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| QI: The Pocket Book of General Ignorance | 
 enlarge | Authors: Qi, John Lloyd, John Mitchinson
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 475
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Pocket edition
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0571241395
EAN: 9780571241392
ASIN: 0571241395
Publication Date: April 3, 2008
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It's all wrong, I tell you April 15, 2008
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
The thesis of this book is that much of our `common sense' knowledge is made up of micro-myths, and most of these myths are mistaken. This is quite radical, if you think of it. If so much of the trivia of everyday knowledge is wrong, how much else of what we know for true is false? Maybe that's the appeal of such books, and this is a particularly good one with lots of random factoids I'd never read before, presented in a racy, engaging style. On the other hand it may all be a sad lad obsession (all the authors are male), appealing to the inner Mr Logic in us blokes. Chicken Tikka Massala was invented in Glasgow, Nelson never wore an eye-patch, we are only 60 miles from outer space (upwards), why biros are called bics in France...as my girlfriend kept saying when I informed her of such gems, "Sorry, why would I want to know that?"
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