The Scale of Things: Mind-blowing Proportions Coffee Table Book

Scale is intriguing. Scale is everywhere. Scale is our experience of the world, from our perception of time to physical distance to weights and measures. The Scale of Things brings together facts and figures in a visual way, embracing popular science, space, economics, politics, geography, nature, technology, and architecture in an accessible and entertaining way. Fun and informative, it will change the way you look at the world around you.

The book presents a collection of these facts with eye-catching illustrations to both inform and entertain you. The 144-page hardcover will fill your cranium with bizarre knowledge you won’t soon forget. The human scale is 1:1, the point of reference. Everything is designed around it. Wealth is an example of scale, so is a sculpture, a building, a planet, or a molecule. Scale is a universal and timeless subject. 

Comparisons help us understand the world a little better. Our brains just work that way. Like, did you know that, since data has mass, the entire internet weighs about the same as an egg? This is exactly the type of fact nugget you’ll find in The Scale of Things: Mind-Blowing Proportions, Remarkable Ratios, and Extraordinary Facts.

Fun and informative, it will change the way you look at the world around you. Pick up a copy and dominate your next dinner party!