The Order of Things: How Everything in the World Is Organized into Hierarchies, Structures, and Pecking Orders; Revised Edition - Softcover

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Barbara Ann Kipfer, Ph.D., has over 15 years experience working in artificial intelligence, electronic reference book publishing and reference book publishing. Her love of organization came from her experience revising Yellow Page headings, classifying huge encyclopedias and placing a thesaurus within a concept hierarchy, among many hundreds of other projects.

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Your reference search begins and ends here

The Order of Things is a new kind of reference book for a new information age. Whether you're disputing answers to your favorite board game, helping your child prepare for a test or freshening up on your party trivia, this will be the only reference book you'll need to consult.

This brilliantly conceived and eclectic compilation of hard-to-find information is an unprecedented new resource -- perfect for game buffs, know-it-alls and lovers of knowledge.

Classification expert Barbara Ann Kipfer gives you more than 400 informative lists, hierarchies and illustrations divided into thirteen essential areas of knowledge:
Earth Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Mathematics and Measurements
Technology
Religion
History
Social Sciences
Business and Economics
The Arts
Domestic Life
Sports and Recreation
General Knowledge

A sampling of the information you'll find uniquely compiled in this single volume:
the arrangement of the human skeleton
the dimensions of a tennis court
table settings
phases of the moon
the significance of the digits on a check
hierarchy of angels