Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again

Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again

Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again
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Editor: Will Pearson
Editor: Mangesh Hattikudur
Editor: Elizabeth Hunt
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-04-27
ISBN: 0060568062
Number of pages: 345
Publisher: HarperResource

Summary of Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again

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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