Schott´s Miscelleny
(Ben Schott)
Questions anyone? Schott´s miscelleny.
A book that is needed by the one who is crazy enough to read telephone books, dictionaries and encylopedia from A to Z. Though in reality it is realy not that crazy, because you can find a use of everything that you may read. Schott´s miscelleny is written for this special reader (and for all the others as well). The Miscelleny can be only called by this name because everyone who tries to sensibly classify the book accroding to the range of information provided in it is condemned to be a failure. Similarly, an attempt to recognize a system in the book is also doomed. Tip: Simply open, start reading and let yourself flow in the sprouting knowledge. The Brit Ben Schott, shares with us what we actualy never wanted to learn- but now may never will forget. Egg-wight classes before and after 1996, the victorian family mourning time period (a dead husband must be mourned for 2-3 years a wife for 3 months), the measurements of Statue of liberty, a table on Ice-thickness and howmuch weight they may bear from one skier to a 70 ton lorry, measurement criteria of handglove sizes in England and the rest of Europe, a user´s manual for putting up a fly-net, the ingredients of a Big-Mac, a list of all known phobia, the months in Maya-kalender-- the world of wisdom is endless. one must have deep respect for the author and his research and a deeper respect for his borderless fantasies. _Because, one who searches for answers must have question. and of those Ben Schott posesses endlessly a lot.
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