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

Name: Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again
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ISBN: 9780060568061

ISBN-10: 0060568062

ISBN-13: 9780060568061

Edition: 2004

Authors: Editors of Editors of Mental Floss, Mangesh Hattikudur, Elizabeth Hunt, Mental Floss Editors

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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 bull; 4 civilizations nobody remembers bull; 5 classics written under the influence bull; 4 things your boss has in common with slime mold bull; 3 schools of thought that will impress the opposite sex bull; 4 things Einstein got wrong bull; 5 classical tunes you know from the movies bull; 3…

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List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/27/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 8.94" wide x 7.48" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

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.



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Condensed_Art History


Condensed_Biology


Condensed_Chemistry


Condensed_Economics


Condensed_General Science


Condensed_Geography and Culture


Condensed_History


Condensed_Literature


Condensed_Music


Condensed_Performing Arts


Condensed_Philosophy


Condensed_Physics


Condensed_Pop Culture


Condensed_Psychology


Condensed_Religion


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