"New York Times" bestselling author and all-time "Jeopardy!" champion Ken Jennings delivers a characteristically engaging and surprisingly useful new book, revealing the truth behind all the terrible things our parents used to warn us about.
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"New York Times" bestselling author and all-time "Jeopardy!" champion Ken Jennings delivers a characteristically engaging and surprisingly useful new book, revealing the truth behind all the terrible things our parents used to warn us about.
This book addresses common myths and misconceptions about Shakespeare and his works offering authoritative, up-to-date and even-handed treatments of controversies and scholarly disagreements. The authors evaluate evidence for and against myths to show how historical material - a…
Who made the first aeroplane flight? How many legs does an octopus have? How much water should you drink every day? This title presents a collection of facts, taking on the popular "General Ignorance" round from BBC1's top rated quiz.
Who made the first aeroplane flight? How many legs does an octopus have? How much water should you drink every day? What is the chance of tossing a coin and it landing on heads? What happens if you leave a tooth in a glass of coke overnight? What is house dust mostly made from? …
Who made the first aeroplane flight? How many legs does an octopus have? How much water should you drink every day? What is the chance of tossing a coin and it landing on heads? What happens if you leave a tooth in a glass of coke overnight? What is house dust mostly made from? …
Pourquoi les mythes du complot envahissent-ils l'esprit de nos contemporains ? Pourquoi le traitement de la politique tend-il à se « peopoliser » ? Pourquoi se méfie-t-on toujours des hommes de sciences ? Comment un jeune homme prétendant être le fils de Mickael Jackson et avoir…
Pourquoi les mythes du complot paraissent-ils envahir l'esprit de nos contemporains ? Pourquoi le traitement de la politique tend à se "peopoliser" ? Pourquoi se méfie-t-on de plus en plus des hommes de sciences ? Comment un jeune homme prétendant être le fils de Mickael Jackson…
"N'était-il pas raisonnable d'espérer qu'avec la libre circulation de l'information et l'augmentation du niveau d'étude, les sociétés démocratiques tendraient vers une forme de sagesse collective? Cet essai vivifiant propose, en convoquant de nombreux exemples, [de voir] comment…
