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  • Size

  • How It Explains the World
  • By: Vaclav Smil
  • Narrated by: Stephen Perring
  • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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100 words: The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth.

Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society and technology, Smil busts myths around proportions - from bodies to paintings and the so-called golden ratio - tells us what Jonathan Swift got wrong in Gulliver's Travels - the giant Brobdingnagian's legs would buckle under their enormous weight - and dives headfirst into the most contentious issue in ergonomics: the size of aeroplane seats.

It is no exaggeration to say this fascinating and wide-ranging tour de force will change the way you look at absolutely everything.

10 words: Size, an omnipresent scalar, is the measure of all things.

1 word: Size.
©2023 Vaclav Smil (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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thought provoking

the subject ranged over a wide range and while concentration was necessary at times when data or formulae were being discussed the author succeeded for the most part in making his arguments understandable.

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