I saw a book in Urban Outfitters…
last week, entitled ‘100 Subjects you need to know about’.
Comprising one page primers on Dostoyevsky, Miles Davis, The American Civil War, it was essentially shortened wikipedia articles on 100 subjects that its authors decided were pretty good to know about. Its a good book and certainly a great coffee table book for learning a little about something like Aztec civilization or Baroque Art.
Of course, we already have the ultimate edition of this book in Wikipedia ,which gives brief primers followed by encyclopedic information about topics ranging from Aardvarks to Zebras. The great bonus of wikipedia is that its always growing and so contains
With the power of wikipedia and my incredible push button skills, I’ve added a new section to the blog, its more important (at the moment) than ‘Top Albums’ so I’ve placed it above ‘Top Albums’ and its called ‘Essential Reading’, its a list of links to topics that I’ve just discovered and realised are something to be aware of. Even though we can easily go to wikipedia and grab these articles anytime, I visualize a list there in about ten years of subjects that might prove useful to a kid.
Mother Night
you have no books/articles listed on your essential reading portion. need help with that one literati?
Nicely spotted Nisha, I’m proud of that little corner but haven’t added many things yet, I did put a link to something I just learned about today, Maslows Hierarchy of Needs, fascinating piece of research by Psychoanalyst Maslow, definitely a good topic for debating.
I like your name Nisha!