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£9.99
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Available
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English
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Publisher
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Sanctuary
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Catalogue No.
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SMB1089
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Description
In case you were wondering whether averages reveal anything other than the mediocre, rest assured. They do. In
The Lore Of Averages, Karen Farrington assembles statistics, stories and strange-but-true occurrences into the ultimate human-interest trivia compendium.
In entry after witty entry, Farrington mixes the apparently mundane – the average number of people killed by lightning each year in the US; the yearly amount of sauerkraut eaten by the average German – with tales and anecdotes that are anything but. She also turns her attention to everyday language, revealing the extraordinary origins of common phrases like ‘dirt poor,’ ‘chewing the fat’ and ‘son of a gun.’
Complete with black and white illustrations throughout,
The Lore Of Averages will give you new perspective on what it means to be average – and what it means to be human.
More Product Details
| Sales Rank |
329961 |
| Published On |
15/09/2006 |
| Format |
Reference |
| Pages |
228 |
| ISBN |
9781860746178 |