mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again
Autor Editors of Mental Flossen Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 apr 2004
mental_floss is proud to offer a delicious, hearty helping of brain-food that's sure to fire up your neurons and tantalize your synapses. Condensed Knowledge is a mouthwatering mix of intriguing facts, lucid explanations, and mind-blowing theories that will satisfy even the hungriest mind!
Ingredients include:
5 tiny nations that get no respect • 4 civilizations nobody remembers • 5 classics written under the influence • 4 things your boss has in common with slime mold • 3 schools of thought that will impress the opposite sex • 4 things Einstein got wrong • 5 classical tunes you know from the movies • 3 famous studies that would be illegal today • 2 religious mysteries solved by chemistry • 5 scandals that rocked art, and much more ...
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780060568061
ISBN-10: 0060568062
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 187 x 232 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția William Morrow Paperbacks
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0060568062
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 187 x 232 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția William Morrow Paperbacks
Locul publicării:United States
Recenzii
“A lot like that professor of your who peppered his tests with raunchy jokes: it makes learning fun.” — Newsweek
“A delightfully eccentric and eclectic new magazine.” — Washington Post
“Part scholarly journal, part Spy magazine protégé.” — Charlotte Observer
“For the discerning intellect, Mental Floss cleans out the cobwebs.” — Chicago Tribune
“The titans of trivia.” — Newsweek
“An ideal reference to settle arguments or jog your memory.” — Calgary Herald
“A delightfully eccentric and eclectic new magazine.” — Washington Post
“Part scholarly journal, part Spy magazine protégé.” — Charlotte Observer
“For the discerning intellect, Mental Floss cleans out the cobwebs.” — Chicago Tribune
“The titans of trivia.” — Newsweek
“An ideal reference to settle arguments or jog your memory.” — Calgary Herald
Notă biografică
Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur met as first year students at Duke University. Ignoring the lures of law school and investment banking, the pair co-founded mental_floss and have been grinning ever since. Maggie Koerth-Baker is a freelance journalist and a former assistant editor at mental_floss magazine, where she consistently astounded Will and Mangesh with her amazingness.