Size : How It Explains the World by Vaclav Smil

Size : How It Explains the World by Vaclav Smil'There is no author whose books I look forward to more' Bill GatesThe 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

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