Back to school : 1,001 facts you learned and forgot in high school / Benjamin Smith.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Avon, Massachusetts : Adams Media, [2015]Description: 272 pages ; 19 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1440585989 (pbk.)
- 9781440585982 (pbk.)
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Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 030 S643 | Available | 33111007710813 | ||||
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Main Library | NonFiction | 030 S643 | Available | 33111007951227 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A refresher course in high school academics This trivia book will school readers on the facts they learned in class, but may not remember. Each chapter takes four years of high school Algebra, Chemistry, U.S. History, and Phys Ed and crams them into easy-to-read entries that will put their trivia skills to the test. Covering everything from polynomials and covalent bonds to the Louisiana Purchase and punctuation, 'Back to School drops the knowledge that we were all taught years ago. AUTHOR: Benjamin Smith is a former high school principal and teacher, who delights in schooling people in facts they should already know. SELLING POINTS: * Featuring 1,001 facts that were covered in high school, readers will have to head back to freshman year if they want to ace this trivia challenge
"English, science, geography, history, phys. ed., mathematics, philosophy, foreign language, art, social science"--Cover.
Includes index.
"What is Sir Isaac Newton's second law of motion? When do you use a colon in a sentence? How do you solve a Pythagorean Theorem equation? [This book] tests you on the concepts you learned in high school and probably don't remember. Each chapter crams four years of academics into ... entries that provide you with the most important facts on everything from mathematics and chemistry to literature and art history"--Page 4 of cover.