The Compendium of (Not Quite) Everything: All the Facts You Didn't Know You Wanted to Know
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- Create Date：2021-10-24 04:15:56
- Update Date：2025-09-24
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- Author：Jonn Elledge
- ISBN：1472276477
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Summary
The Compendium of （Not Quite） Everything is a treasure trove of random knowledge。 Covering everything from the furthest known galaxies to the murky origins of oyster ice cream， inside you will find a discussion of how one might determine the most average-sized country in the world; details of humanity's most ridiculous wars; and， at last， the answer to who would win in a fight between Harry Potter and Spider-Man。
Bizarre， brilliant and filled with the unexpected， The Compendium covers the breadth and depth of human experience， weaving its way through words and numbers， science and the arts， the spiritual and the secular。 It's a feast of facts for a hungry mind。
Includes entries on the cosmos， the human planet， questions of measurement， history/politics， the natural world， leisure and many 'oddities' that don't fit elsewhere。。。
Bizarre， brilliant and filled with the unexpected， The Compendium covers the breadth and depth of human experience， weaving its way through words and numbers， science and the arts， the spiritual and the secular。 It's a feast of facts for a hungry mind。
Includes entries on the cosmos， the human planet， questions of measurement， history/politics， the natural world， leisure and many 'oddities' that don't fit elsewhere。。。
Reviews
Simon J Alvey
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This is what Scott's Miscellany would have been if it had a sense of humour。 It is a delightful book full of fascinating diversions， random lists and ideas， but somehow corralled into some kind of working structure and written in a way that has just enough character to act as an interesting guide， buy this for your local friendly nerd （except me I've already got a copy） This is what Scott's Miscellany would have been if it had a sense of humour。 It is a delightful book full of fascinating diversions， random lists and ideas， but somehow corralled into some kind of working structure and written in a way that has just enough character to act as an interesting guide， buy this for your local friendly nerd （except me I've already got a copy） 。。。more
Iain Hepburn
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