Sarah Tomley – författare

Instant Psychology pulls together all the pivotal psychological knowledge and thought into one concise volume. Each page contains a discrete ''cheat sheet'', which tells you the most important facts in bite-sized chunks, meaning you can become an expert in an instant. From Freud to Jung, the Rorschach test to the Stanford prison experiment, cognitive bias to the availability heuristic, every key figure, discovery or idea is explained with succinct and lively text and graphics. Perfect for the knowledge hungry and time poor, this collection of graphic-led lessons makes psychology interesting and accessible. Everything you need to know – and more – is here.

A polish bear in World War II rose to the rank of colonel.Penguins can''t taste fish.The ashes of the man who invented the Pringles container are buried in one one.On Neptune it rains diamonds.''Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia'' is the fear of long words. These are just 0.1% of all the facts in this incredible tome! Written by seven authors and covering subjects as diverse as The Universe, Art and Literature, The Natural World and Movies, The Colossal Book of Incredible Facts for Curious Minds is the ultimate trivia book! Why not amaze family and friends with the reasons pandas do handstands, the sinister source of the term ''rule of thumb'', or that the patent for the fire hydrant was destroyed... in a fire. Every entry is weird, wonderful, inspiring and quite brilliantly, true!

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