Mental Floss Presents Instant Knowledge (Collins Gem)

Name: Mental Floss Presents Instant Knowledge (Collins Gem)
Price: 4.65 USD
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ISBN: 9780060834616

ISBN-10: 0060834617

ISBN-13: 9780060834616

Edition: 2005

Authors: Editors of Editors of Mental Floss, Julie Sussman

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For the first time in a Gem format, the editors of mental_floss magazine present Instant Knowledge , an A to Z guide to all the facts, trivia, and intellectual tidbits you need to feel smart again. Have you ever felt maddeningly stumped when others are discussing Dante's Inferno? Or felt a familiar sinking feeling when that cutie asks what you think about the origins of the cashew nut? Or perhaps you've balked while attempting an impromptu oratory on quantum physics? If so, then this is the book for you. Instant Knowledge is a quirky compendium of trivia and factoids that spans the gamut of intellectual conversation and beyond. From theories of relativity to the Geneva Convention, you'll…

Book details

List price: $7.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/18/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 3.25" wide x 4.62" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.242
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.