{"product_id":"9783836545952","title":"National Geographic Infographics","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eA history of knowledge\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe best infographics from the \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e archives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in the days when the information age was a distant dream and the world a more mysterious place, \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e began its mission to \u003cb\u003ereveal the wonders of history, popular science, and culture to eager audiences around the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e Since that 1888 launch, the world has changed; empires have risen and crumbled and a galaxy of information is today only the click of a mouse away. But \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e endures; its \u003cb\u003ecalm, authoritative voice is respected as ever amid the surfeit of data in our daily lives.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this new anthology, TASCHEN and \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e gather the magazine’s best infographics of the past 128 years. Through seven sections– \u003cb\u003eHistory, The Planet, Being Human, Animal World, World of Plants, Science and Technology\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eSpace\u003c\/b\u003e –we encounter the rise and fall of the \u003cb\u003eRoman Empire\u003c\/b\u003e, the mysterious origins of the \u003cb\u003eEaster Island statues\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eCleopatra’s Alexandria\u003c\/b\u003e and a history of \u003cb\u003eHawaiian surfboarding\u003c\/b\u003e, all distilled in \u003cb\u003eexpert, accessible graphic form\u003c\/b\u003e. We discover how our \u003cb\u003egenetic patterns\u003c\/b\u003e have been pieced together over the years or how \u003cb\u003ehip-hop\u003c\/b\u003e emerged as a cultural heavyweight; we get to grips with \u003cb\u003eglobal warming\u003c\/b\u003e, and explore our ever-expanding study of an \u003cb\u003eever-expanding universe\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an essay by Nigel Holmes, charting the evolution of \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e over the decades and its pioneering use of graphics, as well as \u003cb\u003efour fold-outs\u003c\/b\u003e mimicking original pull-outs or inserts in the magazine, the book stands as a defining record of one of the world’s best-known publications as much as it is a \u003cb\u003ebeautifully presented repository of discovery and learning\u003c\/b\u003e. Visualizing the histories, facts, and figures that make up our planet and our species, \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic Infographics\u003c\/i\u003e is as true to the magazine’s original mission as ever–an anchor of knowledge and a \u003ci\u003ewunderkammer\u003c\/i\u003e of wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eText in English, French, and German\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen America, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035699691760,"sku":"9783836545952","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783836545952_p0.jpg?v=1763687928","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783836545952","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}