An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned But Probably Didn't Hardcover – 25 April 2006

An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned But Probably Didn't includes information on modern arts, global affairs, economic trends, popular culture and scientific principles. The book aims to flood the reader’s brain with facts that they should have picked up during their education and thereby expand his or her limits of awareness.The book answers seemingly random questions like why all Shakespearean comedies aren’t necessarily thigh-slappers and what the difference is between fission and fusion and Whigs and Tories? All the questions are answered in good spirit, accompanied with wit, style and hard facts. Be it the American Studies or the World History, Art History or Film, Literature or Economics, Music or Psychology, Philosophy or Political Science, Religion or Science, the book has information about all these subjects.This new edition is thoroughly revised and updated with a treatment of international issues like the economic free-fall in South America, Central Africa’s world war, the seismic geopolitical upheavals of the past decade, the violent radicalisation in the Muslim world and the crucial trade agreements that are defining globalisation for the twenty-first century. There is also a section titled A Nervous American’s Guide to Living and Loving on Five Continents, which makes for an interesting read.An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned But Probably Didn't has been written to be an enlightening book with over ten thousand years of culture compiled in a single volume. The 3rd edition of the book was published by Ballantine Books in 2006. It is available in hardcover format.Key Features:The book became a bestseller in 1987 when it was originally published.

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