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Book Synopsis So, You Think You're Clever? by : John Farndon
Download or read book So, You Think You're Clever? written by John Farndon and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the ever-curious mind that brought you the bestselling Do You Think You're Clever? comes a brand-new trip to the far reaches of the intellectual universe, courtesy of even more notoriously provocative Oxbridge interview questions. How would you poison someone without the police finding out? (Medicine, Cambridge) What makes a strong woman? (Theology, Oxford) Instead of politicians, why don't we let the managers of IKEA run the country? (Social and Political Sciences, Cambridge) How do you organise a successful revolution? (History, Oxford) Whether you're interested in going to Oxbridge or just want to give your brain a workout, join polymath John Farndon on another exhilarating journey through the twists and turns of thought, and explore just what it means to be genuinely clever – rather than just smart.
Book Synopsis Do You Think You're Clever? by : John Farndon
Download or read book Do You Think You're Clever? written by John Farndon and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens if I drop an ant? What books are bad for you? What percentage of the world's water is contained in a cow? The Oxbridge undergraduate interviews are infamous for their unique ways of assessing candidates, and from these peculiar enquiries, professors can tell just how smart you really are. John Farndon has collected together 75 of the most intriguing questions taken from actual admission interviews and gives full answers to each, taking the reader through the fascinating histories, philosophies, sciences and arts that underlie each problem. This is a book for everyone who likes to think they're clever, or who thinks they'd like to be clever. And cleverness is not just knowing stuff, it's how laterally, deeply and interestingly you can bend your brain. Guesstimating the population of Croydon, for example, opens a chain of thought from which you can predict the strength of a nuclear bomb ...and that's just the start of it.
Book Synopsis So You Think You're Smart by : Pat Battaglia
Download or read book So You Think You're Smart written by Pat Battaglia and published by International Puzzle Feature. This book was released on 2002-02 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So You Think You're Smart is an eclectic collection of word games, riddles and logic puzzles to tantalize, tease and boggle the brains of readers of all ages and educational levels. The brain teasers are about ordinary words and things that everybody knows about so only common sense and a bit of resourcefulness are needed to solve them. The book is in its 17th printing and has appeared on Saturday Night Live.
Book Synopsis So, You Think You're Clever? by : John Farndon
Download or read book So, You Think You're Clever? written by John Farndon and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sequel to the 50,000+ copy-selling "Do You Think You re Clever? "featuring even more brain-melting Oxbridge interview questions."
Book Synopsis Really Clever Crosswords 2 by : David Levinson Wilk
Download or read book Really Clever Crosswords 2 written by David Levinson Wilk and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: C rossword lovers will welcome this second volume of clever, challenging puzzles by David Levinson Wilk. He has devised 72 crosswords that will test solvers' knowledge of a range of topics, covering a variety of tricky and entertaining themes. For one puzzle, you'll have to know how much every letter of the alphabet scores in Scrabble. In another, words "jump" across black squares, while a third uses the same clues for multiple entries. And, of course, there are plenty of less experimental but equally fun crosswords, with anagrams, puns, hidden words in the grids, and other wordplay.
Book Synopsis You Are Not So Smart by : David McRaney
Download or read book You Are Not So Smart written by David McRaney and published by Avery. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how self-delusion is part of a person's psychological defense system, identifying common misconceptions people have on topics such as caffeine withdrawal, hindsight, and brand loyalty.
Book Synopsis Do You Think You're Clever? by : John Farndon
Download or read book Do You Think You're Clever? written by John Farndon and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens if I drop an ant'? 'What books are bad for you'? 'What percentage of the world's water is contained in a cow'? The Oxbridge undergraduate interviews are infamous for their unique ways of assessing candidates, and from these peculiar enquiries, professors can tell just how smart you really are. John Farndon has collected together 75 of the most intriguing questions taken from actual admission interviews and gives full answers to each, taking the reader through the fascinatinghistories, philosophies, sciences and arts that underlie each problem. This is a book for everyone who likes to think they're clever, or who thinks they'd like to be clever. And cleverness is not just knowing stuff, it's how laterally, deeply and interestingly you can bend your brain. Guesstimating the population of Croydon, for example, opens a chain of thought from which you can predict the strength of a nuclear bomb ... and that's just the start of it.
Book Synopsis Are You Smart, Or What? by : Pasqual J. Battaglia
Download or read book Are You Smart, Or What? written by Pasqual J. Battaglia and published by International Puzzle Feature. This book was released on 2001 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are You Smart, or What? A Bizarre Book of Games & Fun for Everyone, is loaded with word games that will both amaze and amuse readers of all ages. The games are highly clever and fun to solve. They're challenging, yet lighthearted. Answers may elude you at first, but when you discover them you’ll wonder why they didn’t dawn on you sooner. The games are even more fun when you quiz your family and friends. The fun is contagious! No wonder Bill Cosby endorsed it by stating, “Cleverly presented to tease, intrigue, and challenge. Naturally I scored off the charts!”
Book Synopsis Clever as a Fox by : Sonja Ingrid Yoerg
Download or read book Clever as a Fox written by Sonja Ingrid Yoerg and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researched, Clever as a Fox will challenge your previously held notions about animals and the measure of intelligence, both theirs and ours.
Download or read book The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
Book Synopsis So, You Think You're Psychic? by : William Briggs
Download or read book So, You Think You're Psychic? written by William Briggs and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you think you or somebody you know might have psychic powers? This book lets you test if you or friends have actual psychic or spiritual powers. The tests in the book are all 100% scientific and are the same as those found in genuine parapsychology labs, but each can be done with nothing more than common household items. There are tests for telepathy (ESP), clairvoyance, astrology, telekinesis, astral projection, psychometry, dowsing, and many more. You do not need to know anything about these subjects to do the tests. Every step, from set up to scoring, has been done for you. All you have to do is to have fun! The author has a Ph.D. in statistics from Cornell University, and is currently a professor of statistics at the Cornell Medical School.
Book Synopsis If You're So Smart, Prove It! by : Pat Battaglia
Download or read book If You're So Smart, Prove It! written by Pat Battaglia and published by International Puzzle Feature. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If You¿re So Smart, Prove It! is full of light-hearted and challenging word games. Answers are basic, yet often elude the reader. When finally discovered, readers will wonder how they could possibly have overlooked the obvious! Fun for ages 8 - 88 and all educational backgrounds. The President of the International High IQ Society endorsed the book stating, "Pat has done it again with this brilliant collection or irresistible word games!"
Download or read book Clever written by Robert Goffee and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Leadership and change experts Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones call these invaluable individuals 'clevers'. They can be brilliant, difficult - and sometimes even dangerous. Your organization's competitiveness depends on how well you lead them, but traditional leadership strategies won't be effective. In Clever, Goffee and Jones outline a set of unconventional guidelines for setting up your clevers - and your organization - for success. Based on extensive research inside international organizations in a wide range of industries, the authors identify common traits clevers share and decode the dynamics of clever teams. Through vivid real-world stories, they reveal the secrets to getting the most from clevers."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book The Golden Goose written by Ellery Queen and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An orphan encounters greed, deception, and murder when she goes to live with a new family Despite her name, Princess O’Shea is not a spoiled brat. When her father’s death leaves her an orphan, she goes to live with her old uncle, Slater, and is horrified by what she finds. She knew the O’Sheas were a family of scoundrels, but Slater and his awful brood are the laziest bunch of nitwits she has ever met. From her moronic cousin Twig to the daffy Peet, every one of Princess’s new relations is driven by greed, lust, and a desperate fear of work. The only thing holding them together is the promise of their father’s fortune—and Uncle Slater is not long for this world. When Princess finds Slater lying facedown on his bedroom floor, she assumes he’s sleeping off a bender. In fact, he will never wake again. His bourbon was poisoned, and if Princess isn’t careful, she’ll be the next O’Shea to die.
Download or read book The Rig written by Roger Levy and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a desert planet, two boys meet, sparking a friendship that will change human society forever. On the windswept world of Bleak, a string of murders lead a writer to a story with unbelievable ramifications. One man survives the vicious attacks, but is left with a morbid fascination with death; the perfect candidate for the perilous job of working on a rig. Welcome to the System. Here the concept of a god has been abandoned, and a new faith pervades: AfterLife, a social media platform that allows subscribers a chance at resurrection, based on the votes of other users. So many Lives, forever interlinked, and one structure at the centre of it all: the rig.
Book Synopsis So You Think Your English Is OK by : James Hibbert
Download or read book So You Think Your English Is OK written by James Hibbert and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has comments, criticism, opinion and advice concerning English grammar and usage. It shows where people, experts included, go wrong. It covers topics that people disagree on, and oddities of the language. Written in a conversational tone, it is not a textbook. The aims are to interest, to entertain and to help people write English well.
Book Synopsis Clever Betsy by : Clara Louise Burnham
Download or read book Clever Betsy written by Clara Louise Burnham and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-03 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work explores the story of a young, brilliant and gorgeous girl, whom everybody called "the clever Betsy." The book is full of romance, personal growth, wit, and humor. The brilliant storyline and engaging characters introduced by the author contributed to this work's success. Clara Louise Burnham was an American author who wrote more than 26 novels. Her novels were well appreciated, and many were adapted for stage and screen. Excerpt from The Clever Betsy ""Hello there!" The man with grizzled hair and bronzed face under a shabby yachting-cap stopped in his leisurely ramble up the street of a seaport village, and his eyes lighted at sight of a spare feminine figure, whose lean vigorous arms were shaking a long narrow rug at a cottage gate. "Ahoy there—The Clever Betsy!" he went on."
