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I Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot From School
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Item Description...
Overview
Refreshes basic facts originally learned in school, including everything from adverbs to the Pythagorean Theorem, in a primer that covers a wide range of subjects including mathematics, history, and science.
Publishers Description
This small but mighty collection will trigger your memory with fun facts you learned in schoolA-from adverbs to the Pythagorean Theorem. Witty, engaging, entertainingA-a book youA'll pick up again and again.
Author Caroline Taggart discovered two things while researching this book and talking with other people: One, everybody had been to school. And two, they had all forgotten entirely different things. Contained in this handy little book are the facts that you learned in school, but may not remember completely or accurately. Covering a variety of subjects, this book features all the most important theories, equations, phrases, and rules we were all taught years ago.
Rediscover:
* History: The first president to occupy the White House was John Adams in 1800
* Religion: The seven deadly sins and the names of the twelve apostles
* Literature: In which Shakespearean play A"The quality of mercyA" speech appears
* Science: The periodic table of elements devised by a Russian chemist in 1889 includes the symbol for lead (Pb), silver (Ag), tin (Sn), and gold (Au)
* Nature: How photosynthesis works
The informationA-presented in easy-to-retain, bite-sized chunksA-is accurate and up-to- date. It will touch a chord with anyone old enough to have forgotten half of what they learned at school. Here is a perfect gift for every perennial student.
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Item Specifications...
Pages 175
Dimensions: Length: 0.75" Width: 5.25" Height: 8"
Weight: 0.65 lbs.
Binding Hardcover
Release Date Mar 1, 2009
Publisher Penguin Group USA
ISBN 0762109955
EAN 9780762109951
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Availability 20 units.
Availability accurate as of May 24, 2012 08:44.
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 | fun facts Dec 24, 2009 |
I Used to Know That is a fun and interesting book with many tidbits of information that can be used for a quick reference guide or to brush up a little on the major subjects of Math, Literature, English, Science, History, Geography, and General Studies.
Authors of classic literature, fractions, geometry, algebra, the skeletal system, periodic table, U.S. presidents, countries and their capitals, and planets are just a few of the topics covered in this jammed packed little book.
This is an entertaining book for those interested in trivia. It would also be good for quizzing school-aged children or to just remember facts that haven't been needed for a few years.
| | |  | Informative, great for me, amazing for my kids Dec 5, 2009 |
This book is really interesting. I picked it up to take a quick look at it while at the book store and really got into it.
I picked it up for me, and quickly realized how much my kids would wind up benefiting from me reading the book. The book contains a good number of mental tricks for remembering things, and brief inside looks into each topic that it mentions.
I'm thrilled that I bought it, as its a great reference that Im sure I will refer to each year my kids get older!
It's a must have! | | | | How did they know that? Nov 25, 2009 |
| I keep this little book on my coffee table and everytime someone comes over to my house they find another tibit of information which is both helpful and entertaining. The section on percentages helped me refresh my math skills when trying to figure out a sale price and book created a new guessing game for my guests. What is the capital of Bahrain or whose nickname is the Peace Garden state? I personally like the section on British and American poets--they provide a biography of the poet with a quotable passage. | | |  | A little disappointing Nov 9, 2009 |
| Not as much emphasis on math and science as I would have liked. Obvious emphasis on literature, especially British authors. Does contain several nice geography lists, such as U.S. and world country capitals, and bodies of water, which I find useful or handy to have in one source. | | |  | Sloppy in the Extreme Oct 21, 2009 |
I picked up this book over the Columbus Day weekend, thinking it would be fun to browse.
Don't buy it. You can't trust its information.
Just casually browsing the section on "Prosody," I found that a few lines from one of Shakespeare's best known sonnets, Sonnet 18, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day . . ." was identified as coming from Sonnet 43. Then in the section on "British Authors and Playwrights," these lines are correctly identified as part of Sonnet 18. You would have thought some editor would have caught that.
But that's not the worst mistake. In the section on "Countries of the World," Jerusalem is named as the capital of Israel. I knew the RD was conservative but didn't know how conservative! This is inexcusable. Perhaps the writer is on Joe Lieberman's staff?
I stopped looking at the book at that point. How could I trust its information? | | | Write your own review about I Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot From School
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