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Mortality
A book containing statistics on death (and life), dying, causes of death, longevity, and related topics, that are presented graphically. A conversation between Richard Saul Wurman and Dr. Islon Woolf runs on the bottom of the pages throughout the book.
111 pages, Paperback
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August 21, 2020
While the book premise was interesting, the implementation of it did not facilitate ease of use and often felt redundant.
There were many typos. Two examples: the first on page 90 (3rd paragraph, 4th sentence) "therelationship" and on page 106 (2nd paragraph, 9th sentence) "ofdeath".
There is also a lot of duplication and lack of organization. For example, there is a bar chart on page 37 "Where do you live the longest in the US?" With all 50 states and on page 42 is a map "Where in the US do people love longest?" with the top 20. These two pages should be next to each other at minimum, but seems like a duplication of information.
There is no standardization in the source listings for the same source. Using WHO as an example, it is listed as "WHO" on the inside cover and pages 22 and 25, "World Health Organization (WHO) on page 25. This example is of minor offender, but I didn't want to take up the I didn't want to take up the time find the worst offenders.
This type of book really could have used table of contents, an index, or both. I would have liked to also a list of all sources rather than having to search through all the text to find the ones that I'm interested in.
It would be helpful if the "Q." header questions were numbered in general. In particular, it would help differentiate a multi-page sequence of related info. For example, the question "Where do people live longest?" starts on page 68 through 72. The difference between them is the subtitle. It could be labeled "Q55a. Where do people live longest?", "Q55b. Where do people live longest?", "Q55c. Where do people live longest?", etc.
I did not like the commentary running along the bottom of the pages. It was very clunky. I think that it should be it's own section.
Lastly, the Bills of Mortality page 110 should be combined with page 98 to explain what they are, partly because some of the info is duplication, which this book is rife of.
There were many typos. Two examples: the first on page 90 (3rd paragraph, 4th sentence) "therelationship" and on page 106 (2nd paragraph, 9th sentence) "ofdeath".
There is also a lot of duplication and lack of organization. For example, there is a bar chart on page 37 "Where do you live the longest in the US?" With all 50 states and on page 42 is a map "Where in the US do people love longest?" with the top 20. These two pages should be next to each other at minimum, but seems like a duplication of information.
There is no standardization in the source listings for the same source. Using WHO as an example, it is listed as "WHO" on the inside cover and pages 22 and 25, "World Health Organization (WHO) on page 25. This example is of minor offender, but I didn't want to take up the I didn't want to take up the time find the worst offenders.
This type of book really could have used table of contents, an index, or both. I would have liked to also a list of all sources rather than having to search through all the text to find the ones that I'm interested in.
It would be helpful if the "Q." header questions were numbered in general. In particular, it would help differentiate a multi-page sequence of related info. For example, the question "Where do people live longest?" starts on page 68 through 72. The difference between them is the subtitle. It could be labeled "Q55a. Where do people live longest?", "Q55b. Where do people live longest?", "Q55c. Where do people live longest?", etc.
I did not like the commentary running along the bottom of the pages. It was very clunky. I think that it should be it's own section.
Lastly, the Bills of Mortality page 110 should be combined with page 98 to explain what they are, partly because some of the info is duplication, which this book is rife of.
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