Eaton's Modern Ready Reckoner by Thomas Eaton
'Outrageously addictive' -- Stephen Fry Eaton's Modern Ready Reckoner revives the curiosities of old, mixing it with the delights and complexities of the 21st Century. A nostalgic gift book for the modern trivia-loving brainiac in your life, Eaton's Modern Ready Reckoner contains information on everything and anything, from digital algorithms, to weights and measures; SpaceX to interest rates; monarchs, presidents and rap stars. But not only that, it includes out-of-this world trivia as we head into the age of the Large Hadron Collider, of stem cell therapy, Bitcoin, and Netflix; of vaping, emojis and the hashtag; as well as updates on Reckoner classics from days of yore - including metric and imperial conversions; sunrise and sunset times across the world; and, perhaps more usefully, how to tell the height of a tree. Compiled by quiz-buff and self-confessed 'collector of curiosities' Thomas Eaton, Eaton's Modern Ready Reckoner is a wonderful revival of a forgotten treasure trove of facts, figures and trivial delights!
Outrageously addictive: dip in for a second and you'll find yourself gorging and gorging until someone takes it away from youThey'll start gorging too. Better get two copies. -- Stephen Fry
A self-styled 'collector of curiosities', Thomas Eaton is the fiendish question setter for the Guardian's Weekend magazine, and has written for TV quizzes The Weakest Link and The Chase.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781788700825 |
| ISBN 10 | 1788700821 |
| Title | Eaton's Modern Ready Reckoner |
| Author | Thomas Eaton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bonnier Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2018-10-04 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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