Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again |
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| Authors: | Editors of Mental Floss |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins e-books |
| BISAC/Subject: | REF000000, REF023000, PSY008000, LIT004260 |
| ISBN: | 9780061747649, Related ISBNs: 0061747645, 9780060568061, 9780061747649 |
| Classification: | Non-Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 352, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Loaded with meaty trivia and tasty, bite-sized facts!
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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