How did Darwin change the world? What exactly is Sharia law? Which was the world's worst industrial accident? Is computer hacking getting more serious? Can Aspirin cure cancer? What was the legacy of the Iran-Iraq war? This book addresses the key issues and breaks them down into bite-sized questions and answers.

Vorwort
All you need to know about everything that matters from the highly respected and very popular current affairs magazine, The Week

Autorentext

"THE WEEK" has a large circulation in the UK and is also published in Australia and the US. "["The Week"] is a collection of excellence." --David Axelrod, Senior Advisor to President Obama

Klappentext
What is the 'natural' gender ratio? Why has hostage-taking become big business? What causes a tsunami? What's wrong with the Oscars? Could a Robin Hood tax work? Is the US President the world's most powerful man? Can 'clean coal' save the world? What was Japan doing in China in the 1930s? Do planes still need pilots?

Discover the answers to all these questions and more in this engrossing book, which takes the key issues of our day and breaks them down into bite-sized questions and answers. Each article takes minutes to read, yet provides objective and meticulously researched perspectives on the things that really matter.

Drawing on the 'Briefing' columns from the globally successful magazine The Week, this is a fascinating book to dip into, and ranges across a wide array of subjects from medicine, science and politics to history, finance and geography.

We would all like to be better informed. Here is the book which makes that easy.

Zusammenfassung
Based on the 'Briefings' columns that appear in every issue of The Week, here is a book that addresses the key issues of our day and breaks them down into bite-sized questions and answers. Each one takes minutes to read yet provides objective and meticulously researched perspectives on the major matters of our times. How did Darwin change the world? What exactly is Sharia law? Which was the world's worst industrial accident? Is computer hacking getting more serious? Can Aspirin cure cancer? What was the legacy of the Iran-Iraq war? Ranging across a wide array of subjects - from medicine, science and politics, to history, geography and finance - about which we are often less informed than we would like, this is a fascinating book to dip into.

We would all like to be better informed. Here is a book that makes it easy.