Data (Hardcover, 2023) 
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 과학/수학/생태 > 과학 > 지구과학 > 지리학
· ISBN : 9783031024399
· 쪽수 : 220쪽
· 출판일 : 2023-03-02

Introduction: Mapping the world

Chapter 1: The world itself

·         Earth’s poles

·         Meteorites

·         Waterworld

·         Getting away from it all

·         The longest straight line over water

·         The longest you can walk without having to swim

·         Volcanic eruptions over the past 12,000 years

·         Earth’s forests

·         Earth’s chemical elements

·         Earth’s phosphorus

 

Chapter 2: The world of countries

·         Countries named after people

·         Monarchies and republics

·         Female leaders

·         National flags that contain the colour red

·         Passport colours

·         Driving ? left or right?

·         Capital punishment

·         Press freedom

·         Dominance of a capital city

·         Population density

 

Chapter 3: The world perturbed by people

·         Carbon dioxide emissions

·         My short-haul carbon footprint

·         Busiest airline routes

·         Renewable electricity output

·         Nuclear power generation

·         Trash

·         Plastic waste

·         Pesticide use

·         Mammal species under threat

·         Night sky brightness

 

Chapter 4: The world of the built environment

·         Homes at risk of rising sea levels

·         Lighthouses

·         World heritage sites

·         Roman amphitheatres

·         Skyscrapers

·         Spaceports

·         The 500 most powerful supercomputers

·         Mains frequency

·         Sharing a McDonald’s

·         Soccer stadia

 

Chapter 5: The world of thoughts, ideas, and beliefs

·         The most complex machine ever built

·         Scientific productivity

·         Intellectual property

·         Views on the safety of vaccines

·         Good at maths?

·         Literacy

·         How the world writes

·         UFO sightings

·         How the world believes

·         The happiness of nations

 

Chapter 6: The world of wellbeing

·         Homicide

·         Suicide

·         Obesity in adults

·         Alcohol consumption

·         Road traffic deaths

·         Incidence of malaria

·         Experience of pain yesterday

·         How the world dies

·         The life expectancy gender gap

·         Life expectancy at birth

 

Chapter 7: The world of sport and leisure

·         Football World Cup

·         Foreign players in the Premier League

·         Summer Olympics

·         Chess playing strength

·         Shakespeare’s world

·         Nobel prize for literature

·         Going to the movies

·         Computer games

·         What the world searches for

·         Active on social media

 

Chapter 8: The world of economics

·         Accessing cash

·         Units of currency

·         Gold reserves

·         The indebtedness of nations

·         Standard of living

·         Big Apple

·         International tourism

·         Military expenditure

·         Access to electricity

·         Catching fish

Afterword

Index