What happens if I drop an ant? What books are bad for you? What
percentage of the world's water is contained in a cow? The Oxbridge
undergraduate interviews are infamous for their unique ways of
assessing candidates, and from these peculiar enquiries, professors
can tell just how smart you really are. John Farndon has collected
together 75 of the most intriguing questions taken from actual
admission interviews and gives full answers to each, taking the
reader through the fascinating histories, philosophies, sciences
and arts that underlie each problem. This is a book for everyone
who likes to think they're clever, or who thinks they'd like to be
clever. And cleverness is not just knowing stuff, it's how
laterally, deeply and interestingly you can bend your brain.
Guesstimating the population of Croydon, for example, opens a chain
of thought from which you can predict the strength of a nuclear
bomb ...and that's just the start of it.
General
| Imprint: |
Icon Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
June 2010 |
| First published: |
September 2010 |
| Authors: |
John Farndon
• Libby Purves
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
220 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-84831-132-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Sport & Leisure >
Humour >
General
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-84831-132-X |
| Barcode: |
9781848311329 |
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