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Carregando... I Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot from School (edição: 2008)de Caroline Taggart (Autor)
Informações da ObraI Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot from School de Caroline Taggart
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. More a small collection of answers to pub trivia questions than a serious reference. Most of the contents I never learned at school but afterwards. The book seems to focus on the US and Europe. ( ) Unfortunately it got rather boring for me in the chemistry section as I had advanced courses in Chemistry in school. The physics and biology part were interesting. All in all it was rather superficial (which wasn't so surprising given the length of the book and the complexity and vastness of topics to cover). The premise of the book is that we all learn a wealth of information in school, but forget a great deal of it, because it doesn't pertain to our everyday life. This book promises to refresh our memories of generally known subjects of information, that are probably familiar to us, but the details are lost in the recesses of time. As such, the book is divided in sections according to subject matter, such as reading or math. The most common areas of school study are utilized, followed by a final chapter that collects bits of knowledge from a variety of the elective type studies, the fine arts and mythology and the planets and so on. As the introduction indicates, I did find that I knew much of the material covered or had studied it at some point. If I could, I would be a perpetual student - too bad no one actually pays me for that - so I rather enjoy reading scholastic material, even a book like this that doesn't go deep, it just skims the surface of stuff you should know. Perhaps the best use for the book, though, is for a bit of fun trivia quizzing amongst friends, or to relieve boredom on road trips. Indeed, we did use it for that latter purpose. There's nothing special about this book, but it does make you feel a touch smarter, and can offer entertaining quizzing games with creative application. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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An entertaining compilation of important, but half-forgotten facts, figures and knowledge from our school days, presented in bite-sized chunks. Has wisdom come with age... or do you struggle to remember the things you were taught at school? From which Shakespeare play comes the phrase 'the winter of our discontent'? Can you explain photosynthesis? Can you calculate fractions, decimals and percentages? When was the Battle of Trafalgar? And who was involved? What is the capital of Chile, or of Denmark? What is an adverb? So if, like me, you have been exclaiming "I used to know that!" while reading the above, you need this book. Ideal for your pub quiz knowledge, helping the kids with their homework or just reminding yourself how smart you once were, here is all the old-school knowledge you will ever need in a gorgeous nostalgic format.
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