Spis treści: „Infographica: The World as You Have Never Seen it Before”

Spis treści publikacji pt. „Infographica: The World as You Have Never Seen it Before”.

Tytuł: „Infographica: The World as You Have Never Seen it Before”
Autorzy: Martin Toseland, Simon Toseland
Wydawca: Quercus Publishing
Data wydania: 2012-11-08
Język: Angielski
Liczba stron: 224

Spis treści

Spis treści / Table of contents

The league of chillis / 8 

The world’s hottest chilli peppers / 8

Faster than the speed of sound / 10

The top land speed records / 10

Closer to God / 12

The tallest religious statues / 12

Bottling it / 14

The most expensive wines in the world / 14

Nobel writers / 16

Winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature / 16

Better than receiving? / 18

The most generous countries / 18 

Couch potatoes / 20

Time spent watching TV in different countries / 20

On board / 22

Percentage of women on company boards / 22

Cafe culture / 24

Award-winning coffee creations / 24

mfbook / 26

The ratio of men to women on Facebook / 26

I have a dream / 28

Key words in Martin Luther King’s great speech / 28

Spam, spam, spam / 30

The rise and fall of junk mail / 30

Going viral / 32

YouTube clips with the most hits / 32

Flower power / 34

Chelsea Flower Show facts / 34

World Cup winners / 36

Top Football World Cup goal-scorers / 36

A world of debt / 38

Countries with the largest national debt / 38

Fish nets / 40

The most-caught fish species / 40

Crowded capitals / 42

The most densely populated cities / 42

Car 007 / 44

Iconic cars from the James Bond films / 44

Lost in translation / 46

Noises in different languages / 46

Lucky dip / 48

The largest lottery jackpots / 48

Winds of change / 50

Wind power capacity around the world / 50

The cost of canvas / 52

The world’s most expensive paintings / 52

Lexicographer’s dream / 54

Some ol the world’s longest words / 54

Hemline index / 56

Length of skirts in relation to the economy / 56

Backhanders / 58

Perceived levels of corruption around the world / 58

Cash cows / 60

Damien Hirst’s most expensive artworks / 60

Extinct / 62

Animal species declared extinct since 1945 / 62

Facial topiary / 64

Styles defined by the American Mustache Institute / 64

Come fly with me / 66

The busiest airports in the world / 66 

Not-so-Angry Birds / 68

Statistics from the most successful app / 68

Jaws / 70

Bite strengths of different animals / 70

Diplomatic parking / 72

Unpaid parking violations of international diplomats / 72

Oscar time / 74

Lengths of films that have won ‘Best Picture’ / 74

Wild rides / 76

The world’s fastest rollercoasters / 76

Indispensable soaps / 78

The longest-running lV soap operas / 78

Odds of dying / 80

The most common causes of death in the USA / 80

Born to yawn / 82

Countries with the most bored people / 82

Pack of 20 / 84

Cigarette prices worldwide / 84

Shopping cities / 86

The world’s biggest shopping malls / 86

Let no man put asunder / 88

The world’s most expensive divorces / 88

World stadia / 90

Sports stadia and their uses / 90

Much hairdo / 92 

Iconic hairstyles of the 20th century / 92

Feed the world / 94

Countries ranked by the Global Hunger Index / 94

Sting index / 96

The world’s most venomous snakes / 96

Extended lives / 98

Changes in life expectancy by country / 98

Leap into oblivion / 100

The world’s longest bungee jumps / 100

Learning abroad / 102

The number of students studying abroad / 102

Uniting nations / 104

Foreign visits of Ban Ki-Moon / 104

Boxing home towns / 106

Home towns of US World Boxing champions / 106

Copper index / 108

Proportion of police officers to population worldwide / 108

Revolutionary fervour / 110

Popular uprisings with unusual names / 110

Fast service / 112

The fastest recorded tennis serves / 112

The premature dead / 114

Untimely deaths of rock legends / 114

Union power / 116

The percentage of unionized workforce by country / 116

McWorld / 118

Countries with the most McDonald’s restaurants / 118

The millionaire’s shopping basket Essential items for luxury living / 118

Vacation money / 122

Countries with the most and least earnings from tourism / 122

What’s it worth? / 124

Insured body parts of the rich and famous / 124

Byte race / 126

Tfie most powerful computer processors since 1971 / 126

White House wallets / 128

The richest presidential candidates / 128

Book lovers / 130

The number of books published in different countries / 120

Shore thing / 132

Countries with the cleanest beaches / 132

The order of fangs / 134

The highest-grossing vampire films / 134

Stormy weather / 136

The most extreme weather incidents / 136

Halo halo / 138

Canonizations recognized by Pope Benedict XVI / 138

I need dollars / 140

Household incomes by US state / 140

High league / 142

Global seizures of cannabis / 142

Euro stars / 144

European Michelin-starred restaurant rankings / 144

Culture vultures / 146

The top ten art exhibitions by number of visitors / 146

The play’s the thing / 148

Shakespearean characters with the most lines / 148

WLTM? / 150

Online dating in the USA / 150

Two wheels good / 152

Landmark bicycle designs / 152

Track changes / 154

Increases and decreases in railway lines worldwide / 154

Dancing shoes / 156

Basic Latin American dance steps / 156

Money makes the world go around / 158

Average wages from around the world / 158

CERN nation / 160

Funding by different countries of the CERN nuclear research project / 160

Bald facts / 162

Patterns of male baldness / 162 

Jewels and the crown / 164

Regalia used in the coronations of British monarchs / 164

Biggest bangs / 166

Volcanic eruptions that have produced the most debris / 166

Water world / 168

Water supply compared to population worldwide / 168

Carefree / 170

The least and most stressful jobs / 170

Bed heads / 172

Countries with the highest ratio of hospital beds / 172

Payback time / 174

Amounts refunded after the UK expenses scandal / 174

Now boarding / 176

The world’s shortest passenger flights / 176

Banana equivalent dose / 178

Radiation levels measured in bananas / 178

To boldly go / 180 

The duration of unmanned space probe missions / 180

Peaches and Cream Day / 182

US national food days / 182

Women in power / 184

Countries with the lowest and highest percentage of women in parliament / 184

I spy satellites / 186

Satellites in orbit around the earth / 186 

Goal! / 188

Referee score signals in different sports / 188

The price of love / 190

The world’s most expensive weddings / 190

Bearded felons / 192

The percentage of bearded criminals on Interpol’s wanted list / 192

Chance hands / 194

The odds of being dealt different poker hands / 194

Glastonbury / 196

Facts about the famous music festival / 196

Population explosion / 198

Global population growth since 1804 / 198

A bicycle made for / 200

City bike-sharing schemes / 200

Bad hair reigns / 202

Facial hair of the great dictators / 202

Keeping it brief / 204

Texting in different languages / 204

Playing tribute / 206

The best-named tribute bands / 206

World Cup footballs / 208

Ball models since Uruguay 1930 / 208

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