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    Pedantic
    A hilarious and useful guide to the 100 terms smart people should know
    Your boss makes a joke about Schrodinger's cat - something you've heard of, but what exactly happened (or didn't happen) with that cat? Or you're reading a <i>New Yorker </i>article that explains that 'Solecism slipped into solipsism into full-blown narcissistic projection.' An excellent point . . . if you know what 'solecism' means . . . or, for that matter, 'solipsism'. <br/><br/>Language gurus Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras explain all of the words and phrases smart people should know. Covering the worlds of science, the arts and philosophy, they explore broad topics, like quantum physics and ontology, and more specific ones, like shibboleth and bete noire. From Latin phrases we often hear and read (prima facie, sui generis and the like) to those pesky words that have entered our vocabularies from other languages (bildungsroman, sturm und drang), this book will inform and delight even the most pernickety word nerds.
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    Book Author
    Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras
    Genre Language & Linguistics
    Binding
    PERFECT BINDING (PAPERBACK)
    Format
    Large Print 16 Pt Edition (Standard Large Print)
    ISBN
    9780369335784
    Publisher
    Allen & Unwin Book Publishers
    Age Range
    General
    Approximate delivery

    UP TO 30 DAYS (?)

    Publication Date
    13-Apr-2020

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