The Pedant's Revolt: Why Most Things You Think Are Right Are Wrong

by Andrea Barham

Book Overview

Irreverent, smart, and obscenely entertaining, this book shatters the myths, misconceptions, fallacies, and falsehoods about all the things people think they know Lead pencils can give you lead poisoning . . . Newton discovered gravity when an apple fell on his head . . . One dog year equals seven human years . . . Marie Antoinette said "Let them eat cake " . . . Fact or fiction? Pedants, revolt In chapters literary, medical, grammatical, historical,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843175878
• ISBN13: 9781843175872
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.7"