I Read Many Things

Tag: Geography

  • Origins : How Earth’s History Shaped Human History, by Lewis Dartnell

    It’s easy to look at the title of that book and think “Well that seems like a rather obvious statement of fact” and go on your way. In some respect, it is. No sane person will disagree that our planet and its physical characteristics have influenced humans in many ways. A quick look at a…

  • Prisoners of Geography, by Tim Marshall

    Geography is somewhat of a weird subject. It’s not exactly what you would consider “hard” science, like chemistry or physics, and yet I think it would be wrong to call it a purely social science. It straddles the line between both because it’s such an all-encompassing field. When you describe the chemical composition of our…

  • The Atlas of Unusual Borders, by Zoran Nikolic

    Here’s a book I bought almost exclusively for its title. Even as a kid, I loved atlases and maps. I remember having this big world map above my bed with facts for each countries like population, area, currency and other facts. I remember buying that old (even at the time) big red atlas in a…