The Importance of Being Trivial
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Author
Publication
2008 - Random House Publishing Group, London, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
80,000 words, Guess
Page Count
320 pages
Physical Format
EBook
Identifiers
- ISBN-139781407007410
- ISBN-139781407007403
- ISBN-101407007416
- ISBN-101407007408
- OverDriveF8B31F1B-29B4-4703-849A-934F34200275
and 3 more
- Better World Books9781407007403
- Better World Books9781407007410
- Open LibraryOL24291887M
Description
An entertaining and trivia-filled guide to our obsession with triviaIf you're not remotely interested in the fact that Pete Conrad was the first man to fall over on the moon or that the stretch of road between the Strand and the Savoy is the only public highway in Britain where you are legally obliged to drive on the right, then The Importance of Being Trivial is very definitely not for you. If on the other hand you're intrigued by these pearls of information - and more importantly, intrigued by why you're intrigued by them - then Mark Mason's book will be required reading. An exploration of why little facts hold such a big fascination (interviews with the likes of John Sessions), it examines what our love of trivia says about us. The book touches on subjects as diverse as autism and the history of science, and features contributions from medical experts such as Simon Baron-Cohen. Mason sets out to discover the perfect fact - but along the way he learns how memory works, why Einstein and Picasso had more in common than you'd think, and - in asking why trivia is such a male pursuit - he uncovers fundamental truths about how men and women relate to each other.
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