Tom Heymann

This is another one of Tom Heymann’s collections of demographic statistics. Only a few special writers have ever made statistics/demographics interesting. Tom Heymann isn’t one of them. On An Average Day in Japan is a dated collection of demographics about the Japanese people and what happens on the average day. Each page has a quick set of stats on consumerism, medical behavior, births and deaths, addiction, news media, etc. Most of the figures given are then contrasted with the same show more general measure for the American population. Read it if you have to; skip it of you don’t. show less

Only a few special writers have ever made statistics/demographics interesting. Tom Heymann isn’t one of them. Heymann has written four or five books on population demographics, including a collection on Japan, the U.S. Census, and the average human day. This one is no different.

On An Average Day in The Soviet Union is a dated collection of demographics about the Soviet people and what happens on the average day. Each page has a quick set of stats on consumerism, medical behavior, births show more and deaths, addiction, news media, etc. Most of the figures given are then contrasted with the same general measure for the American population.

Only a few special writers have ever made statistics/demographics interesting. Tom Heymann isn’t one of them. Heymann has written four or five books on population demographics, including a collection on Japan, the U.S. Census, and the average human day. This one is no different.

On An Average Day in The Soviet Union is a dated collection of demographics about the Soviet people and what happens on the average day. Each page has a quick set of stats on consumerism, medical behavior, births and deaths, addiction, news media, etc. Most of the figures given are then contrasted with the same general measure for the American population. show less