The New York Times Guide To Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference For The Curious Mind - Hardcover

Leonard, John

 
9780312313678: The New York Times Guide To Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference For The Curious Mind

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A single-volume reference to a broad range of key subjects features authoritative essays on everything from business and science to history and the arts, in a guide that that includes a medical dictionary of terms, a writer's style guide, the text of key historical documents, and in-depth sports and awards sections. 50,000 first printing.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Contributors include:

- Jane Brody on health matters
- Dennis Overbye on the Big Bang
- Linda Greenhouse on the Supreme Court today
- Andrew Revkin on the state of the world's environment
- John Noble Wilford on the oldest human fossil
- Michael Kimmelman on the origins of photography
- Will Shortz on crosswords
- Natalie Angier on war
- Nicholas Wade on how life began


The Staff of The New York Times, introduction by John Leonard

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