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「沒有哪位作者的書比史密爾的書更讓我期待。」――比爾・蓋茲數字不會說謊，唯有洞察才能得知真相「沒有哪位作者的書比史密爾的書更讓我期待。」――比爾・蓋茲．接種疫苖的效益如何？．技術進步為什麼費時？．人類世真的來臨了嗎？這世界很複雜，若想真正的理解數字，就要結合基本的科學素養與計算能力。史密爾是全球百大頂尖思想家，他發現近年的重大討論愈來愈不注重數字，因而離現實愈來愈遠。為了激發讀者對真確事實的關注，史密爾利用容易理解的統計數據和圖表，引領我們進行突破舊有思維、跨領域的探險，讓我們在這個別具意義的時代裡，掌握真確無誤的實際狀況。

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