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Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers

Simon Winchester

Travelling the circumference of the truly gigantic Pacific, Simon Winchester tells the story of the world’s largest body of water, and – in matters economic, political and military – the ocean of the future.

HistoryWorld History · medium confidenceWorld History81 signalsLlm Classifier: World History -> World HistoryKeyword Classifier: Business & Economics -> Business & EconomicsKeyword Classifier: Medicine & Public Health -> Medicine & Public HealthWar & Military StrategyCold War & Nuclear PoliticsWorld War II

Award History

0 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionMajor2016LonglistOfficial source
Kirkus Prize for NonfictionMajor2015FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

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  2. 02 Central places

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    • Pacific60%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 72%.