Beautiful news : positive trends, uplifting stats, creative solutions / David McCandless.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCandless, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Curiosities and wonders.

Information visualization.

Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc.

Statistics.

rituals (liturgical books).

Genre:

Illustrated books.

Illustrated works.

Informational works.

Physical Description:

243 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper Design, 2022.

Summary:

"In this fascinating follow-up to the bestselling Information is Beautiful and Knowledge is Beautiful, the king of infographics David McCandless uses spectacular visuals to give us all a bit of good news. We are living in the Information Age, in which we are constantly bombarded with data - on television, in print and online. How can we relate to this mind-numbing overload? Enter David McCandless and his amazing infographics: simple, elegant ways to understand information too complex or abstract to grasp any way but visually. In his unique signature style, he creates dazzling displays that blend facts with their connections, contexts and relationships, making information meaningful, entertaining - and beautiful. In his highly anticipated third book, McCandless illustrates positive news from around the world, for an informative, engaging and uplifting collection of new infographic art"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Health

Fewer Children Are Dying

Cancer

Eleven Diseases

Everything That Kills Kids

Vaccines

Smoking

Essential Health Coverage

Neglected Tropical Diseases

HIV/AIDS

Suicide

Tuberculosis

Number of Infections

Life Expectancy in Africa

Malaria

Everyone, Everywhere is Living Longer

Cleaner Energy

Solar Panels Every Hour

Nuclear Fission Energy

Nuclear Fusion Energy

100 Renewable Cities & Towns

Geothermal

Solar Power is Amazing!

Wind Power is Amazing!

Renewables

Corporate Energy Pledges

Hydrogen Power is Amazing!

Progress

World Hunger

Nuclear Weapons

Billions More Can Drink Safely

Natural Disasters Less Deadly

Children's Lives

Access to Electricity

Annies Everywhere Shrinking

Famine Deaths

Nature

Humpback Whales Are Recovering

Indigenous Communities S. Forests

Canada's Forest Protection

Fur

Unendangered Animals

Tree Planting

Animals Bouncing Back

Phytoplankton

A Wall of Fertile Land Will Cross Africa

Global Tree Cover is Expanding

Land Preservation

The Surface of The Earth

50 countries Reduced Fertilizer

Mixed

Compilation I

Compilation II

Three Things

Up, Up, Up

Compilation III

Compilation IV

Compilation V

Corona Good News

Down, Down, Down

Becuse Every Country Is the ...

Freedom & rights

Half the World Lives in a Democracy

Transgender Rights are Spreading

Where It's Legal to be Homosexual

Animal Cruelty

Protests

Climate

Getting to Zero by 2050 Intro Page

Global GHG emissions

The Paris Climate Change Agreement

The Kigali Amendment

Country Climate Pledges

CO2 Removal

Geoengineering

Methane

Money

Foreign Aid Has Exploded

Extreme Poverty Is Decreasing

Getting USA to Net Zero: Costs

The Generosity of Poorer Countries

The World's Economy has Ballooned

The Circular Economy

Carbon Taxing & Pricing

Carbon Offsets - Do They Work?

De-investing from Fossil Fuels

Nice!

What is the World Really Like?

We've Saved Millions of Kid's Lives

The World's Happiest Countries

Global Flavours of Contentment

Yay UK!

Yay Africa!

Amazing Agreements

YAY Germany!

YAY USA!

YAY Australia!

A Fourth Type of Chocolate

The EU Leads on Emissions & Recycling

China is

Blood Donor Texts

Women & girls

Women Can Vote Everywhere

The Education of Mothers

More Girls Are in School

Women

Sanitary Products: Good News

What to do?

How to Halve Emissions by 2030

Getting to NetZero

Reducing Emissions Yourself

Food Waste

Plastics

Plastics: What Can You Do?

Is it Wrong to Fly? Solutions

The Order of Action

Cool tech

Creative Ways to Deal with Emissions

Food Tech

Transport

Electric Vehicles

Batteries are Getting Better S. Better

Generating & Storing Energies

Magic Materials

Fairphone 3

Curveballs to Solve Plastics

LED Bulbs

Is it Wrong to Fly? Electric Planes.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780062188243

0062188240

OCLC:

1223015743

Publisher Number:

99988764417