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Factfulness : ten reasons we're wrong about the world-- and why things are better than you think / Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling R©℗œnnlund.

Rosling, Hans, (author.). Rosling, Ola, 1975- (author.). R©℗œnnlund, Anna Rosling, 1975- (author.).

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"A Professor of International Health and popular global TED speaker and his son and daughter-in-law who co-founded the Gapminder Foundation, explain how the best guesses, thoughts and concepts we accept as fact are actually tempered and informed by unconscious and predictable biases."--Publisher.

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ISBN: 9781250123824
ISBN: 1250123828
Physical Description: x, 342 pages : illustrations, charts ; 22 cm
Edition: First Flatiron Books Paperback Edition.
Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2020.
Copyright: ©℗♭2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-325) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- The gap instinct -- The negativity instinct -- The straight line instinct -- The fear instinct -- The size instinct -- The generalization instinct -- The destiny instinct -- The single perspective instinct -- The blame instinct -- The urgency instinct -- Factfulness in practice -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix 1: How did your country do? -- Notes -- Index.
Target Audience Note:	1000L Lexile.

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