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John Farndon - Do You Think You're Clever? (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
Subtitled : The Oxford & Cambridge Questions.
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 notorious 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 would 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.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Very Good
- Category : Non-Fiction - Non-Fiction - Uncategorised
- Published : 2009 (Icon Books)
- ISBN : 9781848311329
- SKU : B002378
- PPC : LL300gm
- RRP : £8.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"Delightful little collection of questions asked by Oxford and Cambridge examiners - questions designed at Oxbridge to do exactly what the Zen roshi does in hitting the novice with a stick. Unsettling and seemingly trivial or silly queries that have a wickedly dangerous depth to them. Question, yes, plus some answers and alternatives."
"How do you think? Do you turn to ritual or rote responses when faced with existential questions? Are you really thinking another's thoughts? Are you nimble, quick, and daring? Or ponderous and dim witted? Perhaps you are not widely read, but does that make you the fool? This book allows you to explore responses you may not have thought of . . ." - Goodreads Reviews.