2020 - Twenty Years of Amazing Things That Have Changed Our World (Hardcover)


Can you recall the year that the Dracula fish was discovered? Do you know the height and location of the world's tallest building? Remember the company that discovered a way to convert water and CO2 into fuel? This unique trivia compendium presents an illustrated snapshot of the world twenty years after the new millennium. Taking stock of the most impressive achievements, terrific disasters and marvellous innovations that have changed our world, 2020 brings together top twenties of fascinating facts and figures on subjects ranging from life-saving technological advancements to freak weather phenomena, outstanding sporting achievements to unexpected political shake-ups. Whatever your interests, you'll be amazed, amused, surprised and enlightened by this testament to the catastrophic lows and unbelievable highs of human endeavour.

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Can you recall the year that the Dracula fish was discovered? Do you know the height and location of the world's tallest building? Remember the company that discovered a way to convert water and CO2 into fuel? This unique trivia compendium presents an illustrated snapshot of the world twenty years after the new millennium. Taking stock of the most impressive achievements, terrific disasters and marvellous innovations that have changed our world, 2020 brings together top twenties of fascinating facts and figures on subjects ranging from life-saving technological advancements to freak weather phenomena, outstanding sporting achievements to unexpected political shake-ups. Whatever your interests, you'll be amazed, amused, surprised and enlightened by this testament to the catastrophic lows and unbelievable highs of human endeavour.

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This is an interesting book, loaded with facts and snippets of information about events and activities in the first two decades of the 21st century. A number of the things it features (it was published in 2018, according to its copyright statement) have been achieved or surpassed, and there are several rather trivial sections, seemingly included simply to boost the page count. The book is also often difficult to read: many of its pages are printed either in reverse (white text on a black page) or on a coloured paper in non-black ink, where the text tends to disappear into the background colour.

Product Details

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Imprint

Summersdale Publishers

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

August 2019

Availability

Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days

Authors

Dimensions

196 x 148 x 21mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

160

ISBN-13

978-1-78783-039-4

Barcode

9781787830394

Categories

LSN

1-78783-039-X



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