Factfulness : ten reasons we're wrong about the world - and why things are better than you think / Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling R�onnlund.

By:

Rosling, Hans [author.]

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Sceptre 2018Description: x, 342 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 21 cmISBN:

9781473637467 (hbk.) :

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Additional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification:

303.49 ROS 23

LOC classification:

HM901

Contents:

1.The gap instinct 2.The negativity instinct 3.The straight line instinct 4.The fear instinct 5.The size instinct 6.The generalization instinct 7.The destinty instinct 8.The single perspective instinct 9.The blame instinct 10.The urgency instinct 11.Factfulness in practice Outro Appendix. How did your country do?

Summary: When you ask people simple questions about global trends, they systematically get the answers wrong. How many young women go to school? What's the average life expectancy across the world? What will the global population will be in 2050? Do the majority of people live in rich or poor countries? In 'Factfulness,' Hans Rosling and his two lifelong collaborators, Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling-R�onnlund, show why this happens. Based on a lifetime's work promoting a fact-based worldview, they reveal the ten dramatic instincts, and the key preconceptions, that lead to us consistently misunderstanding how the world really works. Inspiring and revelatory, 'Factfulness' is a book of stories by a late legend, for anyone who wants to really understand the world.

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Title notes ( 3 )

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	303.49 ROS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		219914

Includes bibliographical references and index.

When you ask people simple questions about global trends, they systematically get the answers wrong. How many young women go to school? What's the average life expectancy across the world? What will the global population will be in 2050? Do the majority of people live in rich or poor countries? In 'Factfulness,' Hans Rosling and his two lifelong collaborators, Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling-R�onnlund, show why this happens. Based on a lifetime's work promoting a fact-based worldview, they reveal the ten dramatic instincts, and the key preconceptions, that lead to us consistently misunderstanding how the world really works. Inspiring and revelatory, 'Factfulness' is a book of stories by a late legend, for anyone who wants to really understand the world.