Description
You may think you're pretty well up on your education: you know your oblique angles from your acutes, your Catherine of Aragon from your Anne of Cleves and your chiasmus from your zeugma. Now it's time to test yourselves a little further. Let's face it, the kids are getting brighter every day. It's no longer just enough to understand the laws of thermodynamics or the reasons for the rise of the Nazis, these days you're just as likely to have your little darling quiz you on the nature of Brecht's theory of Verfremdungseffekt or ask you to help them with their simultaneous equations. Fear not, Advanced Homework for Grown-ups is here to steer you through some of the more complicated elements of the curriculum and beyond.
Within these pages you will revisit the core subjects of Maths, English, Science, History, Geography, Art, Home Economics and Classics, but in much more depth. This time you will study those mysterious creatures called surds, unlock the secrets of semantics, launch yourself into the wonders of space travel, decipher the mysteries of Malthus, get to grips with sculpture, construct a beautiful Bakewell tart and learn how to curse like a true Roman. We aim to fill your eager brains to the brim with really useful information and also some excitingly esoteric material with which to impress friends, relatives and colleagues.
In addition, you will find chapters on Music, Modern Languages, Economics, Philosophy and Psychology, and Drama and Film Studies. Ever wondered what a theremin is? Always longed to be able to introduce yourself in twenty different languages? Want to equip your- self to converse on the topics of Noh Theatre and commedia dell'arte? Keen to know Nietzsche? Or familiarise yourself with Freud? Advanced Homework for Grown-ups will take you by the hand and lead you to the fountain of knowledge.
ISBN:9780224086349
