Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong about the World--And Why Things Are Be...

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Book Title: Factfulness : Ten Reasons We're Wrong about the World--And Why Things Are Better than You Think

Item Length: 8.2in

Item Height: 1in

Item Width: 5.3in

Author: Ola Rosling, Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Cognitive Science, Educational Psychology, Future Studies, Probability & Statistics / General, General, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Research

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Publication Year: 2020

Genre: Education, Psychology, Science, Mathematics, Social Science, Philosophy

Item Weight: 14.9 Oz

Number of Pages: 352 Pages