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All facts considered : the essential library of inessential knowledge / Kee Malesky.

By: Malesky, Kee, 1950-.
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2010Description: 277 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780470559659 (hbk.); 0470559659 (hbk.); 9780470881996 (ebk.); 9780470882009 (ebk.); 9780470882016 (ebk.).Subject(s): History -- Miscellanea | Science -- Miscellanea | Arts -- MiscellaneaDDC classification: 001
Contents:
pt. 1. On memory and history. Battles and bigwigs: ancient and modern, sacred and civil history -- Deviations and wonders: the natural history of land, sea, animals, and vegetables -- Fish or weapon: the natural history of crafts and manufactures -- pt. 2. On reason and science. Links in the chain of being: the science of God: theology, religion, and superstition -- Letters in plain sight: The science of humanity: thinking, remembering, communicating -- Sin versus virtue: ethics and law -- Modus mundi: the science of nature: physics, mathematics, geography -- Ugly bags of mostly water: zoology, physiology, medicine -- The wild blue yonder and what's below: astronomy, meteorology, botany, mineralogy, chemistry -- pt. 3. On imagination, poetry, and art. Perfect circles: sacred and profane art: painting, sculpture, architecture -- Rhapsodies in bloom: music theory and practice -- Love songs and lost words: literature, drama, narrative.
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"Published simultaneously in Canada"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. On memory and history. Battles and bigwigs: ancient and modern, sacred and civil history -- Deviations and wonders: the natural history of land, sea, animals, and vegetables -- Fish or weapon: the natural history of crafts and manufactures -- pt. 2. On reason and science. Links in the chain of being: the science of God: theology, religion, and superstition -- Letters in plain sight: The science of humanity: thinking, remembering, communicating -- Sin versus virtue: ethics and law -- Modus mundi: the science of nature: physics, mathematics, geography -- Ugly bags of mostly water: zoology, physiology, medicine -- The wild blue yonder and what's below: astronomy, meteorology, botany, mineralogy, chemistry -- pt. 3. On imagination, poetry, and art. Perfect circles: sacred and profane art: painting, sculpture, architecture -- Rhapsodies in bloom: music theory and practice -- Love songs and lost words: literature, drama, narrative.

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