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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. It is guaranteed that you will either hate this book or find it morbidly fascinating. I remember when I was a kid and first read the Guinness Book of World Records. Seeing pictures of the person with the world’s longest fingernails and the largest dog and the oldest person on Earth was astounding. Here catalogued was the extremity of humanity. Back then, there were very few “zany” categories, but now people seem destined to hold records in very niche areas. In the 2014 edition, there are records for the fastest assembly a seven-layer chicken bucket pyramid (35.72 seconds), fastest downing of 200 mL of mustard (20.8 seconds), and most Rubik’s cubes solved while running a marathon (100). While most of the book is jammed with useless (but still fun) trivia, there are interesting tidbits to discover. For instance, researchers are experimenting with the feasibility of zero-gravity surgery, performing the first one on September 27, 2006. Also, in 1803, Joseph Samuel survived three separate hanging due to equipment failure. Further back in history, Pliny the Younger gave the earliest known description of a volcanic eruption (Vesuvius in 79 CE). Slogging through the entries in the Guinness Book of World Records is all at once wondrous, insane, and revelatory. It’s basic a book of lists, so the writing is inherently monotone, but if you’ve got a free afternoon, give it a whirl. I guarantee you’ll find something fun. Guinness World Records 2014 brings together thousands of the planet's most awe-inspiring people, pets and products, including new record-holders such as a skateboarding goat, a 15-meter-long robot dragon, the world's furriest cat and a king-size drumkit that needs five people to play it! Packed to bursting with new and updated achievements, Guinness World Records 2014 features an all-new design and more images than we've ever had before - including over 100 all-new original photographs you won't find anywhere else. New topics this year include Superheroes, Venom, and Social Networking, and feature chapters on the Circus and Dynamic Earth round off our most exciting and explosive edition yet. And finally, jumping off the page this year are even more Officially Amazing Augmented Reality features. Just download the free app to your phone or tablet device and look for the "See-It-3D" icons scattered throughout the book. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Appartient à la sérieGuinness World Records (2014)
Contains thousands of records that span every field of human and non-human endeavors, including science and technology, animals, sports, geography, arts and entertainment, education, hobbies and pastimes, unusual rituals, and many others. Guinness World Records 2014 is crammed with new and updated records, and never-before-seen photography. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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