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Can you name Newton's three laws of motions? The four horsemen of the Apocalypse? The five pillars of Islam? The six wives of Henry VIII? The seven voyages of Sinbad the Sailor? The eight beatitudes? The ten plagues of Egypt? This is a packed compendium of culturally significant lists from the fields of mythology, religion, history, literature, science, art and music. Witty and thoughtful essays accompany each list, making the book both an invaluable reference and highly entertaining read.
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Both an invaluable reference and an entertaining diversion
‘Intelligent, engaging compendium of cultural trivia’ Chicago Tribune‘Fun to browse or to quiz friends at a party, this is a collection of lists of items important to art, history, mathematics, literature, science, mythology, and religion’ Science News, USA‘Going far beyond mere lists, [this book] delves into the histories and texts, the theories and significance of each. The question is the hook, but the answer is the prize, riveting you with more information than you’d anticipated, reminding you of the joy of learning.’ Amazon.com
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We explain how we came to write this book.
What are the Seven Wonders of the World? presents a fund of information that readers will enjoy becoming acquainted with, or meeting again after a long estrangement. The book contains 76 of the most culturally significant lists that we could devise over several pensive years--our own personal omnium gatherum of high culture as embodied in various canonical listings and numerical groupings.
Each question with its accompanying list is followed by an essay that identifies all of the items of the answer and places the list in its larger historical or cultural context. Many readers will heartily disagree with our selections and omissions, but our guiding principle has been to chose materials we considered to be fundamental components of educated Western awareness, including some important non-Western items.
We thought it would be fun and instructive to compose a challenging question-and-answer book organized around numbered lists that have become 'standard' (the 12 Tribes of Israel, the 12 Labours of Heracles) or that otherwise convey significant cultural data via numeric groupings. Whether you read, browse, test yourself, or quiz your family and friends, we hope you enjoy this attempt to convey some of the Western world's age-old fascination with hierarchies and discernments which is still apparent in all our Top 10s, Top 40s, and Fortune 500s.
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