The Visual Miscellaneum
A Colorful Guide to the World's Most Consequential Trivia
By David Mccandless
(Collins Design, Hardcover, 9780061748363, 256pp.)
Publication Date: October 27, 2009
Categories: General
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The Visual Miscellaneum is a unique, groundbreaking look at the modern information age, helping readers make sense of the countless statistics and random facts that constantly bombard us. Using cutting edge graphs, charts, and illustrations, David McCandless creatively visualizes the world's surprising relationships and compelling data, covering everything from the most pleasurable guilty pleasures to how long it takes different condiments to spoil to world maps of Internet search terms.
"Dangerous.to have on your desk if you have other work to get done..[T]he visuals will draw you in, and the sharpness of the questions some of them attempt to answer-and the efficiency with which they can communicate complex comparisons in a single page-will keep you hooked."
-Omnivoracious
"For those drowning in the digital age's information glut, Visual Miscellaneum, the new eye-popping book of infographics .makes the perfect antidote. . By turns alarming and humorous in its revelations, it's a timely, if meandering, look at the state of our world."
-Coolhunting.com
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