Bird Brain: Over 2,400 Questions to Test Your Bird Knowledge
Автор: Литагент HarperCollins USD
Год издания: 0000
An ornithological quiz book packed with challenging questions for birders, based on the popular ‘Bird Brain of Britain’ contest at the annual BirdFair.The British Birdwatching Fair, held every August at Rutland Water Nature Reserve, attracts over 30,000 visitors every year. One of the most popular attractions in the events marquee is the ‘Bird Brain of Britain’ contest. Each of the four contestants must answer a set of questions on their nominated specialist subject, and a second set on general (ornithological) knowledge. The participants have included popular presenters and experts throughout the years, including Stephen Moss, Chris Harbard, Mark Andrews, Nigel Redman, Mike Dilger and David Lindo, among many others.The book will feature the questions asked in the contest over its 30-year lifespan. Many seemingly simple questions turn out to have complex answers, and some that seem difficult have a very simple explanation. The questions are difficult and varied enough to test any birder’s knowledge, and will provide many hours of challenging entertainment. Be they trivial, idiosyncratic, baffling or strange, the varied bird trivia included makes this compilation as entertaining and enlightening as it is educational.
The history of the Royal society of London for the improving of natural knowledge
Автор: Thomas Sprat
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Полный вариант заголовка: «The history of the Royal society of London for the improving of natural knowledge / By Tho. Sprat».
Historical and miscellaneous questions
Автор: Richmal Mangnall
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Полный вариант заголовка: «Historical and miscellaneous questions : for the use of young people : with a selection of British, and general biography / by Richmal Mangnall».
An historical disquisition concerning the knowledge which the ancients had of India
Автор: William Robertson
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Полный вариант заголовка: «An historical disquisition concerning the knowledge which the ancients had of India : and the progress of trade with that country prior to the discovery of the passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope : with an appendix, containing observations on the civil policy – the laws and the judicial proceedings – the arts – the sciences – and religious institutions, of the Indians / by William Robertson, D.D.F.R.S. Ed.».
Древние знания – на службе современности. Ancient knowledge – to the service of today
Автор: Сергей Иванович Каменский
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Можно назвать книгу «Прикладной философией» или «Кратким курсом человековедения». Ее цель: способствовать распространению надежных научных знаний о природе человека и общества. Без ссылок на Творца в различных его ипостасях, Космический разум и т.п. Это результат 30–летних исследований многомерной проблемы глобального кризиса и поиска путей решения вытекающей из этого проблемы глобального выживания. Несомненно, главного императива нашей эпохи – для всех живущих и тех, которые тоже должны иметь возможность родиться.