A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN NUMBERS
Book ID/图书代码： 09220014B69011
English Summary/英文概要： The history of our world can be told through numbers. Numbers can illuminate the broad sweep of history, from vast movements of populations and the expansion of empires to the effects of technological achievements or climatic change. They also allow us to drill into the real detail of history, from the page count, the cost and the time it took to produce the Gutenberg Bible (the West’s first mass-produced book) to the price of Virginian tobacco in the 1620s, both of which had an immediate and lasting effect on the course of world history.
And, just occasionally, numbers have the power to blow our minds. For example: in 2003 US research showed that one in every 200 men living on the planet today shares genetic material from a single male from around 900 years ago; the likely progenitor was Mongol emperor, Genghis Khan.
A History of the World in Numbers will span the early civilizations of man, from the plains of Mesopotamia and the Indus Empire, right through to the modern day. The numbers, statistics and figures will dictate the topic of each entry, shining a light on each subject, whether it’s the development of early writing in China or the number of Brodie helmets issued in World War One.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 我们的世界历史可以以数字的形式娓娓道来。数字能够照亮历史的长河，从大量人口的迁移运动和帝国扩张，到技术成就的影响或是气候的变迁。通过数字，我们能够真正的深入到历史的细微之处，从创造出《古腾堡圣经》（西方第一本大量出版发行的书籍）所需要的页数、花费、时间到17世纪20年代弗吉尼亚烟草的价格，以上这两个事件均对世界历史进程有着即刻而持久的影响。
并且数字拥有着不时令我们叹为观止的强大力量。例如：2003年美国的一项调查研究表明，地球上今天活着的每200个人如果往上追溯900年，均拥有着同一个人的基因；而每个人最有可能的祖先便是蒙古皇帝成吉思汗。
《数字世界史》将从讲述人类的早期文明开始，从米索不达米亚平原和印度古国一直追溯到今天。数字、数据和图表将为我们一一陈述每一目录下的主题，让我们对每一个主题均有所了解，不论是中国早期书法的发展乃至一战时期钢盔的产生。（DC）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 艾玛•玛丽奥特是一名自由职业作家和编辑，其为迈克尔•奥马哈创作的书籍作品包括“I Used to Know That: History”, “Bad History: How We Got the Past Wrong”及“The History of the World in Bite-sized Chunks”。
Emma Marriott is a freelance writer and editor whose previous works for Michael O’Mara Books include I Used to Know That: History, Bad History: How We Got the Past Wrong and The History of the World in Bite-sized Chunks.
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