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Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge
Editors Of Mental Floss
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Description for Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge
Paperback. Brush up your Shakespeare, your biology, your art history, your civics and much more with this all-purpose guide to the things you used to know but forgot, or never knew but should. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WDKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 187 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780060568061
SKU
V9780060568061
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About Editors Of Mental Floss
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.
Reviews for Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge
"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 protege."
Charlotte Observer "For the discerning intellect, Mental Floss cleans out the cobwebs."
Chicago Tribune "The titans of trivia."
Newsweek "An ... Read more
Newsweek "A delightfully eccentric and eclectic new magazine."
Washington Post "Part scholarly journal, part Spy magazine protege."
Charlotte Observer "For the discerning intellect, Mental Floss cleans out the cobwebs."
Chicago Tribune "The titans of trivia."
Newsweek "An ... Read more