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""The Pedant's Revolt"" is the ultimate go-to book for settling many an unresolved dispute, shedding light on a wide range of facts that we have always believed to be true, but which are, in fact, completely false. Covering a range of diverse topics, from history to science, the arts, the animal kingdom, medicine, the human body, and food and drink, and presenting its well-researched facts in an entertaining manner, this book exposes common myths and fallacies that have become entrenched in everyday thought.

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9781843175872

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Imminently browsable ... should provide the trivially inclined with lots of fun. -- Publishers Weekly

There's an awful lot of nonsense that is accepted as fact and this book . . . goes at least part of the way to putting it right. It's informative, interesting and amusing and it will help you settle arguments. Times

"""There's an awful lot of nonsense that is accepted as fact and this book . . . goes at least part of the way to putting it right. It's informative, interesting and amusing--and it will help you settle arguments."" --Times"

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Andrea Barham is an author and freelance technical writer.

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