Sentences with phrase «book decreasing in size»

There is a correlation between the rise of smartphones and tablets and the average length of a book decreasing in size.

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In a new article in Current Anthropology, researchers Dean Falk and Charles Hildebolt question some of the assumptions made in Pinker's book, arguing that because rates of violence are blind to actual population sizes, it remains to be seen whether or not the apparent decrease in contemporary violence is an artifact of scaling factorIn a new article in Current Anthropology, researchers Dean Falk and Charles Hildebolt question some of the assumptions made in Pinker's book, arguing that because rates of violence are blind to actual population sizes, it remains to be seen whether or not the apparent decrease in contemporary violence is an artifact of scaling factorin Current Anthropology, researchers Dean Falk and Charles Hildebolt question some of the assumptions made in Pinker's book, arguing that because rates of violence are blind to actual population sizes, it remains to be seen whether or not the apparent decrease in contemporary violence is an artifact of scaling factorin Pinker's book, arguing that because rates of violence are blind to actual population sizes, it remains to be seen whether or not the apparent decrease in contemporary violence is an artifact of scaling factorin contemporary violence is an artifact of scaling factors.

The fix: To decrease portion sizes, plates should be no more than 9 to 10 inches and bowls less than 20 ounces, recommends study author Brian Wansink, PhD, in his book Slim By Design: Mindless Eating Solutions for Everyday Life.

The unfortunate reduction in print book purchasing could go either way; while ebook spending did increase for most libraries regardless of size, overall materials spending decreased in library systems who had suffered branch closing, reductions in staff, and reductions in operating hours.

Most importantly, it puts your most - recently read books within a tap of the homescreen, which shows five thumbnails in decreasing size.

Simple things like removing a book from the device is quite difficult and the font scaling (increasing or decreasing the font size) can lead to blurriness in the text.