Eaton's Modern Ready Reckoner (eBook)

Essential Everyday Trivia

Thomas Eaton (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
160 Seiten
Bonnier Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78870-083-2 (ISBN)

Infos

'Outrageously addictive' -- Stephen FryEaton's Modern Ready Reckoner revives the curiosities of old, mixing it with the delights and complexities of the 21st Century. A nostalgic gift book for the modern trivia-loving brainiac in your life, Eaton's Modern Ready Reckoner contains information on everything and anything, from digital algorithms, to weights and measures; SpaceX to interest rates; monarchs, presidents and rap stars. But not only that, it includes out-of-this world trivia as we head into the age of the Large Hadron Collider, of stem cell therapy, Bitcoin, and Netflix; of vaping, emojis and the hashtag; as well as updates on Reckoner classics from days of yore - including metric and imperial conversions; sunrise and sunset times across the world; and, perhaps more usefully, how to tell the height of a tree.Compiled by quiz-buff and self-confessed 'collector of curiosities' Thomas Eaton, Eaton's Modern Ready Reckoner is a wonderful revival of a forgotten treasure trove of facts, figures and trivial delights!

Autor

A self-styled 'collector of curiosities', Thomas Eaton is the fiendish question setter for the Guardian's Weekend magazine, and has written for TV quizzes The Weakest Link and The Chase.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.10.2018
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Schlagworte: Bletchley Park • brain teaser • Brainteasers • FACTS • family quiz • GCHQ • general knowledge • general knowledge books • Miscellany • Ordnance survey • puzzle book • Quiz • quiz books • Ready • reckoner • Schott's • Stephen Fry • stocking filler • Trivia
• ISBN-10: 1-78870-083-X / 178870083X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78870-083-2 / 9781788700832