Andrea Barham
Autor de The Pedant's Revolt: Why Most Things You Think Are Right Are Wrong
Sobre El Autor
Obras de Andrea Barham
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- female
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 9
- Miembros
- 390
- Popularidad
- #62,076
- Valoración
- 3.4
- Reseñas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 19
- Idiomas
- 1
I didn't know that flush toilets were available to Elizabeth I - way before Thomas Crapper's plumbing firm existed. I was unaware that bats have excellent vision - just not at night, even though they are nocturnal. I didn't know that giant pandas were once thought to be a species of raccoon, or that red pandas aren't bears at all.
This book is short, and each entry is both amusing and informative. I feel I will be much more effective at Trivial Pursuit for having read it.… (más)