Description
'Outrageously addictive' -- Stephen Fry
Eaton's Modern Ready Reckoner revives the curiosities of old, mixing it with the delights and complexities of the 21st Century. A nostalgic gift book for the modern trivia-loving brainiac in your life, Eaton's Modern Ready Reckoner contains information on everything and anything, from digital algorithms, to weights and measures; SpaceX to interest rates; monarchs, presidents and rap stars. But not only that, it includes out-of-this world trivia as we head into the age of the Large Hadron Collider, of stem cell therapy, Bitcoin, and Netflix; of vaping, emojis and the hashtag; as well as updates on Reckoner classics from days of yore - including metric and imperial conversions; sunrise and sunset times across the world; and, perhaps more usefully, how to tell the height of a tree.
Compiled by quiz-buff and self-confessed 'collector of curiosities' Thomas Eaton, Eaton's Modern Ready Reckoner is a wonderful revival of a forgotten treasure trove of facts, figures and trivial delights!
A contemporary miscellany of facts, figures, unorthodox tables, and obscure curiosities, and a trusty ready reference for an ever-confusing digital world
About the Author
A self-styled 'collector of curiosities', Thomas Eaton is the fiendish question setter for the Guardian's Weekend magazine, and has written for TV quizzes The Weakest Link and The Chase.
Reviews
Outrageously addictive: dip in for a second and you'll find yourself gorging and gorging until someone takes it away from you. They'll start gorging too. Better get two copies. -- Stephen Fry
Book Information
ISBN 9781788700825
Author Thomas Eaton
Format Hardback
Page Count 160
Imprint BLINK Publishing
Publisher Bonnier Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 193g
Dimensions(mm) 184mm * 119mm * 19mm
