An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn't

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Judy Jones William Wilson

An Incomplete Education

3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn't

Judy Jones, William Wilson

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Random House Inc
15 February 2007

Reference; General encyclopaedias; Research & information: general

"A new edition of the classic bestseller; for fans of the ""Don't Know Much About..."" series--everything you need to know about 10,000 years of culture, packed into one indispensible, entertaining volume.

A completely updated, revised edition of the classic, outfitted with

a whole new arsenal of indispensable knowledge on global affairs, popular culture,

economic trends, scientific principles, and modern arts. Here's your chance to brush

up on all those subjects you slept through in school, reacquaint yourself with all

the facts you once knew (then promptly forgot), catch up on major developments in

the world today, and become the Renaissance man or woman you always knew you could

be!

How do you tell the Balkans from the Caucasus? What's the difference between

fission and fusion? Whigs and Tories? Shiites and Sunnis? Deduction and induction?

Why aren't all Shakespearean comedies necessarily thigh-slappers? What are transcendental

numbers and what are they good for? What really happened in Plato's cave? Is postmodernism

dead or just having a bad hair day? And for extra credit, when should you use the

adjective continual and when should you use continuous?

An Incomplete Education answers these and thousands of other questions with incomparable wit, style, and

clarity. American Studies, Art History, Economics, Film, Literature, Music, Philosophy,

Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Science, and World History- Here's the bottom

line on each of these major disciplines, distilled to its essence and served up with

consummate flair.

In this revised edition you'll find a vitally expanded treatment

of international issues, reflecting the seismic geopolitical upheavals of the past

decade, from economic free-fall in South America to Central Africa's world war, and

from violent radicalization in the Muslim world to the crucial trade agreements that

are defining globalization for the twenty-first century. And don't forget to read

the section ""A Nervous American's Guide to Living and Loving on Five Continents"" before

you answer a personal ad in the International Herald Tribune.

As delightful as

it is illuminating, An Incomplete Education packs ten thousand years of culture into

a single superbly readable volume. This is a book to celebrate, to share, to give

and receive, to pore over and browse through, and to return to again and again."

By: Judy Jones, William Wilson
Imprint: Random House Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd ed.
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 196mm, Spine: 46mm
Weight: 1.276kg
ISBN: 9780345468901
ISBN 10: 0345468902
Pages: 720
Publication Date: 15 February 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Judy Jones is a freelance writer who lives in Princeton, New Jersey. William Wilson was also a freelance writer. Wilson went to Yale and Jones to Smith, but both have maintained that they got their real educations in the process of writing this book. William Wilson died in 1999.

Reviews for An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn't

Praise for An Incomplete Education AN ASTONISHING AMOUNT OF INFORMATION. -The New York Times IT IS PRECISELY THE BOOK THAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED WITHOUT KNOWING THAT I ALWAYS WANTED IT. . . . It's for people who have huge gaps in their knowledge of specific areas of culture and intellectual history. . . . Cheerfully, subversively anti-academic. -Jon Carrol, San Francisco Chronicle MEMORIZE THIS BOOK AND YOU CAN DROP NAMES, ALLUSIONS, AND ARCANE TERMS WITH THE BEST OF THEM, whether you (or they) know what they're talking about. . . . The book will rekindle warm memories of your favorite courses, favorite professors, favorite books, favorite theories, favorite philosophical paradoxes. -Chicago Tribune RUSH TO YOUR NEAREST BOOKSTORE AND BUY An Incomplete Education. . . . [It] brings you 10,000 years of information. Imagine the power of knowing where Watteau went when the lights went out! -New York Daily News ARTICULATE AND IRREVERENT, crammed with facts, figures, drawings, definitions, and historic information sufficient to fill your every gap. . . . Judy Jones and William Wilson . . . tell you everything you should've learned but didn't.-Esquire THIS BOOK GETS AN A+. -The Atlanta Journal-Constitution