The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious MindThe new standard in reference from the nation's leading newspaper: A thorough, authoritative, easy-to-use guide offering deeper coverage on a broad range of essential subjects. Whether you are researching the history of the world, interested in learning more about an obscure medical procedure, exploring environmental trends, studying a great work of literature, looking for tips on how to improve your crossword puzzle skills, or just trying to gain a deeper understanding of the latest current events, this book is for you. An indispensable resource for every home, office, dorm room, and library, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge includes insightful sidebars by Times writers, and covers major categories including art, astronomy, business, sports, history, medicine, philosophy, photography, biology, film, and much more! Years in the making, this one volume is designed to offer more information than any other book on the most popular subjects as well as providing easy-to-access data vital for everyday living. It is the only comprehensive reference book to include authoritative, engaging in-depth essays from experts in almost every field of endeavor, with innovative cross-referencing to allow for to even greater understanding. Featuring: - Biographical dictionary of nearly one thousand of the most important people of every field - Writers Guide to grammar, usage and style - The United States Constitution - The most complete sports section of any one-volume reference book - A thirty-thousand-word history of the world - Crossword dictionary Contributors include: - Jane Brody on health matters - Dennis Overbye on the Big Bang - Linda Greenhouse on the Supreme Court today - Andrew Revkin on the state of the world's environment - John Noble Wilford on the oldest human fossil - Michael Kimmelman on the origins of photography - Will Shortz on crosswords - Natalie Angier on war - Nicholas Wade on how life began |
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Contents
Architecture | 2 |
NonWestern Architecture | 12 |
Classical Galb By Anna Kisselgoff | 21 |
Music | 40 |
Musical Forms | 53 |
History of American Popular Music | 61 |
Jelly Roll Morton By Stephen Kinzer | 70 |
World Music | 78 |
to Prevent and Control Cancer By Jane E Brady | 448 |
Diagnostic Tests | 462 |
Mythology | 469 |
Mesopotamian Mythology | 479 |
Religion | 495 |
Islam | 506 |
Other World Religions | 513 |
The Bible | 519 |
Music Symbols and Notation | 84 |
Photography | 104 |
Light Was Captured By Michael Kimmelman | 106 |
Digitaf Photography | 113 |
of Servitude By Louis UchiteUe | 127 |
By Hal Varian | 133 |
Law | 293 |
Criminal Law and Civil Law | 299 |
After 911 Bv Linda Greenhouse | 305 |
Literature and Drama | 337 |
English Poetry | 348 |
The English Novel | 354 |
Literature Bv Michiko Kakutani | 366 |
History of Westem Drama | 374 |
World Theater | 384 |
History of Mathematics | 390 |
Numbers and Number Systems | 396 |
Media | 404 |
Print Media | 430 |
ABrief History of Medicine | 436 |
Disease | 442 |
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 530 |
the Universe By Dennis Overbye | 547 |
By Sandra Blakeslee | 562 |
ByNicholas Wade | 568 |
Back Human Origins By John Noblc Wiford | 604 |
Clues on Subatomic Glue Byjames Glanz | 612 |
By Sara Robinson | 645 |
in Unison By Steve Lohr | 657 |
Sports | 671 |
Basketball | 686 |
Football | 697 |
Ice Hockey | 710 |
Golf | 717 |
Tennis | 725 |
Soccer | 734 |
Olympic Games | 745 |
Olympic Archaeology by John Noble Wilford | 752 |
Swimming | 760 |
A REFERENCE LIBRARY | 767 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind |
| Author | The New York Times |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0312313675, 9780312313678 |
| Length | 1096 pages |
| Subjects | › Reference / General |
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