The New York Times Presents Smarter by Sunday
Author | : The New York Times |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | : 788 |
Release | : 2010-10-26 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781429931403 |
ISBN-13 | : 142993140X |
Rating | : 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Download or read book The New York Times Presents Smarter by Sunday written by The New York Times and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handy, smaller, and more focused version of our popular New York Times knowledge books—organized by weekends and topic Fell asleep during history class in high school when World War II was covered? Learned the table of elements at one time but have forgotten it since? Always wondered who really invented the World Wide Web? Here is the book for you, with all the answers you've been looking for: The New York Times Presents Smarter by Sunday is based on the premise that there is a recognizable group of topics in history, literature, science, art, religion, philosophy, politics, and music that educated people should be familiar with today. Over 100 of these have been identified and arranged in a way that they can be studied over a year's time by spending two hours on a topic every weekend.