The Compleat Thunks Book - Softcover

Ian Gilbert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781352720 ISBN 13: 9781781352724

Publisher: Independent Thinking Press, 2017

Synopsis

In The Compleat Thunks Book Ian Gilbert brings together classic Thunks from a number of his books, as well as hundreds of new ones, all designed to make your brain hurt as you think, question, debate and argue your way to a better understanding of how to survive in a world gone dangerously bonkers.

We are living in an age in which facts don t count, certainty no longer exists and complexity means we never quite know what just happened, let alone what will happen next. To better prepare ourselves for such a world, we need a brain workout that isn t so much about finding answers as getting our heads around questions.

We need The Compleat Thunks Book: a collection of beguiling questions about everyday things that stop you in your tracks and help you start to look at the world in a whole new light. At times controversial and often provocative, Ian Gilbert s brainteasers are sure to stimulate philosophical enquiry and debate during the thinking, reasoning, logic or panic employed in arriving at (or deviating from) the answers and conversations that ensue. In other words, it s not about the answers at all and, as in life, there are none at the back of the book.

Covering as wide a variation of topics as possible from love and lies to parking a car and molesting robots The Compleat Thunks Book will appeal to people of all ages, tastes and prejudices, and can be used to steer pub, dinner party or family discussions away from the same old topics.

Some of these Thunks were previously published in The Book of Thunks, ISBN 978-184590092-2, The Little Book of Thunks, ISBN 978-184590062-5, and Independent Thinking, ISBN 978-178135055-3. Thunks is a registered trademark of Independent Thinking Ltd.

Parental Advisory: A few of these Thunks are unsuitable for use with children.

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Review

Is Ian Gilbert saner than he ought to be? Is his collection of madness liable to make us all more level-headed? Can he see what was never there in the first place? The Compleat Thunks Book might well tell the reader more about themselves than they already knew. I certainly recommend it. --Johnny Ball, TV presenter and science enthusiast

Imagine a world where success isn t getting the answer right, but rather being brave enough to take on the question allowing a little grapple to develop into a full-on wrestling match before pausing only to laugh out loud at yourself and subsequently find new ground. That s The Compleat Thunks Book. It allows, no, actively encourages you to change your mind in the middle of making a point! It s perfect for getting people off automatic using gentle poking. --Jaz Ampaw-Farr, Director, Why First Ltd, speaker and The Apprentice candidate

This book is about developing wisdom. The reader is required to pause, think and analyse their thoughts before coming to a conclusion a skill that will be essential for success in the modern world, where we are inundated with false information --Floyd Woodrow, author of Elite! and The Warrior, the Strategist and You

About the Author

Ian is an award-winning author and editor, a leading educational speaker and entrepreneur and a man who the IB World magazine named as one of its top 15 educational 'visionaries'. He established Independent Thinking in 1994 as a platform for leading practitioners to share their work in bringing the best out of all children. Currently based in Hong Kong, he has lived and worked in the UK, South America and the Middle East and so has a special perspective on classrooms and systems, what works and what definitely doesn't.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independent Thinking Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1781352720
• ISBN 13: 9781781352724
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 224