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アメリカとソ連との間の距離はどのくらい?深海魚のいる湖は?開拓時代のカウボーイたちの死因で最も多かったのは?もと落ちこぼれの天才とは誰?ニュートンの数多くの発見の秘訣とは?答えは全部この本の中にあります。地球のことから動物、歴史、文学、天才、人の死にざままで、さまざまな分野から厳選して、驚きの世界にあなたを誘う不思議な事実の数々。
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Isaac Asimov was unquestionably one of America's greatest scientific writers--from his mind came the awe-inspiring
Foundation trilogy and the classic
I, Robot. It hardly comes as a surprise then, that the brain of Asimov was overflowing with facts, statistics, and millions of trivial tidbits. His
Book of Facts comprises 3,000 of these little information snippets. To organize this wealth of data are distinct subject areas--ranging from chapters titled "Art" and "Medicine" to more obscure ones such as "Salty Facts" and the amusing "Strange Rules, Laws and Customs." Did you know, for instance, that the Tinguian people of the Philippines have a very unique way of kissing? They put their lips close to each other's faces, and then quickly inhale. Or that in the Middle Ages the Europeans put their disobedient animals on trial? Well, you know now! Asimov's
Books of Facts immerses the reader into a humongous vat of information. Asimov feeds the brain.
--Naomi Gesinger
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