Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge

A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again

By: Will Pearson

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Paperback | 27 April 2004

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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!

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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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Non-Fiction Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Encyclopaedias & Reference Works Reference Works Hobbies, Games & Puzzles Puzzles & Quizzes Trivia & Quiz Question Books Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature Literary Studies of Fiction Psychology Cognition & Cognitive Psychology

Introduction	p. xi
Condensed_Art History	p. 1
Condensed_Biology	p. 23
Condensed_Chemistry	p. 43
Condensed_Economics	p. 65
Condensed_General Science	p. 87
Condensed_Geography and Culture	p. 107
Condensed_History	p. 129
Condensed_Literature	p. 151
Condensed_Music	p. 173
Condensed_Performing Arts	p. 195
Condensed_Philosophy	p. 217
Condensed_Physics	p. 239
Condensed_Pop Culture	p. 259
Condensed_Psychology	p. 281
Condensed_Religion	p. 303
Contributors	p. 325
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Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge

A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again

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