Fact and Fiction
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The Pedants Revolt: Why Most Things You Think Are Right Are Wrong by Andrea Barham
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ISBN: 9781843175872 / 1843175878 - The Pedants Revolt: Why Most Things You Think Are Right Are Wrong by Andrea Barham. Published by Michael O'Mara, 2012. Softcover. Used, Good condition. 192 pp.
Irreverent, smart, and obscenely entertaining, this book shatters the myths, misconceptions, fallacies, and falsehoods about all the things people think they know.
Lead pencils can give you lead poisoning... Newton discovered gravity when an apple fell on his head... One dog year equals seven human years... Marie Antoinette said “Let them eat cake!”... This book sets the record straight on the facts behind the fallacies that have somehow become accepted wisdom.
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