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"Not only does Joel Achenbach ask some great questions, but he actually answers them--and with a rigor that puts him somewhere between Socrates and Miss Manners. Plus he's funnier than either of Judy Jones and William Wilson Authors of AN INCOMPLETE EDUCATION From the dawn of time to yesterday's headlines, from baseball to the atom bomb,fromant farms to Peperidge Farm, syndicated columnist Joel Achenbach answers the perennial question, WHY? Why do foreign languages sound so fast? Why do fools fall in love? Why don't people talk in elevators? And much more.
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- Author
- Achenbach, Joel
- Publisher
- New York: Ballantine Books
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780345362247
- Category
- reference
- Subjects
- Computer Science, Reference, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.79 / 5 (70 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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